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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
RGCN7
Latitude
35.62580 N
Longitude
82.27390 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 117 reports in 46 hours over the last seven days
Observed
11:00 PMEDT, 10 hours ago
Precipitation this hour
-
Precipitation today
-

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 212 instruments in North Carolina stand at one.

Station charts

Ridgecrest Report

Rank 2,239 of 2,255 in North Carolina, 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 score59.1of 100

North Carolina median
95.0the median score of 2,255 stations
Scoring higher
2,238stations in North Carolina
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
40.930.1 reports received, 10.0 continuity, 0.8 arrival
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; North Carolina median 100.0, 100.0, 100.0
Next above
GFMN7rank 2,238; ahead on 247 score 59.6 against 59.1
Next below
JCKN7rank 2,240; behind on 247 score 59.1 against 58.7

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 3513.94.9 of 35 pointsNorth Carolina median 92.6117 of 840 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1092.39.2 of 10 pointsNorth Carolina median 95.2half its reports arrived within 14 min
  3. Continuityweight 100.00.0 of 10 pointsNorth Carolina median 100.0longest silence 15.4 h, on a schedule of one report every 12 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-10.0 of 10 points, at the medianNorth Carolina median 100.0-

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 (36 min), none for 72 (14.4 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 3 min
Reports received, 24 hours
6 of 4801.2% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
264 of 3,3607.8% of its schedule, 368 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
30 of 30
Longest silence, 7 days
15 h 23 minfrom Oct 13, 8:00 AM
Latest report
Oct 15, 11:00 PMlocal time

The reports received are counted from the network's own archive of this station's reports. Its 247 rank is counted from Storm Station's own record, which holds less than 7 days of it so far: 117 of 840 scheduled reports received, 13.9%.

Its schedule is one report every 3 min, 480 in 24 hours. Two reports in the same 3 min count as one received.

Chart of the 2,255 ranked stations in North Carolina 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, 12; 10 to 19 per cent, 26; 20 to 29 per cent, 46; 30 to 39 per cent, 10; 40 to 49 per cent, 178; 50 to 59 per cent, 286; 60 to 69 per cent, 199; 70 to 79 per cent, 156; 80 to 89 per cent, 200; 90 to 99 per cent, 591; 100 per cent, 551. Ridgecrest received 13.9 per cent, 117 of 840 scheduled reports, rank 2,239 of 2,255.WHERE IT RANKS IN NORTH CAROLINA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 13.9%, 117 OF 840, RANK 2,239 OF 2,255PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 91210 to 192620 to 294630 to 391040 to 4917850 to 5928660 to 6919970 to 7915680 to 8920090 to 99591100551STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Ridgecrest's rank in North Carolina by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-29 to 2026-10-16: 2026-09-29 rank 988 of 1,037; 2026-09-30 rank 999 of 1,043; 2026-10-01 rank 995 of 1,052; 2026-10-02 rank 1,525 of 1,620; 2026-10-03 rank 1,525 of 1,620; 2026-10-04 rank 1,480 of 1,659; 2026-10-05 rank 1,900 of 1,917; 2026-10-06 rank 1,946 of 1,980; 2026-10-07 rank 2,118 of 2,180; 2026-10-08 rank 2,149 of 2,202; 2026-10-09 rank 2,119 of 2,181; 2026-10-10 rank 2,119 of 2,181; 2026-10-11 rank 2,211 of 2,229; 2026-10-12 rank 2,221 of 2,235; 2026-10-13 rank 2,238 of 2,255; 2026-10-14 rank 2,239 of 2,251; 2026-10-15 rank 2,234 of 2,253; 2026-10-16 rank 2,239 of 2,255.ITS RANK IN NORTH CAROLINA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP11,0002,0003,000Sep 29Oct 2Oct 5Oct 8Oct 11Oct 14Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%551
90 to 99%591
80 to 89%200
70 to 79%156
60 to 69%199
50 to 59%286
40 to 49%178
30 to 39%10
20 to 29%46
10 to 19%26
0 to 9%12
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 20262,2392,25513.9%
Oct 15, 20262,2342,25313.8%
Oct 14, 20262,2392,25112.8%
Oct 13, 20262,2382,25514.6%
Oct 12, 20262,2212,23514.4%
Oct 11, 20262,2112,22911.7%
Oct 10, 20262,1192,18115.3%
Oct 9, 20262,1192,18115.3%
Oct 8, 20262,1492,20215.8%
Oct 7, 20262,1182,18016.3%
Oct 6, 20261,9461,98013.6%
Oct 5, 20261,9001,91712.7%
Oct 4, 20261,4801,65948.4%
Oct 3, 20261,5251,62039.0%
Oct 2, 20261,5251,62039.0%
Oct 1, 20269951,05240.0%
Sep 30, 20269991,04341.3%
Sep 29, 20269881,03739.1%
Reports received at Ridgecrest, reports from 0.0 to 2.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports00.511.529 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM
Reports received at Ridgecrest, reports from 0.0 to 29.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0102030Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16
Precipitation at Ridgecrest, precipitation from 0.00 to 5.79, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.002.004.006.00Sep 17Sep 22Sep 27Oct 2Oct 7Oct 12
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
DayPrecipitation in
Oct 160.00
Oct 150.00
Oct 140.00
Oct 130.00
Oct 120.00
Oct 111.46
Oct 105.79
Oct 90.00
Oct 80.00
Oct 70.00
Oct 60.00
Oct 50.00
Oct 40.00
Oct 30.11
Oct 20.00
Oct 10.00
Sep 300.00
Sep 290.00
Sep 280.12
Sep 270.00
Sep 260.00
Sep 250.12
Sep 240.24
Sep 231.33
Sep 220.20
Sep 210.00
Sep 201.50
Sep 190.35
Sep 180.36
Sep 170.00

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