Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 54 instruments in Idaho stand at one.
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INL - Taber, Idaho Weather Station Report
Rank 583 of 833 in Idaho, Oct 16. 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.
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Idaho median 91.0, 100.0, 81.9
Next above
LLEI1rank 582; ahead on reports received 98.9% against 94.6%
Next below
STFI1rank 594; behind on reports received 94.6% against 82.1%
Sharing its rank
10other 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.
Reports receivedweight 3594.633.1 of 35 pointsIdaho median 98.8159 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
Arrivalweight 104.40.4 of 10 pointsIdaho median 76.8half its reports arrived within 58 min
Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsIdaho median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
Accuracyweight 20-18.2 of 20 points, at the medianIdaho median 91.0-
Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianIdaho median 100.0-
Forecast checkweight 10-8.2 of 10 points, at the medianIdaho median 81.9-
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
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 38 degrees above the horizon at 43.32 N, and the day is 10 h 50 min long. Level ground there takes 61 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.