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Live/247 Rank/Wisconsin

Wisconsin 24/7 Rank

Every station in Wisconsin 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.

1,313 stations ranked41.8% sent every report dueranked October 16, 2026page 6 of 6Wisconsin instrumentsWisconsin 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 1,313 ranked here, 1,287 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
1,251Fort Atkinson 1.2 WNWWI-JF-3873.9VolunteerJefferson57.1%4 of 724.4 h3 days
1,251Fort Atkinson 4.3 WWI-JF-4073.9VolunteerJefferson57.1%4 of 724.4 h3 days
1,253Green Bay 4.1 WSWWI-BN-3173.9VolunteerBrown57.1%4 of 725.4 h24 h
1,254Milwaukee 4.5 SWI-MW-14173.9VolunteerMilwaukee57.1%4 of 725.4 h3 days
1,255Fond Du Lac 1.5 ESEWI-DL-3573.9VolunteerFond du Lac57.1%4 of 725.4 h36.1 h
1,256Stitzer 1.8 SEWI-GT-2073.9VolunteerGrant57.1%4 of 726.4 h3 days
1,257Citizen station EW3122EW312273.8CitizenSheboygan57.1%128 of 22417 s4.5 h
1,258Friendship 6.4 NNEWI-AD-1673.5VolunteerAdams42.8%3 of 711.4 h4.5 days
1,259West Salem 0.7 WWI-LC-173.5VolunteerLa Crosse42.8%3 of 711.4 h4.5 days
1,260Citizen station FW7956FW795673.3CitizenDane37.9%83 of 21915 s7.8 h
1,261MAZW3MAZW373.3DCP-26.7%15 of 56-6.1 h
1,262Black River AT Hatfield Hydro PlantHATW373.0GaugeJackson32.1%54 of 16821 min2 h
1,263ViroquaY5172.2AirportVernon52.1%263 of 5046 min3.4 days
1,264Citizen station FW3243FW324372.1CitizenWashington42.8%96 of 22422 s19.6 h
1,265East Fork Black River 4 E Hatfield 4EHEFW372.0GaugeJackson31.5%53 of 16825 min2 h
1,266SheboyganNDBC-SGNW371.8GaugeSheboygan61.7%311 of 50423 min1.7 h
1,267Oak Creek 1EOKKW371.7GaugeMilwaukee44.6%25 of 561.8 h19 h
1,268Citizen station EW0200EW020071.5CitizenColumbia42.7%86 of 20115 s13.3 h
1,269Citizen station FW6192FW619271.4CitizenJuneau43.3%97 of 22419 s25.3 h
1,270Green Bay WestNDBC-GBWW370.9GaugeBrown60.3%338 of 56043 min6.3 h
1,271Citizen station CW1419CW141970.3CitizenWaukesha51.7%348 of 67218 s2.1 h
1,272KewauneeNDBC-KWNW370.2GaugeKewaunee60.0%336 of 56043 min12 h
1,273Citizen station GW4269GW426969.9CitizenTaylor43.2%218 of 50416 s18.6 h
1,274Black River AT Hatfield DamHABW369.0GaugeJackson24.4%41 of 16823 min4 h
1,275Wales 0.7 NEWI-WK-10568.9VolunteerWaukesha42.8%3 of 724.4 h3 days
1,276NSKW3NSKW368.9DCP-27.3%23 of 844 min26 h
1,277Citizen station DW6222DW622268.2CitizenAshland50.4%113 of 22417 s7.3 h
1,278Wisconsin RapidsISW67.9AirportWood15.3%50 of 3257 min1.5 h
1,279Citizen station GW0308GW030867.8CitizenDodge39.8%251 of 63019 s23.2 h
1,280Citizen station GW1292GW129267.6CitizenManitowoc42.2%142 of 33617 s22.2 h
1,281Black River 4 N Highway 95HAAW367.4GaugeClark17.2%29 of 16823 min62 min
1,282Citizen station FW1210FW121064.9CitizenWaukesha25.2%424 of 1,68017 s3.6 h
1,283Citizen station DW7584DW758464.2CitizenOutagamie29.4%99 of 33615 s3 days
1,284Citizen station GW6447GW644763.9CitizenWashington22.5%378 of 1,68018 s3.6 h
1,285Citizen station CW1988CW198863.9CitizenWaukesha22.2%374 of 1,68018 s3.6 h
1,286Ashland Breakwater Lighthouse Chequamegon Bay46374109052130163.7GaugeAshland100%168 of 16811 min64 min
1,287Discovery Farms Waterway MT3 Near Milan44555709009060163.6GaugeMarathon29.1%49 of 16812 min5 days
1,288Wilson Park Creek @ Gmia Outfall 7 @ Milwaukee04087147563.3GaugeMilwaukee100%168 of 16813 min66 min
1,289Citizen station CW0101CW010162.7CitizenEau Claire20.4%413 of 2,01617 s3.6 h
1,290Citizen station GW0157GW015762.7CitizenDane20.5%414 of 2,01617 s3.6 h
1,291Citizen station FW6551FW655162.7CitizenEau Claire20.3%411 of 2,01616 s3.6 h
1,292Citizen station GW3403GW340362.7CitizenWaupaca20.4%412 of 2,01617 s3.6 h
1,293Citizen station GW7368GW736862.7CitizenWaukesha20.4%412 of 2,01618 s3.6 h
1,294Citizen station FW7000FW700062.7CitizenEau Claire20.2%409 of 2,01618 s3.5 h
1,295Citizen station GW3738GW373862.6CitizenDane20.3%411 of 2,01618 s3.6 h
1,296Citizen station FW8572FW857262.6CitizenOutagamie20.3%410 of 2,01618 s3.6 h
1,297Citizen station GW1058GW105862.6CitizenEau Claire20.1%407 of 2,01617 s3.5 h
1,297Citizen station GW1059GW105962.6CitizenEau Claire20.2%408 of 2,01617 s3.5 h
1,299Citizen station FW3620FW362062.6CitizenDane20.1%407 of 2,01618 s3.6 h
1,299Citizen station GW3605GW360562.6CitizenBrown20.2%408 of 2,01618 s3.6 h
1,301Citizen station GW3710GW371062.6CitizenPortage20.1%407 of 2,01618 s3.6 h
1,302Citizen station GW0963GW096362.5CitizenMarathon20.3%411 of 2,01618 s3.6 h
1,303Citizen station EW4463EW446361.9CitizenJefferson20.2%409 of 2,01618 s3.6 h
1,304Citizen station FW6268FW626860.5CitizenWashington48.2%162 of 33614 s18.2 h
1,305Citizen station GW6677GW667759.9CitizenAdams16.9%342 of 2,01616 s7.4 h
1,306Citizen station EW7352EW735257.3CitizenSheboygan9.7%47 of 48016 s6 days
1,307Citizen station GW1547GW154757.2CitizenManitowoc20.2%409 of 2,01618 s3.6 h
1,308Sugar River AT AlbanyALBW357.1GaugeGreen21.4%36 of 16831 min5.5 days
1,309Chambers IslandCBRW355.6GaugeDoor14.2%24 of 16826 min5.1 days
1,310Citizen station D4502D450252.2CitizenWaukesha23.0%116 of 50416 s2.3 days
1,311Citizen station GW4639GW463949.5CitizenWashington19.7%398 of 2,01617 s3.5 h
1,312RHIW3RHIW346.7DCP-4.1%14 of 3363.4 h23.5 h
1,313Citizen station FW9093FW909335.7CitizenEau Claire41.9%141 of 33611 s38.8 h

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; an airfield is compared with the nearest other airport, never its own report. 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.