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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
RPCV2
Latitude
37.28270 N
Longitude
80.00890 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 335 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
3:26 AMEDT, 47 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

Roanoke - Peters Creek Report

Rank 626 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 score97.1of 100

Virginia median
95.9the median score of 1,541 stations
Scoring higher
618stations in Virginia
Sharing its score
12ranks 619 to 630
Points deducted
2.92.5 arrival, 0.4 forecast check, 0.1 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Virginia median 100.0, 100.0, 96.5
Next above
391556077381600rank 625; ahead on reports received 100% against 99.7%
Next below
JTHV2rank 628; behind on reports received 99.7% against 98.8%
Sharing its rank
1other stations, equal on every measure

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 3599.734.9 of 35 pointsVirginia median 97.9335 of 336 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1075.27.5 of 10 pointsVirginia median 92.7half its reports arrived within 22 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsVirginia median 100.0longest silence 60 min, on a schedule of one report every 30 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 (1.5 h), none for 72 (36 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 30 minon the hour's :26 and :56
Reports received, 24 hours
47 of 4897.9% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
335 of 33699.7% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
1 hourfrom Oct 15, 12:26 PM
Latest report
Oct 16, 2:26 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
22 min9 in 10 within 24 min

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

Its schedule is one report every 30 min, 48 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 30 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. Roanoke - Peters Creek received 99.7 per cent, 335 of 336 scheduled reports, rank 626 of 1,541.WHERE IT RANKS IN VIRGINIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 99.7%, 335 OF 336, RANK 626 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 Roanoke - Peters Creek's rank in Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 239 of 729; 2026-09-27 rank 203 of 733; 2026-09-28 rank 217 of 807; 2026-09-29 rank 197 of 818; 2026-09-30 rank 267 of 818; 2026-10-01 rank 260 of 820; 2026-10-02 rank 489 of 1,140; 2026-10-03 rank 489 of 1,140; 2026-10-04 rank 498 of 1,183; 2026-10-05 rank 495 of 1,415; 2026-10-06 rank 479 of 1,444; 2026-10-07 rank 460 of 1,526; 2026-10-08 rank 853 of 1,534; 2026-10-09 rank 844 of 1,529; 2026-10-10 rank 840 of 1,530; 2026-10-11 rank 828 of 1,520; 2026-10-12 rank 833 of 1,532; 2026-10-13 rank 882 of 1,536; 2026-10-14 rank 881 of 1,537; 2026-10-15 rank 597 of 1,532; 2026-10-16 rank 626 of 1,541.ITS RANK IN VIRGINIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12505007501,000Sep 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, 20266261,54199.7%
Oct 15, 20265971,532100.0%
Oct 14, 20268811,53798.5%
Oct 13, 20268821,53698.5%
Oct 12, 20268331,53298.5%
Oct 11, 20268281,52098.5%
Oct 10, 20268401,53098.5%
Oct 9, 20268441,52998.5%
Oct 8, 20268531,53498.2%
Oct 7, 20264601,52699.7%
Oct 6, 20264791,44499.7%
Oct 5, 20264951,41599.7%
Oct 4, 20264981,18399.7%
Oct 3, 20264891,14099.6%
Oct 2, 20264891,14099.6%
Oct 1, 202626082099.6%
Sep 30, 2026267818100.0%
Sep 29, 2026197818100.0%
Sep 28, 2026217807100.0%
Sep 27, 2026203733100.0%
Sep 26, 2026239729100.0%
Reports received at Roanoke - Peters Creek, reports from 0.0 to 7.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports024686 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM
Reports received at Roanoke - Peters Creek, reports from 0.0 to 7.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02468Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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