Drawn as the kind of place it stands at. 103 instruments in Utah stand at one.
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Station charts
Duchesne River Near Randlett Report
Rank 344 of 998 in Utah, 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 score93.2of 100
Utah median
90.8the median score of 998 stations
Scoring higher
343stations in Utah
Sharing its score
1no other station
Points deducted
6.84.6 arrival, 1.4 forecast check, 0.6 accuracy, 0.2 reports received
Counted at the median
Accuracy, instrument checks, forecast checknot measured at this station; Utah median 97.0, 100.0, 85.8
TADU1rank 345; behind on 247 score 93.2 against 93.1
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 3599.434.8 of 35 pointsUtah median 98.2167 of 168 scheduled reports received in 7 days
Arrivalweight 1054.45.4 of 10 pointsUtah median 72.3half its reports arrived within 33 min
Continuityweight 10100.010.0 of 10 pointsUtah median 100.0longest silence 2 h, on a schedule of one report every 60 min
Accuracyweight 20-19.4 of 20 points, at the medianUtah median 97.0-
Instrument checksweight 15-15.0 of 15 points, at the medianUtah median 100.0-
Forecast checkweight 10-8.6 of 10 points, at the medianUtah median 85.8-
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 (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
At 4,747 ft above sea level, 16 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.13 inHg and the temperature at 42.1 F.
On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 41 degrees above the horizon at 40.21 N, and the day is 10 h 58 min long. Level ground there takes 65 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.