Weather/North Carolina/Instruments/PTON7
Potato Knob
At a river or reservoir gauge in Swain County, North CarolinaAt a river or reservoir gauge
DCP network, identified by the register
- Identifier
- PTON7
- Latitude
- 35.41310 N
- Longitude
- 83.50060 W
- Elevation
- -
- Listed
- Automatically, on 102 reports in 103 hours over the last seven days
- Rank
- 1,576of 1,659 in North Carolina, Oct 4
- Precipitation this hour
- 0in
- Precipitation today
- 0in
Now, today, and the week
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Station charts
Potato Knob Report
Rank 1,576 of 1,659 in North Carolina, 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 score74.4of 100
- Reports receivedweight 3545.5102 of 224 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1087.4half its reports arrived within 16 min
- Continuityweight 1049.4longest silence 11.3 h, on a schedule of one report every 45 min
- Accuracyweight 20--
- Instrument checksweight 15--
- 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
- 1,576of 1,659 in North Carolina, Oct 4
- Schedule
- every 45 minon the hour's :00 and :15
- Reports received, 24 hours
- 14 of 3243.7% of its schedule, 15 reports in all
- Reports received, 7 days
- 102 of 22445.5% of its schedule, 105 reports in all
- Days reported, 30 days
- 30 of 30
- Longest silence, 7 days
- 11 h 15 minfrom Sep 27, 8:00 AM
- Latest report
- Oct 4, 2:00 AMlocal time
- Time to reach Storm Station
- 16 min9 in 10 within 17 min
From Storm Station's own record of every report it heard from this station.
Its schedule is one report every 45 min, 32 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 45 min count as one received.
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
| Share of scheduled reports received | Stations |
|---|---|
| 100% | 588 |
| 90 to 99% | 410 |
| 80 to 89% | 177 |
| 70 to 79% | 79 |
| 60 to 69% | 257 |
| 50 to 59% | 25 |
| 40 to 49% | 22 |
| 30 to 39% | 61 |
| 20 to 29% | 18 |
| 10 to 19% | 10 |
| 0 to 9% | 12 |
| Day | Rank | Stations ranked | Share received |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 1,576 | 1,659 | 45.5% |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1,552 | 1,620 | 45.9% |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1,552 | 1,620 | 46.1% |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 988 | 1,052 | 45.2% |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 995 | 1,043 | 44.3% |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 985 | 1,037 | 44.4% |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 967 | 1,010 | 42.5% |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 893 | 915 | 38.7% |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 204 | 910 | 100.0% |
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Hour | Precipitation in | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 4, 2 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Hour | Precipitation in | Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Sun 4, 2 AM | 0.00 | 1 |
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
| Day | Precipitation in |
|---|---|
| Oct 4 | 0.00 |
| Oct 3 | 0.00 |
| Oct 2 | 0.00 |
| Oct 1 | 0.00 |
| Sep 30 | 0.00 |
| Sep 29 | 0.00 |
| Sep 28 | 0.00 |
| Sep 27 | 0.00 |
| Sep 26 | 0.00 |
| Sep 25 | 0.00 |
| Sep 24 | 0.55 |
| Sep 23 | 0.52 |
| Sep 22 | 1.37 |
| Sep 21 | 0.00 |
| Sep 20 | 0.00 |
| Sep 19 | 0.00 |
| Sep 18 | 0.08 |
| Sep 17 | 0.00 |
| Sep 16 | 0.00 |
| Sep 15 | 0.00 |
| Sep 14 | 0.00 |
| Sep 13 | 0.04 |
| Sep 12 | 0.63 |
| Sep 11 | 0.00 |
| Sep 10 | 0.00 |
| Sep 9 | 0.00 |
| Sep 8 | 0.00 |
| Sep 7 | 0.00 |
| Sep 6 | 0.00 |
| Sep 5 | 0.00 |