Ranking Statistics
247 score51.0of 100
- Texas median
- 89.2the median score of 4,764 stations
- Scoring higher
- 4,761stations in Texas
- Sharing its score
- 1no other station
- Points deducted
- 49.031.1 reports received, 8.7 accuracy, 6.9 arrival, 1.8 continuity, 0.5 forecast check
- Counted at the median
- Forecast checknot measured at this station; Texas median 94.8
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.
- Reports receivedweight 3511.13.9 of 35 pointsTexas median 85.762 of 560 scheduled reports received in 7 days
- Arrivalweight 1031.33.1 of 10 pointsTexas median 92.6half its reports arrived within 44 min
- Continuityweight 1081.68.2 of 10 pointsTexas median 100.0longest silence 1.6 h, on a schedule of one report every 18 min
- Accuracyweight 2056.711.3 of 20 pointsTexas median 98.5its temperature against the airport station KTFP, 5.9 miles away, over 41 readings: typical difference 4.9 °F beyond a steady offset of -0.7 °F
- Instrument checksweight 15100.015.0 of 15 pointsTexas median 100.00 of 41 readings failed their check against its reference station
- Forecast checkweight 10-9.5 of 10 points, at the medianTexas median 94.8-
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 (54 min), none for 72 (21.6 h)
- Accuracy
- Full marks within 2.1 °F of its reference, typically, none beyond 8.6 °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
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: 62 of 560 scheduled reports received, 11.0%.