Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
BTLM2
Latitude
38.97920 N
Longitude
76.91720 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 24 reports in 24 hours over the last seven days
Observed
3:10 PMEDT, 36 hours ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 33 instruments in Maryland stand at one.

Station charts

Beltsville Report

Rank 727 of 736 in Maryland, 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.

Ranking Statistics

247 score58.9of 100

Maryland median
89.0the median score of 736 stations
Scoring higher
726stations in Maryland
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
41.130.0 reports received, 8.7 continuity, 1.5 arrival, 0.8 forecast check, 0.2 accuracy
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Maryland median 99.0, 100.0, 92.1
Next above
CW1620rank 726; ahead on 247 score 59.1 against 58.9
Next below
LARM2rank 728; behind on 247 score 58.9 against 58.6

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 3514.35.0 of 35 pointsMaryland median 82.124 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1085.18.5 of 10 pointsMaryland median 94.0half its reports arrived within 17 min
  3. Continuityweight 1013.41.3 of 10 pointsMaryland median 100.0longest silence 47 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-19.8 of 20 points, at the medianMaryland median 99.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianMaryland median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-9.2 of 10 points, at the medianMaryland median 92.1-

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 :10, :15 and :25
Reports received, 24 hours
0 of 240.0% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
24 of 16814.2% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
47 hoursfrom Oct 10, 12:25 PM
Latest report
Oct 14, 3:10 PMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
17 min9 in 10 within 18 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 736 ranked stations in Maryland on Oct 16 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, 4; 10 to 19 per cent, 20; 20 to 29 per cent, 27; 30 to 39 per cent, 11; 40 to 49 per cent, 62; 50 to 59 per cent, 96; 60 to 69 per cent, 107; 70 to 79 per cent, 36; 80 to 89 per cent, 35; 90 to 99 per cent, 183; 100 per cent, 155. Beltsville received 14.2 per cent, 24 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 727 of 736.WHERE IT RANKS IN MARYLAND, Oct 16THIS ONE: 14.2%, 24 OF 168, RANK 727 OF 736PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9410 to 192020 to 292730 to 391140 to 496250 to 599660 to 6910770 to 793680 to 893590 to 99183100155STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Beltsville's rank in Maryland by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-16: 2026-10-01 rank 426 of 426; 2026-10-02 rank 534 of 540; 2026-10-03 rank 534 of 540; 2026-10-04 rank 558 of 564; 2026-10-05 rank 681 of 686; 2026-10-06 rank 698 of 702; 2026-10-07 rank 724 of 729; 2026-10-08 rank 722 of 731; 2026-10-09 rank 695 of 733; 2026-10-10 rank 696 of 733; 2026-10-11 rank 680 of 725; 2026-10-12 rank 683 of 728; 2026-10-13 rank 696 of 726; 2026-10-14 rank 713 of 727; 2026-10-15 rank 710 of 723; 2026-10-16 rank 727 of 736.ITS RANK IN MARYLAND, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600800Oct 1Oct 4Oct 7Oct 10Oct 13Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%155
90 to 99%183
80 to 89%35
70 to 79%36
60 to 69%107
50 to 59%96
40 to 49%62
30 to 39%11
20 to 29%27
10 to 19%20
0 to 9%4
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202672773614.2%
Oct 15, 202671072318.4%
Oct 14, 202671372720.2%
Oct 13, 202669672622.0%
Oct 12, 202668372822.6%
Oct 11, 202668072522.6%
Oct 10, 202669673321.4%
Oct 9, 202669573321.4%
Oct 8, 202672273119.6%
Oct 7, 202672472917.8%
Oct 6, 202669870213.6%
Oct 5, 202668168610.1%
Oct 4, 202655856410.1%
Oct 3, 202653454010.2%
Oct 2, 202653454010.2%
Oct 1, 20264264268.4%
Reports received at Beltsville, reports from 0.0 to 1.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.250.50.751Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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