Storm Station

At a flood warning station

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
FCDMC-76701
Latitude
33.61083 N
Longitude
111.72500 W
Elevation
1,675 ft
Rank
1,524of 1,656 in Arizona, Oct 11
Observed
10:30 PMMST, 19 minutes ago
Air temperature
73F
Dew point
68.9F
Relative humidity
87%

Ranking Statistics

On the radar over Fountain Hills Fire Dept.ReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

At a flood warning station

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 39 instruments in Arizona stand at one.

Station charts

Fountain Hills Fire Dept. Report

Rank 1,524 of 1,656 in Arizona, Oct 11. 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 score72.6of 100

Arizona median
87.6the median score of 1,656 stations
Scoring higher
1,523stations in Arizona
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
27.427.4 reports received
Counted at the median
Forecast checknot measured at this station; Arizona median 100.0
Next above
AZ-CN-140rank 1,523; ahead on 247 score 72.7 against 72.6
Next below
FCDMC-71701rank 1,525; behind on 247 score 72.6 against 72.5

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 3521.77.6 of 35 pointsArizona median 72.0146 of 672 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsArizona median 79.2half its reports arrived within 8 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsArizona median 100.0longest silence 30 min, on a schedule of one report every 15 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20100.020.0 of 20 pointsArizona median 91.2its temperature against the airport station KFFZ, 10.0 miles away, over 57 readings: typical difference 2.5 °F beyond a steady offset of -2.5 °F
  5. Instrument checksweight 15100.015.0 of 15 pointsArizona median 100.00 of 57 readings failed their check against its reference station
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianArizona median 100.0-

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 (45 min), none for 72 (18 h)
Accuracy
Full marks within 2.5 °F of its reference, typically, none beyond 9.0 °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
Rank
1,524of 1,656 in Arizona, Oct 11
Schedule
every 15 minon the hour's :00, :30 and :45
Reports received, 24 hours
72 of 9675.0% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
163 of 67224.2% of its schedule, 166 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
30 minfrom Oct 8, 11:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 11, 5:30 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
8 min9 in 10 within 13 min
Against its reference, 30 days
-2.5 °Fcooler than the airport station KFFZ, 10 miles away, on average over 60 readings; typical difference 3.3 °F; also compared with 1 other reference station

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

Against its reference: each temperature this station reports is compared with the nearest airport or climate reference station that reported within half an hour, up to 15 miles away. The figure is its reading less the reference's, on average, as both were reported; the typical difference is the root mean square. The difference in height is shown where both heights are known.

Its schedule is one report every 15 min, 96 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 15 min count as one received.

Chart of the 1,656 ranked stations in Arizona on Oct 11 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, 1; 10 to 19 per cent, 28; 20 to 29 per cent, 93; 30 to 39 per cent, 10; 40 to 49 per cent, 445; 50 to 59 per cent, 127; 60 to 69 per cent, 14; 70 to 79 per cent, 125; 80 to 89 per cent, 98; 90 to 99 per cent, 340; 100 per cent, 375. Fountain Hills Fire Dept. received 21.7 per cent, 146 of 672 scheduled reports, rank 1,524 of 1,656.WHERE IT RANKS IN ARIZONA, Oct 11THIS ONE: 21.7%, 146 OF 672, RANK 1,524 OF 1,656PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 192820 to 299330 to 391040 to 4944550 to 5912760 to 691470 to 7912580 to 899890 to 99340100375STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Fountain Hills Fire Dept.'s rank in Arizona by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-10-09 to 2026-10-11: 2026-10-09 rank 1,531 of 1,661; 2026-10-10 rank 1,531 of 1,661; 2026-10-11 rank 1,524 of 1,656.ITS RANK IN ARIZONA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP15001,0001,5002,000Oct 9Oct 10Oct 11
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%375
90 to 99%340
80 to 89%98
70 to 79%125
60 to 69%14
50 to 59%127
40 to 49%445
30 to 39%10
20 to 29%93
10 to 19%28
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 11, 20261,5241,65621.7%
Oct 10, 20261,5311,66111.0%
Oct 9, 20261,5311,66110.7%

Station report

Fountain Hills Fire Dept., in 3 sheets

Drawn from the register, in the manner of the Field Book, and opened beside the plates that explain each part of it.

1The column

Contents

At 1,675 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.15 inHg and the temperature at 53.0 F.

Section from sea level of where Fountain Hills Fire Dept. stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,675 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.15 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FCDMC-76701FIG. D WHERE FOUNTAIN HILLS FIRE DEPT. STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFOUNTAIN HILLS FIRE DEPT.6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,675 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.15 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.0 FTITLEFountain Hills Fire Dept., the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP FCDMC-76701TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVFROM THE REGISTER SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-11IDSR-FCDMC76701-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

From the Field Book

2The sun

Contents

On Oct 11 the noon sun stands 49 degrees above the horizon at 33.61 N, and the day is 11 h 21 min long. Level ground there takes 76 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Fountain Hills Fire Dept., angles true: on Oct 11 it stands 49 degrees above the horizon, against 80 at the June solstice, 56 at the equinoxes and 33 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 21 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FCDMC-76701FIG. E THE SUN AT FOUNTAIN HILLS FIRE DEPT.ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 80°EQUINOXES 56°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 33°OCT 11, 49°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 21 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 76 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 33.61 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -7.2°TITLEFountain Hills Fire Dept., the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP FCDMC-76701TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVFROM THE REGISTER SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-11IDSR-FCDMC76701-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

From the Field Book

3The instrument

Contents

A data collection platform, 1,675 ft above sea level. Its sensors, as its network builds them.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Fountain Hills Fire Dept., each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: no reading in the last day.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FCDMC-76701FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITE-AIR TEMPERATURE-PRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLEFountain Hills Fire Dept., the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP FCDMC-76701TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVFROM THE REGISTER SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-11IDSR-FCDMC76701-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

From the Field Book

The instrumentWhat an instrument is FB-INS-001

What it seesMoon and tides FB-CLK-003Hurricane FB-EVT-043Nor'easter FB-EVT-066Flash flood FB-EVT-100Coastal flood FB-EVT-105

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