Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 24 instruments in Kansas stand at one.
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Weather Station 1 Nr Corning Report
Rank 704 of 1,001 in Kansas, Oct 11. 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; Kansas median 95.5, 100.0, 87.9
Next above
ECLK1rank 703; ahead on reports received 99.4% against 71.4%
Next below
MLFK1rank 705; behind on reports due 168 against 7, the longer record first
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 3571.425.0 of 35 pointsKansas median 98.2120 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
Arrivalweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsKansas median 95.3half its reports arrived within 8 min
Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsKansas median 100.0longest silence 60 min, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
Accuracyweight 20-19.1 of 20 points, at the medianKansas median 95.5-
Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianKansas median 100.0-
Forecast checkweight 10-8.8 of 10 points, at the medianKansas median 87.9-
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
At 1,386 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.45 inHg and the temperature at 54.1 F.
On Oct 11 the noon sun stands 43 degrees above the horizon at 39.65 N, and the day is 11 h 12 min long. Level ground there takes 68 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.