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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
ALBW3
Latitude
42.71000 N
Longitude
89.44000 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 36 reports in 28 hours over the last seven days
Observed
8:15 AMCDT, 6 days ago
Precipitation today
-

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 81 instruments in Wisconsin stand at one.

Station charts

Sugar River AT Albany Report

Rank 1,308 of 1,313 in Wisconsin, 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 score57.1of 100

Wisconsin median
95.1the median score of 1,313 stations
Scoring higher
1,307stations in Wisconsin
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
42.927.5 reports received, 10.0 continuity, 4.3 arrival, 1.1 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Wisconsin median 100.0, 100.0, 89.0
Next above
GW1547rank 1,307; ahead on 247 score 57.2 against 57.1
Next below
CBRW3rank 1,309; behind on 247 score 57.1 against 55.6

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 3521.47.5 of 35 pointsWisconsin median 98.836 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1057.55.8 of 10 pointsWisconsin median 100.0half its reports arrived within 31 min
  3. Continuityweight 100.00.0 of 10 pointsWisconsin median 100.0longest silence 5.5 days, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianWisconsin median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianWisconsin median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-8.9 of 10 points, at the medianWisconsin median 89.0-

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 (3 h), none for 72 (72 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 houron the hour's :15
Reports received, 24 hours
0 of 240.0% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
33 of 16819.6% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
23 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
5 days 13 hoursfrom Oct 10, 8:15 AM
Latest report
Oct 10, 8:15 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
24 min9 in 10 within 32 min

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

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

Chart of the 1,313 ranked stations in Wisconsin 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, 2; 10 to 19 per cent, 5; 20 to 29 per cent, 26; 30 to 39 per cent, 4; 40 to 49 per cent, 82; 50 to 59 per cent, 132; 60 to 69 per cent, 13; 70 to 79 per cent, 116; 80 to 89 per cent, 171; 90 to 99 per cent, 213; 100 per cent, 549. Sugar River AT Albany received 21.4 per cent, 36 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 1,308 of 1,313.WHERE IT RANKS IN WISCONSIN, Oct 16THIS ONE: 21.4%, 36 OF 168, RANK 1,308 OF 1,313PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9210 to 19520 to 292630 to 39440 to 498250 to 5913260 to 691370 to 7911680 to 8917190 to 99213100549STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Sugar River AT Albany's rank in Wisconsin by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 284 of 342; 2026-09-27 rank 326 of 354; 2026-09-28 rank 440 of 489; 2026-09-29 rank 428 of 523; 2026-09-30 rank 407 of 530; 2026-10-01 rank 396 of 538; 2026-10-02 rank 844 of 1,114; 2026-10-03 rank 843 of 1,114; 2026-10-04 rank 712 of 1,149; 2026-10-05 rank 614 of 1,289; 2026-10-06 rank 634 of 1,310; 2026-10-07 rank 729 of 1,399; 2026-10-08 rank 705 of 1,350; 2026-10-09 rank 736 of 1,319; 2026-10-10 rank 741 of 1,319; 2026-10-11 rank 970 of 1,323; 2026-10-12 rank 1,175 of 1,305; 2026-10-13 rank 1,249 of 1,307; 2026-10-14 rank 1,253 of 1,286; 2026-10-15 rank 1,293 of 1,304; 2026-10-16 rank 1,308 of 1,313.ITS RANK IN WISCONSIN, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP15001,0001,500Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%549
90 to 99%213
80 to 89%171
70 to 79%116
60 to 69%13
50 to 59%132
40 to 49%82
30 to 39%4
20 to 29%26
10 to 19%5
0 to 9%2
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20261,3081,31321.4%
Oct 15, 20261,2931,30433.3%
Oct 14, 20261,2531,28647.0%
Oct 13, 20261,2491,30760.1%
Oct 12, 20261,1751,30572.6%
Oct 11, 20269701,32386.3%
Oct 10, 20267411,31990.4%
Oct 9, 20267361,31990.4%
Oct 8, 20267051,35094.0%
Oct 7, 20267291,39994.6%
Oct 6, 20266341,31095.8%
Oct 5, 20266141,28997.0%
Oct 4, 20267121,14995.2%
Oct 3, 20268431,11495.1%
Oct 2, 20268441,11495.1%
Oct 1, 202639653895.0%
Sep 30, 202640753094.9%
Sep 29, 202642852393.6%
Sep 28, 202644048991.4%
Sep 27, 202632635489.1%
Sep 26, 202628434295.6%
Precipitation at Sugar River AT Albany, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.03, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.10Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
Reports received at Sugar River AT Albany, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
HourPrecipitation inReports
Sat 10, 8 AM0.002
Sat 10, 7 AM0.004
Sat 10, 6 AM0.004
Sat 10, 5 AM0.004
Sat 10, 4 AM0.004
Sat 10, 3 AM0.004
Sat 10, 2 AM0.004
Sat 10, 1 AM0.004
Sat 10, 12 AM0.004
Fri 9, 11 PM0.004
Fri 9, 10 PM0.004
Fri 9, 9 PM0.004
Fri 9, 8 PM0.004
Fri 9, 7 PM0.004
Fri 9, 6 PM0.004
Fri 9, 5 PM0.004
Fri 9, 4 PM0.004
Fri 9, 3 PM0.014
Fri 9, 2 PM0.034
Fri 9, 1 PM0.004
Fri 9, 12 PM0.004

Left out of its precipitation: 2.35 in on Sep 19, 2026, when the gauge's own running total rose 0.49 in. The day counted as precipitation a reading that dropped and came back.

Precipitation at Sugar River AT Albany, precipitation from 0.00 to 1.14, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.501.001.50Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 100.00
Oct 90.04
Oct 80.00
Oct 70.00
Oct 60.00
Oct 50.00
Oct 40.00
Oct 30.00
Oct 20.00
Oct 11.14
Sep 300.15
Sep 290.05
Sep 280.00
Sep 270.00
Sep 260.00
Sep 250.02
Sep 240.00
Sep 230.00
Sep 220.34
Sep 210.01
Sep 200.93
Sep 180.04
Sep 170.07

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