Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
BGCS2
Latitude
45.30000 N
Longitude
96.48330 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 166 reports in 155 hours over the last seven days
Rank
494of 792 in South Dakota, Oct 4

On the radar over Whetstone River AT Big Stone CityReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 18 instruments in South Dakota stand at one.

Station charts

Whetstone River AT Big Stone City Report

Rank 494 of 792 in South Dakota, 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 score94.7of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 3598.8166 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1058.5half its reports arrived within 31 min
  3. Continuityweight 1099.3longest silence 3.1 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 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
494of 792 in South Dakota, Oct 4
Schedule
every houron the hour's :00
Reports received, 24 hours
18 of 2475.0% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
161 of 16895.8% of its schedule, 162 reports in all
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
7 hoursfrom Oct 3, 4:00 PM
Latest report
Oct 4, 9:00 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
31 min9 in 10 within 41 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 792 ranked stations in South Dakota 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, 0; 10 to 19 per cent, 0; 20 to 29 per cent, 0; 30 to 39 per cent, 46; 40 to 49 per cent, 9; 50 to 59 per cent, 10; 60 to 69 per cent, 63; 70 to 79 per cent, 27; 80 to 89 per cent, 97; 90 to 99 per cent, 249; 100 per cent, 291. Whetstone River AT Big Stone City received 98.8 per cent, 166 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 494 of 792.WHERE IT RANKS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, Oct 4THIS ONE: 98.8%, 166 OF 168, RANK 494 OF 792PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 910 to 1920 to 2930 to 394640 to 49950 to 591060 to 696370 to 792780 to 899790 to 99249100291STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Whetstone River AT Big Stone City's rank in South Dakota by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-04: 2026-09-26 rank 208 of 425; 2026-09-27 rank 202 of 428; 2026-09-28 rank 322 of 563; 2026-09-29 rank 313 of 585; 2026-09-30 rank 300 of 591; 2026-10-01 rank 290 of 590; 2026-10-02 rank 500 of 769; 2026-10-03 rank 503 of 769; 2026-10-04 rank 494 of 792.ITS RANK IN SOUTH DAKOTA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600Sep 26Sep 28Sep 30Oct 2Oct 4
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%291
90 to 99%249
80 to 89%97
70 to 79%27
60 to 69%63
50 to 59%10
40 to 49%9
30 to 39%46
20 to 29%0
10 to 19%0
0 to 9%0
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 4, 202649479298.8%
Oct 3, 202650376999.3%
Oct 2, 202650076999.3%
Oct 1, 202629059099.2%
Sep 30, 202630059199.1%
Sep 29, 202631358598.9%
Sep 28, 202632256398.5%
Sep 27, 2026202428100.0%
Sep 26, 2026208425100.0%
Reports received at Whetstone River AT Big Stone City, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports0123412 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 43 AM6 AM9 AM
Reports received at Whetstone River AT Big Stone City, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Mon 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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