Storm Station
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At a river or reservoir gauge

DCP network, identified by the register

Identifier
IDBS2
Latitude
44.88333 N
Longitude
98.51278 W
Elevation
-
Listed
Automatically, on 167 reports in 168 hours over the last seven days
Observed
5:30 AMCDT, 1 hour ago

Ranking Statistics

At a river or reservoir gauge

Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 52 instruments in South Dakota stand at one.

Station charts

Redfield - Turtle Creek Report

Rank 301 of 806 in South Dakota, 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 score94.5of 100

South Dakota median
93.1the median score of 806 stations
Scoring higher
299stations in South Dakota
Sharing its score
8ranks 300 to 307
Points deducted
5.52.7 forecast check, 2.6 arrival, 0.2 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; South Dakota median 100.0, 100.0, 72.6
Next above
SD-FR-47rank 300; ahead on reports received 100% against 99.4%
Next below
PONS2rank 303; behind on reports received 99.4% against 98.2%
Sharing its rank
1other stations, equal on every measure

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 3599.434.8 of 35 pointsSouth Dakota median 98.2167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
  2. Arrivalweight 1074.27.4 of 10 pointsSouth Dakota median 86.0half its reports arrived within 23 min
  3. Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsSouth Dakota median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
  4. Accuracyweight 20-20.0 of 20 points, at the medianSouth Dakota median 100.0-
  5. Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianSouth Dakota median 100.0-
  6. Forecast checkweight 10-7.3 of 10 points, at the medianSouth Dakota median 72.6-

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 :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
74 minfrom Oct 16, 5:30 AM
Latest report
Oct 16, 5:30 AMlocal time
Time to reach Storm Station
23 min9 in 10 within 31 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 806 ranked stations in South Dakota 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, 1; 10 to 19 per cent, 0; 20 to 29 per cent, 4; 30 to 39 per cent, 1; 40 to 49 per cent, 37; 50 to 59 per cent, 43; 60 to 69 per cent, 3; 70 to 79 per cent, 166; 80 to 89 per cent, 88; 90 to 99 per cent, 160; 100 per cent, 303. Redfield - Turtle Creek received 99.4 per cent, 167 of 168 scheduled reports, rank 301 of 806.WHERE IT RANKS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, Oct 16THIS ONE: 99.4%, 167 OF 168, RANK 301 OF 806PER CENT OF SCHEDULED REPORTS RECEIVEDIN STORM STATION'S OWN RECORD, UP TO 7 DAYS1101000 to 9110 to 1920 to 29430 to 39140 to 493750 to 594360 to 69370 to 7916680 to 898890 to 99160100303STATIONS, LOG SCALE
Chart of Redfield - Turtle Creek's rank in South Dakota by how it reported, day by day, from 2026-10-09 to 2026-10-16: 2026-10-09 rank 779 of 796; 2026-10-10 rank 778 of 796; 2026-10-11 rank 757 of 797; 2026-10-12 rank 719 of 795; 2026-10-13 rank 675 of 787; 2026-10-14 rank 503 of 792; 2026-10-15 rank 308 of 794; 2026-10-16 rank 301 of 806.ITS RANK IN SOUTH DAKOTA, DAY BY DAYRANK, FIRST AT THE TOP1200400600800Oct 9Oct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 16
The ranking these charts were drawn from, as tables
Share of scheduled reports receivedStations
100%303
90 to 99%160
80 to 89%88
70 to 79%166
60 to 69%3
50 to 59%43
40 to 49%37
30 to 39%1
20 to 29%4
10 to 19%0
0 to 9%1
DayRankStations rankedShare received
Oct 16, 202630180699.4%
Oct 15, 202630879499.4%
Oct 14, 202650379288.0%
Oct 13, 202667578773.8%
Oct 12, 202671979559.5%
Oct 11, 202675779745.2%
Oct 10, 202677879630.9%
Oct 9, 202677979630.3%
Reports received at Redfield - Turtle Creek, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports012349 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMOct 163 AM6 AM
Reports received at Redfield - Turtle Creek, reports from 0.0 to 4.0, the latest 0.0, in reports.REPORTS RECEIVEDreports01234Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14Thu 15Fri 16

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