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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
ONTW3
Latitude
43.72160 N
Longitude
90.58750 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 149 reports in 144 hours over the last seven days
Observed
3:15 AMCDT, 53 minutes ago

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

Kickapoo River AT Ontario Report

Rank 999 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 score86.5of 100

Wisconsin median
95.1the median score of 1,313 stations
Scoring higher
998stations in Wisconsin
Sharing its score
12ranks 999 to 1,010
Points deducted
13.58.4 arrival, 4.0 reports received, 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
WI-OZ-12rank 998; ahead on 247 score 86.6 against 86.5
Next below
BDRW3rank 1,000; behind on reports received 88.6% against 85.7%

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 3588.731.0 of 35 pointsWisconsin median 98.8149 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1015.81.6 of 10 pointsWisconsin median 100.0half its reports arrived within 52 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsWisconsin median 100.0longest silence 2.3 h, 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 :00 and :15
Reports received, 24 hours
22 of 2491.6% of its schedule, 23 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
150 of 16889.2% of its schedule, 152 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 h 15 minfrom Oct 10, 5:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 2:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
49 min9 in 10 within 79 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. Kickapoo River AT Ontario received 88.6 per cent, 149 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 999 of 1,313.WHERE IT RANKS IN WISCONSIN, Oct 16THIS ONE: 88.6%, 149 OF 168, RANK 999 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 Kickapoo River AT Ontario's rank in Wisconsin by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 323 of 342; 2026-09-27 rank 331 of 354; 2026-09-28 rank 452 of 489; 2026-09-29 rank 447 of 523; 2026-09-30 rank 436 of 530; 2026-10-01 rank 429 of 538; 2026-10-02 rank 1,020 of 1,114; 2026-10-03 rank 1,018 of 1,114; 2026-10-04 rank 1,043 of 1,149; 2026-10-05 rank 1,027 of 1,289; 2026-10-06 rank 1,041 of 1,310; 2026-10-07 rank 1,019 of 1,399; 2026-10-08 rank 978 of 1,350; 2026-10-09 rank 921 of 1,319; 2026-10-10 rank 925 of 1,319; 2026-10-11 rank 971 of 1,323; 2026-10-12 rank 966 of 1,305; 2026-10-13 rank 955 of 1,307; 2026-10-14 rank 995 of 1,286; 2026-10-15 rank 1,011 of 1,304; 2026-10-16 rank 999 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, 20269991,31388.6%
Oct 15, 20261,0111,30489.2%
Oct 14, 20269951,28690.4%
Oct 13, 20269551,30792.2%
Oct 12, 20269661,30591.6%
Oct 11, 20269711,32388.6%
Oct 10, 20269251,31989.2%
Oct 9, 20269211,31989.2%
Oct 8, 20269781,35088.0%
Oct 7, 20261,0191,39986.9%
Oct 6, 20261,0411,31086.9%
Oct 5, 20261,0271,28985.7%
Oct 4, 20261,0431,14986.9%
Oct 3, 20261,0181,11487.9%
Oct 2, 20261,0201,11487.9%
Oct 1, 202642953887.3%
Sep 30, 202643653087.2%
Sep 29, 202644752388.2%
Sep 28, 202645248985.7%
Sep 27, 202633135486.9%
Sep 26, 202632334286.9%
Reports received at Kickapoo River AT Ontario, reports from 1.0 to 5.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02463 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Kickapoo River AT Ontario, reports from 1.0 to 5.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0246Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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