Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
MINW2
Latitude
38.16390 N
Longitude
79.98190 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 955 reports in 169 hours over the last seven days
Observed
1:30 AMEDT, 52 minutes ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 85 instruments in West Virginia stand at one.

Station charts

Minnehaha Report

Rank 349 of 711 in West 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 score92.7of 100

West Virginia median
92.4the median score of 711 stations
Scoring higher
347stations in West Virginia
Sharing its score
3ranks 348 to 350
Points deducted
7.32.3 arrival, 1.9 reports received, 1.6 continuity, 0.9 accuracy, 0.6 forecast check
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; West Virginia median 95.6, 100.0, 93.9
Next above
LONW2rank 348; ahead on reports received 98.8% against 94.7%
Next below
PLSW2rank 350; behind on reports received 94.7% against 86.9%

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 3594.733.1 of 35 pointsWest Virginia median 89.9955 of 1,008 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1076.87.7 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 87.5half its reports arrived within 22 min
  3. Continuityweight 1083.98.4 of 10 pointsWest Virginia median 100.0longest silence 50 min, on a schedule of one report every 10 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-19.1 of 20 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 95.6-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.4 of 10 points, at the medianWest Virginia median 93.9-

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 (30 min), none for 72 (12 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 10 min
Reports received, 24 hours
132 of 14491.6% of its schedule, 136 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
955 of 1,00894.7% of its schedule, 975 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
40 minfrom Oct 14, 5:35 PM
Latest report
Oct 15, 11:15 PMlocal 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 10 min, 144 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 10 min count as one received.

Chart of the 711 ranked stations in West 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, 14; 10 to 19 per cent, 140; 20 to 29 per cent, 65; 30 to 39 per cent, 11; 40 to 49 per cent, 23; 50 to 59 per cent, 38; 60 to 69 per cent, 8; 70 to 79 per cent, 17; 80 to 89 per cent, 40; 90 to 99 per cent, 194; 100 per cent, 161. Minnehaha received 94.7 per cent, 955 of 1,008 scheduled reports, rank 349 of 711.WHERE IT RANKS IN WEST VIRGINIA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 94.7%, 955 OF 1,008, RANK 349 OF 711PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 91410 to 1914020 to 296530 to 391140 to 492350 to 593860 to 69870 to 791780 to 894090 to 99194100161STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Minnehaha's rank in West Virginia by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-26 rank 333 of 387; 2026-09-27 rank 381 of 432; 2026-09-28 rank 407 of 512; 2026-09-29 rank 380 of 523; 2026-09-30 rank 370 of 528; 2026-10-01 rank 303 of 527; 2026-10-02 rank 378 of 583; 2026-10-03 rank 378 of 583; 2026-10-04 rank 375 of 589; 2026-10-05 rank 379 of 653; 2026-10-06 rank 382 of 656; 2026-10-07 rank 396 of 703; 2026-10-08 rank 394 of 703; 2026-10-09 rank 376 of 704; 2026-10-10 rank 378 of 704; 2026-10-11 rank 390 of 704; 2026-10-12 rank 397 of 703; 2026-10-13 rank 379 of 706; 2026-10-14 rank 372 of 707; 2026-10-15 rank 352 of 706; 2026-10-16 rank 349 of 711.ITS RANK IN WEST VIRGINIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Sep 30Oct 4Oct 8Oct 12Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%161
90 to 99%194
80 to 89%40
70 to 79%17
60 to 69%8
50 to 59%38
40 to 49%23
30 to 39%11
20 to 29%65
10 to 19%140
0 to 9%14
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202634971194.7%
Oct 15, 202635270695.0%
Oct 14, 202637270792.1%
Oct 13, 202637970688.7%
Oct 12, 202639770384.9%
Oct 11, 202639070481.8%
Oct 10, 202637870478.3%
Oct 9, 202637670478.1%
Oct 8, 202639470371.6%
Oct 7, 202639670372.2%
Oct 6, 202638265673.5%
Oct 5, 202637965375.0%
Oct 4, 202637558974.8%
Oct 3, 202637858374.5%
Oct 2, 202637858374.5%
Oct 1, 202630352774.4%
Sep 30, 202637052876.8%
Sep 29, 202638052379.6%
Sep 28, 202640751273.1%
Sep 27, 202638143269.3%
Sep 26, 202633338782.2%
Reports received at Minnehaha, reports from 1.0 to 12.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0510153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 16
Reports received at Minnehaha, reports from 1.0 to 12.0, the latest 1.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports051015Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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