Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
MCPI4
Latitude
42.09233 N
Longitude
93.58550 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 158 reports in 127 hours over the last seven days
Rank
708of 1,027 in Iowa, Oct 4

On the radar over South Skunk River 4 NNE Ames McFarland ParkReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 12 instruments in Iowa stand at one.

Station charts

South Skunk River 4 NNE Ames McFarland Park Report

Rank 708 of 1,027 in Iowa, 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 score94.5of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 3594.0158 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1068.1half its reports arrived within 26 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.0longest silence 2.5 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 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
708of 1,027 in Iowa, Oct 4
Schedule
every houron the hour's :00 and :30
Reports received, 24 hours
22 of 2491.6% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
156 of 16892.8% of its schedule, 158 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
2 h 30 minfrom Oct 1, 7:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 4, 2:30 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
54 min9 in 10 within 55 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 1,027 ranked stations in Iowa 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, 1; 10 to 19 per cent, 4; 20 to 29 per cent, 2; 30 to 39 per cent, 26; 40 to 49 per cent, 15; 50 to 59 per cent, 13; 60 to 69 per cent, 99; 70 to 79 per cent, 17; 80 to 89 per cent, 121; 90 to 99 per cent, 437; 100 per cent, 292. South Skunk River 4 NNE Ames McFarland Park received 94.0 per cent, 158 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 708 of 1,027.WHERE IT RANKS IN IOWA, Oct 4THIS ONE: 94.0%, 158 OF 168, RANK 708 OF 1,027PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 19420 to 29230 to 392640 to 491550 to 591360 to 699970 to 791780 to 8912190 to 99437100292STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of South Skunk River 4 NNE Ames McFarland Park's rank in Iowa by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-04: 2026-09-26 rank 546 of 652; 2026-09-27 rank 264 of 653; 2026-09-28 rank 490 of 745; 2026-09-29 rank 585 of 758; 2026-09-30 rank 581 of 764; 2026-10-01 rank 586 of 771; 2026-10-02 rank 525 of 1,017; 2026-10-03 rank 526 of 1,017; 2026-10-04 rank 708 of 1,027.ITS RANK IN IOWA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600800Sep 26Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 4
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%292
90 to 99%437
80 to 89%121
70 to 79%17
60 to 69%99
50 to 59%13
40 to 49%15
30 to 39%26
20 to 29%2
10 to 19%4
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 4, 20267081,02794.0%
Oct 3, 20265261,01793.9%
Oct 2, 20265251,01793.9%
Oct 1, 202658677192.9%
Sep 30, 202658176494.9%
Sep 29, 202658575894.6%
Sep 28, 202649074597.1%
Sep 27, 202626465397.8%
Sep 26, 202654665286.9%
Reports received at South Skunk River 4 NNE Ames McFarland Park, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012346 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 43 AM
Reports received at South Skunk River 4 NNE Ames McFarland Park, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Mon 28Tue 29Wed 30Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4

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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