Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
RICV2
Latitude
37.52500 N
Longitude
77.42110 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 186 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
2:00 AMEDT, 29 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 98 instruments in Virginia stand at one.

Station charts

James River AT Richmond Locks Report

Rank 490 of 1,541 in Virginia, Oct 16. The 247 rank orders a state's stations by their 247 score out of 100: how reliably they report, how accurate their readings are against a reference station, how their readings pass their checks, and how they stand against the forecast.

Ranking Statistics

247 score98.0of 100

Virginia median
95.9the median score of 1,541 stations
Scoring higher
487stations in Virginia
Sharing its score
8ranks 488 to 495
Points deducted
2.01.7 arrival, 0.4 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Virginia median 100.0, 100.0, 96.5
Next above
LNBV2rank 488; ahead on reports due 224 against 186, the longer record first
Next below
CBLV2rank 491; behind on reports received 100% against 98.6%

Equal scores are ordered by the share of scheduled reports received, then the reports due in the week (the longer record first), then the median arrival, then the longest silence.

  1. Reports receivedweight 35100.035.0 of 35 pointsVirginia median 97.9186 of 186 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1083.48.3 of 10 pointsVirginia median 92.7half its reports arrived within 18 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsVirginia median 100.0longest silence 66 min, on a schedule of one report every 54 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianVirginia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.7 of 10 points, at the medianVirginia median 96.5-

The score is the weighted mean of its six parts, from the last 7 days. How a station is ranked sets out each part.

How each part is scored
Reports received
Full marks for every scheduled report received, none for none, in proportion between
Arrival
Full marks for a median arrival within 10 min, none at 60 min
Continuity
Full marks for a longest silence of 3 reports or less (2.7 h), none for 72 (64.8 h)
Accuracy
Full marks within 1.5 °F of its reference, typically, none beyond 8.0 °F
Instrument checks
Full marks for no reading failed, none for 5 per cent or more
Forecast check
Full marks within 2 °F of the forecast on average, none at 8 °F
Schedule
every 54 minon the hour's :00 and :54
Reports received, 24 hours
26 of 26100% of its schedule, 46 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
185 of 18699.4% of its schedule, 325 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
1 hourfrom Oct 9, 8:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 10:00 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
18 min9 in 10 within 21 min

From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.

Its schedule is one report every 54 min, 26 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 54 min count as one received.

Chart of the 1,541 ranked stations in Virginia on Oct 16 by the share of their scheduled reports received in Storm Station's own record, up to 7 days, in tenths: 0 to 9 per cent, 5; 10 to 19 per cent, 17; 20 to 29 per cent, 48; 30 to 39 per cent, 6; 40 to 49 per cent, 81; 50 to 59 per cent, 182; 60 to 69 per cent, 29; 70 to 79 per cent, 130; 80 to 89 per cent, 138; 90 to 99 per cent, 543; 100 per cent, 362. James River AT Richmond Locks received 100.0 per cent, 186 of 186 scheduled reports, rank 490 of 1,541.WHERE IT RANKS IN VIRGINIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 100.0%, 186 OF 186, RANK 490 OF 1,541PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9510 to 191720 to 294830 to 39640 to 498150 to 5918260 to 692970 to 7913080 to 8913890 to 99543100362STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of James River AT Richmond Locks's rank in Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 719 of 729; 2026-09-27 rank 498 of 733; 2026-09-28 rank 528 of 807; 2026-09-29 rank 500 of 818; 2026-09-30 rank 524 of 818; 2026-10-01 rank 9 of 820; 2026-10-02 rank 434 of 1,140; 2026-10-03 rank 433 of 1,140; 2026-10-04 rank 398 of 1,183; 2026-10-05 rank 393 of 1,415; 2026-10-06 rank 470 of 1,444; 2026-10-07 rank 351 of 1,526; 2026-10-08 rank 406 of 1,534; 2026-10-09 rank 333 of 1,529; 2026-10-10 rank 337 of 1,530; 2026-10-11 rank 366 of 1,520; 2026-10-12 rank 385 of 1,532; 2026-10-13 rank 368 of 1,536; 2026-10-14 rank 346 of 1,537; 2026-10-15 rank 584 of 1,532; 2026-10-16 rank 490 of 1,541.ITS RANK IN VIRGINIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600800Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%362
90 to 99%543
80 to 89%138
70 to 79%130
60 to 69%29
50 to 59%182
40 to 49%81
30 to 39%6
20 to 29%48
10 to 19%17
0 to 9%5
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20264901,541100.0%
Oct 15, 20265841,53298.3%
Oct 14, 20263461,53799.4%
Oct 13, 20263681,53698.9%
Oct 12, 20263851,53297.3%
Oct 11, 20263661,52098.3%
Oct 10, 20263371,53098.9%
Oct 9, 20263331,52998.9%
Oct 8, 20264061,53497.8%
Oct 7, 20263511,526100.0%
Oct 6, 20264701,44498.3%
Oct 5, 20263931,415100.0%
Oct 4, 20263981,183100.0%
Oct 3, 20264331,14098.9%
Oct 2, 20264341,14098.9%
Oct 1, 20269820100.0%
Sep 30, 202652481899.2%
Sep 29, 202650081899.0%
Sep 28, 202652880798.7%
Sep 27, 202649873398.0%
Sep 26, 202671972919.5%
Reports received at James River AT Richmond Locks, reports from 1.0 to 11.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0510153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at James River AT Richmond Locks, reports from 1.0 to 11.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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