Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
PKMC1
Latitude
34.72730 N
Longitude
114.51190 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 25 reports in 24 hours over the last seven days
Rank
4,053of 4,072 in California, Oct 4

On the radar over NeedlesReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 413 instruments in California stand at one.

Station charts

Needles Report

Rank 4,053 of 4,072 in California, Oct 4. 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.

247 score52.7of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 3512.225 of 205 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1051.4half its reports arrived within 34 min
  3. Continuityweight 1032.4longest silence 21 h, on a schedule of one report every 49 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20--
  5. Instrument checksweight 15--
  6. Forecast checkweight 10--

The score is the weighted mean of its six parts, from the last 7 days. How a station is ranked sets out each part.

Rank
4,053of 4,072 in California, Oct 4
Schedule
every 49 min
Reports received, 24 hours
2 of 296.8% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
26 of 20512.6% of its schedule, 40 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
2 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
20 h 59 minfrom Oct 2, 3:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 3, 11:59 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
38 min9 in 10 within 10 h 15 min

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

Its schedule is one report every 49 min, 29 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 49 min count as one received.

Chart of the 4,072 ranked stations in California on Oct 4 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, 86; 10 to 19 per cent, 52; 20 to 29 per cent, 8; 30 to 39 per cent, 43; 40 to 49 per cent, 36; 50 to 59 per cent, 54; 60 to 69 per cent, 151; 70 to 79 per cent, 116; 80 to 89 per cent, 218; 90 to 99 per cent, 2,244; 100 per cent, 1,064. Needles received 12.1 per cent, 25 of 205 scheduled reports, rank 4,053 of 4,072.WHERE IT RANKS IN CALIFORNIA, Oct 4THIS ONE: 12.1%, 25 OF 205, RANK 4,053 OF 4,072PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101001,0000 to 98610 to 195220 to 29830 to 394340 to 493650 to 595460 to 6915170 to 7911680 to 8921890 to 992,2441001,064STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Needles's rank in California by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-04: 2026-09-29 rank 3,443 of 3,460; 2026-09-30 rank 3,461 of 3,491; 2026-10-01 rank 3,557 of 3,586; 2026-10-02 rank 3,920 of 3,944; 2026-10-03 rank 3,920 of 3,944; 2026-10-04 rank 4,053 of 4,072.ITS RANK IN CALIFORNIA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP12,0004,0006,000Sep 29Sep 30Oct 1Oct 2Oct 3Oct 4
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%1,064
90 to 99%2,244
80 to 89%218
70 to 79%116
60 to 69%151
50 to 59%54
40 to 49%36
30 to 39%43
20 to 29%8
10 to 19%52
0 to 9%86
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 4, 20264,0534,07212.1%
Oct 3, 20263,9203,94412.8%
Oct 2, 20263,9203,94412.8%
Oct 1, 20263,5573,5869.9%
Sep 30, 20263,4613,49110.8%
Sep 29, 20263,4433,4605.6%
Reports received at Needles, reports from 0.0 to 1.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.250.50.7516 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 43 AM
Reports received at Needles, reports from 0.0 to 27.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0102030Mon 28Tue 29Wed 30Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4
Precipitation at Needles, precipitation from 0.00 to 0.02, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.000.030.050.070.10Sep 5Sep 10Sep 15Sep 20Sep 25Sep 30
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Sep 290.00
Sep 280.02
Precipitation at Needles, precipitation from 0.00 to 2.42, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.001.002.003.00NovDec2026FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Sep 29, 20260.00
Sep 28, 20260.02
Nov 27, 20251.63
Nov 26, 20251.63
Nov 20, 20250.00
Nov 19, 20252.42
Nov 14, 20250.09
Nov 13, 20250.09
Nov 12, 20250.18
Nov 11, 20250.00
Nov 10, 20250.18
Nov 9, 20250.00
Nov 8, 20250.27
Nov 7, 20250.18
Nov 6, 20250.27
Nov 3, 20250.00
Nov 2, 20250.00
Nov 1, 20250.00
Oct 21, 20250.09
Oct 20, 20250.09
Oct 19, 20250.09
Oct 18, 20250.09
Oct 17, 20250.00
Oct 16, 20250.27
Oct 15, 20250.36
Oct 14, 20250.36
Oct 13, 20250.27
Oct 12, 20250.00
Oct 11, 20250.18
Oct 10, 20250.22
Days reported at Needles, days from 0.0 to 16.0, the latest 0.0, in days.DAYS REPORTEDdays010203120222023202420252026
Days reported at Needles, days from 0.0 to 19.0, the latest 0.0, in days.DAYS REPORTEDdays010203120172019202120232025

The whole record, Aug 3, 2016 to Sep 29, 2026, 198 days reported.

Days reported, by year at Needles, days reported from 2.0 to 78.0, the latest 2.0, in days.DAYS REPORTED, BY YEARdays0100200300366201620182020202220242026
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
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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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