Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
NBCI2
Latitude
41.88830 N
Longitude
87.62110 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 453 reports in 162 hours over the last seven days
Rank
990of 1,162 in Illinois, Oct 4

On the radar over Chicago - Chicago River at Columbus DrReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 49 instruments in Illinois stand at one.

Station charts

Chicago - Chicago River at Columbus Dr Report

Rank 990 of 1,162 in Illinois, 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 score86.0of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 3580.9453 of 560 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1062.5half its reports arrived within 29 min
  3. Continuityweight 1073.3longest silence 2.1 h, on a schedule of one report every 18 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
990of 1,162 in Illinois, Oct 4
Schedule
every 18 minon the hour's :08, :26, :38 and :56
Reports received, 24 hours
51 of 8063.7% of its schedule, 53 reports in all
Reports received, 7 days
440 of 56078.5% of its schedule, 498 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
5 h 30 minfrom Oct 3, 4:56 PM
Latest report
Oct 4, 6:08 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
29 min9 in 10 within 38 min

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

Its schedule is one report every 18 min, 80 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 18 min count as one received.

Chart of the 1,162 ranked stations in Illinois 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, 32; 20 to 29 per cent, 2; 30 to 39 per cent, 25; 40 to 49 per cent, 12; 50 to 59 per cent, 12; 60 to 69 per cent, 200; 70 to 79 per cent, 22; 80 to 89 per cent, 33; 90 to 99 per cent, 318; 100 per cent, 505. Chicago - Chicago River at Columbus Dr received 80.8 per cent, 453 of 560 scheduled reports, rank 990 of 1,162.WHERE IT RANKS IN ILLINOIS, Oct 4THIS ONE: 80.8%, 453 OF 560, RANK 990 OF 1,162PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 193220 to 29230 to 392540 to 491250 to 591260 to 6920070 to 792280 to 893390 to 99318100505STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Chicago - Chicago River at Columbus Dr's rank in Illinois by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-04: 2026-09-26 rank 390 of 415; 2026-09-27 rank 398 of 417; 2026-09-28 rank 477 of 517; 2026-09-29 rank 473 of 535; 2026-09-30 rank 485 of 540; 2026-10-01 rank 473 of 542; 2026-10-02 rank 1,004 of 1,103; 2026-10-03 rank 1,005 of 1,104; 2026-10-04 rank 990 of 1,162.ITS RANK IN ILLINOIS, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP15001,0001,500Sep 26Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 4
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%505
90 to 99%318
80 to 89%33
70 to 79%22
60 to 69%200
50 to 59%12
40 to 49%12
30 to 39%25
20 to 29%2
10 to 19%32
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 4, 20269901,16280.8%
Oct 3, 20261,0051,10482.7%
Oct 2, 20261,0041,10382.6%
Oct 1, 202647354284.6%
Sep 30, 202648554083.5%
Sep 29, 202647353588.2%
Sep 28, 202647751787.6%
Sep 27, 202639841787.0%
Sep 26, 202639041584.6%
Reports received at Chicago - Chicago River at Columbus Dr, reports from 0.0 to 60.0, the latest 9.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports02040609 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 43 AM6 AM
Reports received at Chicago - Chicago River at Columbus Dr, reports from 0.0 to 60.0, the latest 9.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0204060Mon 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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