Storm Station

At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
DERS2
Latitude
43.79056 N
Longitude
96.74528 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 168 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Rank
92of 792 in South Dakota, Oct 4

On the radar over Dell RapidsReflectivityStorm 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

Dell Rapids Report

Rank 92 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 score99.2of 100

  1. Reports receivedweight 35100.0168 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1098.5half its reports arrived within 11 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.0longest silence 60 min, 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
92of 792 in South Dakota, Oct 4
Schedule
every houron the hour's :30
Reports received, 24 hours
24 of 24100% of its schedule
Reports received, 7 days
168 of 168100% of its schedule
Days reported, 30 days
-
Longest silence, 7 days
1 hourfrom Sep 27, 1:30 AM
Latest report
Oct 4, 12:30 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
11 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 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. Dell Rapids received 100.0 per cent, 168 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 92 of 792.WHERE IT RANKS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, Oct 4THIS ONE: 100.0%, 168 OF 168, RANK 92 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 Dell Rapids's rank in South Dakota by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-09-26 to 2026-10-04: 2026-09-26 rank 73 of 425; 2026-09-27 rank 69 of 428; 2026-09-28 rank 68 of 563; 2026-09-29 rank 18 of 585; 2026-09-30 rank 13 of 591; 2026-10-01 rank 9 of 590; 2026-10-02 rank 93 of 769; 2026-10-03 rank 89 of 769; 2026-10-04 rank 92 of 792.ITS RANK IN SOUTH DAKOTA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1255075100Sep 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, 202692792100.0%
Oct 3, 202689769100.0%
Oct 2, 202693769100.0%
Oct 1, 20269590100.0%
Sep 30, 202613591100.0%
Sep 29, 202618585100.0%
Sep 28, 202668563100.0%
Sep 27, 202669428100.0%
Sep 26, 202673425100.0%
Reports received at Dell Rapids, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012343 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 4
Reports received at Dell Rapids, reports from 2.0 to 4.0, the latest 2.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Mon 28Tue 29Wed 30Thu 1Fri 2Sat 3Sun 4

Left out of its precipitation: 13.87 in on Jul 11, 2022, when the gauge's own running total rose 5.33 in. The day counted as precipitation a reading that dropped and came back.

Precipitation at Dell Rapids, precipitation from 0.00 to 12.93, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.005.0010.0015.0020222023202420252026
Days reported at Dell Rapids, days from 0.0 to 31.0, the latest 0.0, in days.DAYS REPORTEDdays010203120222023202420252026
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
MonthPrecipitation inDays reported
Apr 20240.0030
Mar 20240.0031
Feb 20240.0029
Jan 20240.0031
Dec 20230.0031
Nov 20230.0030
Oct 20230.0031
Sep 20230.0030
Aug 20230.0031
Jul 20236.1831
Jun 20238.5930
May 20233.3331
Apr 20230.7530
Mar 20230.0031
Feb 20230.0028
Jan 20230.0031
Dec 20220.0030
Nov 20220.0030
Oct 20224.8431
Sep 20224.9630
Aug 20224.8431
Jul 202212.9330
Jun 20222.9230
May 20224.8331
Apr 20222.6530
Mar 20220.0031
Feb 20220.0028
Jan 20220.0031
Dec 20210.0031
Nov 20210.0030

Left out of its precipitation: 13.87 in on Jul 11, 2022, when the gauge's own running total rose 5.33 in. The day counted as precipitation a reading that dropped and came back.

Precipitation at Dell Rapids, precipitation from 0.00 to 12.93, the latest 0.00, in inches.PRECIPITATIONin0.005.0010.0015.0020172019202120232025
Days reported at Dell Rapids, days from 0.0 to 31.0, the latest 0.0, in days.DAYS REPORTEDdays010203120172019202120232025
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
MonthPrecipitation inDays reported
Apr 20240.0030
Mar 20240.0031
Feb 20240.0029
Jan 20240.0031
Dec 20230.0031
Nov 20230.0030
Oct 20230.0031
Sep 20230.0030
Aug 20230.0031
Jul 20236.1831
Jun 20238.5930
May 20233.3331
Apr 20230.7530
Mar 20230.0031
Feb 20230.0028
Jan 20230.0031
Dec 20220.0030
Nov 20220.0030
Oct 20224.8431
Sep 20224.9630
Aug 20224.8431
Jul 202212.9330
Jun 20222.9230
May 20224.8331
Apr 20222.6530
Mar 20220.0031
Feb 20220.0028
Jan 20220.0031
Dec 20210.0031
Nov 20210.0030
Oct 20214.9631
Sep 20210.8530
Aug 20210.2531
Jul 20214.5031
Jun 20215.4130
May 20215.6931
Apr 20211.9327

The whole record, Jan 1, 2010 to May 8, 2024, 3,436 days reported. Left out of its precipitation: 13.87 in on Jul 11, 2022, when the gauge's own running total rose 5.33 in. The day counted as precipitation a reading that dropped and came back.

Average precipitation by month at Dell Rapids, precipitation from 0.06 to 4.20, the latest 0.38, in inches.AVERAGE PRECIPITATION BY MONTHin0.002.004.006.00JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Days reported, by year at Dell Rapids, days reported from 118.0 to 366.0, the latest 129.0, in days.DAYS REPORTED, BY YEARdays0100200300366201020122014201620222024
The readings these charts were drawn from, as a table
MonthAverage high FAverage low FRecord high FRecord low FAverage precipitation inStrongest gust mph
Jan----0.06-
Feb----0.08-
Mar----0.38-
Apr----2.05-
May----3.46-
Jun----3.87-
Jul----4.20-
Aug----1.46-
Sep----1.79-
Oct----1.58-
Nov----0.23-
Dec----0.38-

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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