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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
HFOF1
Latitude
27.37220 N
Longitude
82.49570 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 166 reports in 159 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:59 PMEDT, 53 minutes ago
Precipitation today
0in

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 82 instruments in Florida stand at one.

Station charts

Desoto Lakes - Hidden Forest Report

Rank 1,168 of 2,300 in Florida, Oct 17. 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 score95.4of 100

Florida median
95.4the median score of 2,300 stations
Scoring higher
1,145stations in Florida
Sharing its score
29ranks 1,146 to 1,174
Points deducted
4.64.2 arrival, 0.4 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Florida median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
WMYF1rank 1,166; ahead on median arrival 30 min 50 s against 30 min 51 s
Next below
WSCF1rank 1,174; behind on median arrival 30 min 51 s against 30 min 52 s
Sharing its rank
5other stations, equal on every measure

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 3598.834.6 of 35 pointsFlorida median 99.3166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1058.35.8 of 10 pointsFlorida median 82.4half its reports arrived within 31 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsFlorida median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianFlorida median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianFlorida median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianFlorida 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 (3 h), none for 72 (72 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 houron the hour's :00
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
166 of 16898.8% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
13 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
2 hoursfrom Oct 13, 7:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 11:59 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
31 min9 in 10 within 31 min

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

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

Chart of the 2,300 ranked stations in Florida on Oct 17 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, 3; 10 to 19 per cent, 41; 20 to 29 per cent, 12; 30 to 39 per cent, 4; 40 to 49 per cent, 99; 50 to 59 per cent, 232; 60 to 69 per cent, 92; 70 to 79 per cent, 126; 80 to 89 per cent, 173; 90 to 99 per cent, 863; 100 per cent, 655. Desoto Lakes - Hidden Forest received 98.8 per cent, 166 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 1,168 of 2,300.WHERE IT RANKS IN FLORIDA, Oct 17THIS ONE: 98.8%, 166 OF 168, RANK 1,168 OF 2,300PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9310 to 194120 to 291230 to 39440 to 499950 to 5923260 to 699270 to 7912680 to 8917390 to 99863100655STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Desoto Lakes - Hidden Forest's rank in Florida by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-10-08 to 2026-10-17: 2026-10-08 rank 2,261 of 2,350; 2026-10-09 rank 2,151 of 2,355; 2026-10-10 rank 2,149 of 2,355; 2026-10-11 rank 2,037 of 2,385; 2026-10-12 rank 1,839 of 2,379; 2026-10-13 rank 1,775 of 2,378; 2026-10-14 rank 1,205 of 2,362; 2026-10-15 rank 1,175 of 2,348; 2026-10-16 rank 1,154 of 2,338; 2026-10-17 rank 1,168 of 2,300.ITS RANK IN FLORIDA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP11,0002,0003,000Oct 8Oct 10Oct 12Oct 14Oct 16Oct 17
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%655
90 to 99%863
80 to 89%173
70 to 79%126
60 to 69%92
50 to 59%232
40 to 49%99
30 to 39%4
20 to 29%12
10 to 19%41
0 to 9%3
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 17, 20261,1682,30098.8%
Oct 16, 20261,1542,33898.8%
Oct 15, 20261,1752,34898.2%
Oct 14, 20261,2052,36298.2%
Oct 13, 20261,7752,37888.6%
Oct 12, 20261,8392,37974.4%
Oct 11, 20262,0372,38560.1%
Oct 10, 20262,1492,35545.8%
Oct 9, 20262,1512,35545.2%
Oct 8, 20262,2612,35017.8%
Reports received at Desoto Lakes - Hidden Forest, reports from 0.0 to 1.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.250.50.7513 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 17
Reports received at Desoto Lakes - Hidden Forest, reports from 0.0 to 1.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.250.50.751Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16Sat 17
Precipitation at Desoto Lakes - Hidden Forest, precipitation from 0.00 to 2.02, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.001.002.003.00Sep 18Sep 23Sep 28Oct 3Oct 8Oct 13
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 160.00
Oct 150.00
Oct 140.00
Oct 130.00
Oct 120.00
Oct 110.48
Oct 100.26
Oct 90.01
Oct 80.91
Oct 70.68
Oct 62.02
Oct 50.00
Oct 40.00

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