Storm Station

Live/247 Rank/Alabama

Alabama 24/7 Rank

Every station in Alabama ranked by its 247 score out of 100: how reliably it reports, how accurate its readings are against a reference station, how they pass their checks and how they stand against the forecast, over the last seven days.

669 stations ranked46.4% sent every report dueranked October 4, 2026page 3 of 3Alabama instrumentsAlabama weather

A station is ranked once its week holds enough reports to measure: 12, or 3 days for a gauge that reports once a day. Of the 669 ranked here, 619 have a page of their own; the rest are platforms heard here that have not yet reported enough to be listed.

Every station, ranked

RankStationScorePartsNetworkCountyReceivedReportsArrives inLongest silence
501Dee River RanchS217492.1SoilPickens91.9%125 of 136-7 h
502ClaytonCLYA192.1CooperativeBarbour85.7%6 of 76.1 h24 h
503DemopolisDYA91.9AirportMarengo93.0%469 of 5046 min4.3 h
504Al Courtland 2 WSWLCXA191.8GaugeLawrence95.0%174 of 18332 min61 min
505Huntsville/Madison County ExecMDQ91.6AirportMadison97.8%493 of 50415 min2.7 h
506Brewton Hcn-MBRXA191.6GaugeEscambia94.5%173 of 18337 min61 min
506Thomasville Hcn-MTOXA191.6GaugeClarke94.5%173 of 18337 min61 min
506TroyTRXA191.6GaugePike94.5%173 of 18337 min61 min
509Al Cullman 3 ENECUXA191.5GaugeCullman100%168 of 16847 min61 min
509Scottsboro Municipal Airport Hcn-MSCXA191.5GaugeJackson100%168 of 16847 min61 min
509Selma-Craig FieldSLXA191.5GaugeDallas100%168 of 16847 min61 min
509Valley Head Hcn-MVHXA191.5GaugeDe Kalb100%168 of 16847 min61 min
513Troy 2 W2380191.5ReferencePike100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Thomasville 2 S2380291.5ReferenceClarke100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Gadsden 19 N6385791.5ReferenceDeKalb100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Selma 13 WNW6385891.5ReferenceDallas100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Valley Head 1 SSW6386291.5ReferenceDeKalb100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Cullman 3 ENE6386791.5ReferenceCullman100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Courtland 2 WSW6386891.5ReferenceLawrence100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Fairhope 3 NE6386991.5ReferenceBaldwin100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Clanton 2 NE6389191.5ReferenceChilton100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Gainesville 2 NE6389291.5ReferenceSumter100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Greensboro 2 WNW6389391.5ReferenceHale100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Muscle Shoals 2 N6389491.5ReferenceColbert100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Scottsboro 2 NE6389691.5ReferenceJackson100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Selma 6 SSE6389791.5ReferenceDallas100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Brewton 3 NNE6389991.5ReferenceEscambia100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Northport 2 S7380191.5ReferenceTuscaloosa100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Highland Home 2 S7380291.5ReferenceCrenshaw100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
513Talladega 10 NNE7380391.5ReferenceTalladega100%67 of 671.5 h3 h
531Al Talladega 10 NNETLXA191.3GaugeTalladega99.4%167 of 16847 min2 h
532Pell CityPLR91.2AirportSt. Clair92.2%465 of 5046 min4.3 h
533NorthportNPXA190.9GaugeTuscaloosa100%168 of 16847 min61 min
534AT Smith DamARKA190.9GaugeWalker98.2%165 of 16847 min2 h
534Coosa River 10 N Logan Martin DamCCSA190.9GaugeSt Clair98.2%165 of 16847 min2 h
534Coosa River 1 E Weiss DamCREA190.9GaugeCherokee98.2%165 of 16847 min2 h
534TALLAPOOSA RIVER AT Harris DamMHDA190.9GaugeRandolph98.2%165 of 16847 min2 h
534AT Neely HenryRGLA190.9GaugeCalhoun98.2%165 of 16847 min2 h
539Broad Acres ScanBDAA190.1GaugeMontgomery95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
539Isbell Farms ScanISBA190.1GaugeColbert95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
539Livingston-Uwa ScanLVSA190.1GaugeSumter95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
539Morris Farms ScanMRSA190.1GaugeMacon95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
539Perdido Riv Farms ScanPRDA190.1GaugeEscambia95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
539River Road Farms ScanRVRA190.1GaugeHouston95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
539Selma ScanSMAA190.1GaugeDallas95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
539Sudduth Farms ScanSUDA190.1GaugeWinston95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
539Tuskegee ScanTKSA190.1GaugeMacon95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
539Wedowee ScanWEDA190.1GaugeRandolph95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
539Wtars ScanWTAA190.1GaugeLimestone95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
550Redstone ArsenalHUA90.1AirportMadison75.0%126 of 16816 min2 h
551Koptis Farms ScanKOPA189.9GaugeBaldwin94.6%159 of 16837 min5 h
552OneontaONEA189.9CooperativeBlount87.5%14 of 165.1 h14 h
553Shades CreekSCEA189.8GaugeJefferson83.9%188 of 22427 min61 min
554Elberta 4SW - Wolf CreekWLFA189.6GaugeBaldwin89.2%150 of 16817 min11 h
555Bay Minette1R889.4AirportBaldwin83.3%420 of 50416 min2.8 h
556Warrior Lock And DamWLDA188.8CooperativeHale71.4%5 of 715 min25.8 h
557VernonVRNA188.8CooperativeLamar71.4%5 of 715 min34 h
558Aliceville Lock And DamAVLA188.8CooperativePickens71.4%5 of 725 min24 h
559BillingsleyBLLA188.8CooperativeAutauga71.4%5 of 734 min2 days
560Air Crash Fire DeptTUSA188.8CooperativeTuscaloosa71.4%5 of 744 min47 h
561CentreCTRA188.8CooperativeCherokee71.4%5 of 744 min37.5 h
562AndersonANDA188.8CooperativeLauderdale71.4%5 of 745 min2 days
563CaleraCLRA188.8CooperativeShelby71.4%5 of 765 min47 h
564Walnut GroveWLGA188.8CooperativeEtowah71.4%5 of 71.7 h2 days
565Aamu/Jtg ScanAAMA188.0GaugeMadison95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
565Hodges ScanHDGA188.0GaugeMarshall95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
567ManchesterJFX88.0AirportWalker92.8%468 of 5046 min4.3 h
568GUNA1GUNA188.0DCP-71.4%5 of 74.1 h37.5 h
569Mulberry Fork 3 SE Mulberry Fork Near ArkadelphiAKLA187.8GaugeBlount89.8%151 of 16821 min16 h
570WLVA1WLVA187.6DCP-71.4%5 of 75.1 h24 h
571Bragg FarmS207887.5SoilMadison94.1%128 of 13643 min7 h
572CullmanCMD87.4AirportCullman97.8%493 of 50416 min2.7 h
573Bragg Farm ScanBRAA187.4GaugeMadison95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
574Broad AcresS217787.3SoilMontgomery93.3%127 of 13643 min7 h
575Cullman-NAHRCS211387.3SoilCullman93.3%127 of 13643 min7 h
576Fairhope 1.5 WSWAL-BW-4087.2VolunteerBaldwin66.6%2 of 326 min24 h
577Orange Beach 0.5 EAL-BW-11387.2VolunteerBaldwin66.6%2 of 326 min2 days
578Scottsboro 1.7 NAL-JC-1187.2VolunteerJackson66.6%2 of 326 min36 h
579Fairhope 3.1 NNWAL-BW-3287.2VolunteerBaldwin66.6%2 of 326 min47 h
580Prattville 2.6 NEAL-AT-2487.2VolunteerAutauga66.6%2 of 326 min2 days
581Hampton Cove 2.1 WNWAL-MD-3387.2VolunteerMadison66.6%2 of 385 min2 days
582Huntsville 7.8 SEAL-MD-15687.2VolunteerMadison66.6%2 of 386 min35 h
583Fort Mitchell 2.3 SSWAL-RS-887.2VolunteerRussell66.6%2 of 386 min35 h
584Muscle Shoals 1.3 SSWAL-CT-487.2VolunteerColbert66.6%2 of 386 min36 h
584Bon Air 2.8 SSEAL-TG-687.2VolunteerTalladega66.6%2 of 386 min36 h
586Bay Minette 7.0 NAL-BW-7187.2VolunteerBaldwin66.6%2 of 386 min36 h
586Argo 1.6 WNWAL-JF-8187.2VolunteerJefferson66.6%2 of 386 min36 h
586Harvest 3.9 SEAL-MD-8587.2VolunteerMadison66.6%2 of 386 min36 h
589Montevallo 0.5 NNEAL-SH-7487.2VolunteerShelby66.6%2 of 386 min37 h
590Pinson 6.1 NEAL-JF-7787.2VolunteerJefferson66.6%2 of 386 min39 h
591Hanceville 1.6 EAL-CM-487.2VolunteerCullman66.6%2 of 386 min2 days
591Brewton 5.8 NNEAL-ES-487.2VolunteerEscambia66.6%2 of 386 min2 days
593New Market 7.0 SSWAL-MD-16187.1VolunteerMadison66.6%2 of 32.4 h36 h
594Rainbow City 2.8 NNEAL-ET-787.1VolunteerEtowah66.6%2 of 32.4 h38 h
595Springville 6.5 NEAL-SC-787.1VolunteerSt. Clair66.6%2 of 32.4 h2 days
596No 2/Water Treatment PlantABNA186.7CooperativeLee71.4%5 of 76.9 h43 h
597Fayette 1.3 SAL-FY-1386.7VolunteerFayette66.6%2 of 33.4 h2 days
598Forest Home 0.2 WAL-BT-486.7VolunteerButler66.6%2 of 33.4 h3 days
599HodgesS205586.5SoilMarshall91.1%124 of 13643 min7 h
600Guntersville8A186.3AirportMarshall97.2%490 of 50416 min3.3 h
601Isbell FarmsS217386.3SoilColbert91.9%125 of 13643 min8 h
602Sepulga River At Sepulga RiverUPBA186.2GaugeConecuh80.3%135 of 16822 min9 h
603Ragland 4.0 SWAL-SC-886.2VolunteerSt. Clair66.6%2 of 34.4 h37 h
604Monroeville - Alabama RiverCLPA185.8GaugeMonroe83.3%140 of 16827 min10 h
605Aamu-JtgS205785.7SoilMadison93.3%127 of 13643 min7 h
606Stanley Farm ScanSTAA185.6GaugeMorgan95.2%160 of 16837 min5 h
607Koptis FarmsS218085.6SoilBaldwin94.1%128 of 13652 min7 h
608S. Sauty Creek AT S. Sauty Creek near RainsvilleSSRA185.6GaugeDeKalb83.3%140 of 16812 min28.3 h
609Livingston-UWAS211485.1SoilSumter94.1%128 of 13653 min8 h
610WtarsS205385.1SoilMadison94.1%128 of 13653 min8 h
610TuskegeeS211585.1SoilMacon94.1%128 of 13653 min8 h
610WedoweeS217585.1SoilRandolph94.1%128 of 13653 min8 h
610SelmaS217685.1SoilDallas94.1%128 of 13653 min8 h
610Sudduth FarmsS217985.1SoilWinston94.1%128 of 13653 min8 h
610Perdido Riv FarmsS218185.1SoilEscambia94.1%128 of 13653 min8 h
616Morris FarmsS217884.9SoilMacon93.3%127 of 13653 min8 h
617River Road FarmsS218284.9SoilHouston93.3%127 of 13653 min8 h
618Lake Purdy 2.6 ESEAL-SH-4884.8VolunteerShelby66.6%2 of 37.4 h35 h
619Stanley FarmS205684.6SoilMorgan92.6%126 of 13653 min8 h
620Gulf Shores 2.3 SWAL-BW-9483.9VolunteerBaldwin66.6%2 of 39.4 h36 h
621BCDA1BCDA183.8DCP-57.1%4 of 717 min2.3 days
622Huntsville 7SE - Hampton Cove ElemHCEA183.8CooperativeMadison57.1%4 of 723 min2 days
623WilsonvilleGASA183.6GaugeShelby72.0%121 of 16837 min2 h
624Ragland 3SSWRAGA183.6CooperativeSt. Clair57.1%4 of 72.9 h37 h
625Salem 5.7 SSEAL-LE-2383.4VolunteerLee66.6%2 of 310.4 h36 h
626Grove Hill 4.9 SWAL-CK-1483.0VolunteerClarke66.6%2 of 311.4 h2 days
627Gadsden Water WorksGADA182.9CooperativeEtowah57.1%4 of 725 min4 days
628Cullman-Nahrc ScanCNSA182.6GaugeCullman94.6%159 of 16837 min6 h
629Phenix City 5.0 WNWAL-LE-2281.6VolunteerLee66.6%2 of 314.4 h2 days
630Wadley Nr 2WDYA181.5CooperativeRandolph57.1%4 of 77.4 h2 days
631TLLA1TLLA181.2DCP-66.6%14 of 215.1 h16 h
631WPKA1WPKA181.2DCP-66.6%14 of 215.1 h16 h
633Waste Water Treatment PltOPLA181.2CooperativeLee57.1%4 of 78.1 h2 days
634Theodore 4.8 ENEAL-MB-8981.1VolunteerMobile66.6%2 of 315.4 h2 days
635Cullman 7.5 SWAL-CM-681.1VolunteerCullman66.6%2 of 315.4 h36 h
635Concord 0.4 ESEAL-JF-6981.1VolunteerJefferson66.6%2 of 315.4 h36 h
635Mobile 2.6 WNWAL-MB-481.1VolunteerMobile66.6%2 of 315.4 h36 h
635Toney 4.0 SEAL-MD-11381.1VolunteerMadison66.6%2 of 315.4 h36 h
635Madison 6.1 SAL-MD-12381.1VolunteerMadison66.6%2 of 315.4 h36 h
635Madison 1.8 NAL-MD-8881.1VolunteerMadison66.6%2 of 315.4 h36 h
641Morris 4.1 EAL-JF-7681.1VolunteerJefferson66.6%2 of 315.4 h2 days
642Mobile 10.4 WAL-MB-7180.7VolunteerMobile66.6%2 of 316.4 h36 h
643Trussville 3.6 SSWAL-JF-7580.7VolunteerJefferson66.6%2 of 316.4 h37 h
644Gulf ShoresJKA80.5AirportBaldwin58.9%297 of 50415 min2.3 h
645BessemerEKY80.5AirportJefferson45.2%76 of 1685 min3 h
646Marion JunctionMRJA178.8CooperativeDallas71.4%5 of 724.7 h2.5 days
647Decatur 5 SEDCTA178.8CooperativeMorgan42.8%3 of 715 min3 days
648Sand Mountain SubstationCSMA178.3CooperativeDe Kalb42.8%3 of 724 min3.5 days
649State NurseryATMA178.3CooperativeEscambia42.8%3 of 754 min3.5 days
650Belle Mina 2 NBLMA178.3CooperativeLimestone42.8%3 of 774 min3.5 days
651Camden 1.0 NNEAL-WX-277.4VolunteerWilcox66.6%2 of 323.4 h36 h
652Alexandria 1.6 EAL-CN-1977.4VolunteerCalhoun66.6%2 of 323.4 h2.1 days
653Florence 2.0 NNEAL-LD-4777.2VolunteerLauderdale66.6%2 of 325.4 h2 days
654Decatur 2.1 WAL-MG-3677.2VolunteerMorgan66.6%2 of 327.4 h2 days
655Sumiton 6.1 ENEAL-JF-8577.2VolunteerJefferson66.6%2 of 331.4 h2 days
656MidwayMDWA175.9CooperativeBullock42.8%3 of 78.7 h2 days
657Arley 5.7 SSEAL-WN-675.5VolunteerWinston33.3%1 of 386 min2.5 days
658Oneonta 0.9 SEAL-BL-975.5VolunteerBlount33.3%1 of 386 min2.5 days
658Huntsville 4.3 NEAL-MD-14875.5VolunteerMadison33.3%1 of 386 min2.5 days
660Springville 4ESPRA175.1CooperativeSt. Clair42.8%3 of 79.6 h3.5 days
661Woodland 0.2 NAL-RN-675.0VolunteerRandolph33.3%1 of 33.4 h2.5 days
661Lake Purdy 3.6 ENEAL-SH-1475.0VolunteerShelby33.3%1 of 33.4 h2.5 days
663Auburn 1.2 SSWAL-LE-1574.5VolunteerLee33.3%1 of 34.4 h2.5 days
664Learning Campus-Gulf Shores 1.3 EAL-BW-10470.4VolunteerBaldwin33.3%1 of 313.4 h2.4 days
665Owens Cross Roads 5.9 NAL-MD-15969.4VolunteerMadison33.3%1 of 315.4 h2.5 days
666Tallapoosa Water PlantMGYA168.3CooperativeMontgomery42.8%3 of 753.9 h3.5 days
667Al Russellville 4 SSERUXA162.9GaugeFranklin35.5%65 of 18336 min35.9 h
668Russellville 4 SSE6389560.2ReferenceFranklin34.3%23 of 672.5 h36 h
669Gadsden Muni (AWOS)GAD57.6AirportEtowah10.7%18 of 1685 min6.3 days

How a station is ranked

The 247 Rank answers one question about a weather station: can its readings be relied on? A station has to deliver: its reports arrive when due, soon, without long silences. And its readings have to be right: close to a trusted station nearby, passing their checks, and in step with the weather the forecast and its neighbours confirm.

The 247 score

Storm Station's poller asks every network on its own schedule, around the clock, and keeps the time of every report it hears; the reference comparison and the forecast engine keep the rest. From the last seven days of that record each station is scored out of 100 on six parts, and its 247 score is their weighted mean:

  1. Reports receivedweight 35The share of its scheduled reports received. A station that sends every 5 minutes is due 2,016 reports in a week; one that reports once a day is due 7. Each report is counted in a slot centred on the station's own report time, so a report a minute early or late is still on time, and the week ends an hour back, so a report still on its way is never counted missed.Full marks: 100% received. No marks: none received.
  2. Arrivalweight 10The median time its reports took to arrive from the moment a reading was taken to the moment it reached Storm Station.Full marks: within 10 minutes, or a tenth of its schedule for a station that reports less often. No marks: an hour, or its whole schedule.
  3. Continuityweight 10Its longest silence against its own schedule, so a daily gauge is not marked down for a day between reports.Full marks: a silence of 3 reports or less. No marks: 72 reports, falling evenly on a log scale between.
  4. Accuracyweight 20How closely its temperature follows its reference station the nearest airport or climate reference station that reported within half an hour, up to 15 miles away, reading by reading. A steady offset is taken out, and where both heights are known only the offset beyond 3 F that the height difference does not explain is counted.Full marks: within 1.5 F, allowing 0.1 F more for each mile to the reference. No marks: 6.5 F beyond that.
  5. Instrument checksweight 15The share of its readings that pass a check. For an airfield, the check the forecast engine runs the next day: each reading against the stations around it, as weather services check their own. For any other station, a reading 20 F or more from its reference fails, unless the two stand 3,000 ft or more apart.Full marks: none failed. No marks: 5% failed.
  6. Forecast checkweight 10How closely its temperature matched Storm Station's forecast for the same hours, checked the next day, for every airfield the forecast engine scores. A station whose readings stray far from a forecast its neighbours confirm is one to doubt.Full marks: within 2 F on average. No marks: 8 F.

A part is scored once the week holds 24 readings or comparisons for it. A part that cannot be measured where a station stands counts at the middle of its state's measured stations, so the station is neither lifted nor sunk by it. A part measured nowhere in the state is left out, and the others carry its weight.

From score to rank

Each state's stations are ranked by their score, to the tenth. At an equal score the longer record comes first: a station that sent 2,016 of 2,016 reports has shown more than one that sent 7 of 7. Then the faster arrival, then the shorter silence. Ties on all of them share a rank, as a race is scored: three stations tied for third are all third, and the next is sixth.

A station is ranked once its week holds enough reports to measure: 12, or 3 days for a gauge that reports once a day. The rank is made again every day, so a station that falls silent or starts to read wrong drops, and one that recovers climbs back. Every page shows the same ranking: a station's rank here, in its state's list and on its own page come from one run, and a new run reaches them together. Each station's page shows its score part by part, with the figures behind each.

The same figures as data

/api/ranks for a state and /api/rank for one station, its score in parts; the developer page has every field.