How Much Fell
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How much rain and snow fell in Fairhope, Alabama?

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No rain fell in Fairhope in the last 24 hours (to 11 AM CDT, Oct 11). Past 7 days: 2.12 in. This year: 44.38 in (79 percent of normal).

Yesterday and last night (24 hours to 7 AM CDT, Oct 10): 0.41 in of rain.

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In the 24 hours to 11:00 AM CDT, Sunday, October 11, 2026

radar estimate

  • Estimated from weather radar (NOAA)?. Usually within 10 to 15 percent of what a rain gauge? in your yard would catch.
  • New snow: 0.0 in in the last 24 hours and not measured this season (NOAA snow estimate)

Compared with normal

  • Last 7 days0.97 in wetter than normal (normal 1.15 in, Oct 5 to 11, Fairhope 2 NE, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average (the official normal), NOAA station records, Fairhope 2 NE
  • This month2.96 in wetter than normal (normal 1.56 in, Oct 1 to 11, Fairhope 2 NE, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Fairhope 2 NE
  • This year11.53 in drier than normal (normal 55.91 in, Jan 1 to Oct 11, Fairhope 2 NE, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Fairhope 2 NE

Will this match my gauge? Each day here ends at 7:00 AM CDT, close to when volunteers read their rain gauges (about 7 AM). How close we usually are

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Rain in the 24 hours to 11 AM Sunday, Oct 11. Radar estimate from NOAA.
Labels: Fairhope and nearby towns within 40 miles, in inches. Cut from the state map.

The most rain in a day in Fairhope since August 25, 2026, and the 4886th wettest day at Fairhope 2 NE since 1917, tied with 79 other days.

NOAA station records · Fairhope 2 NE (USC00012813), 1.8 mi away · 4885 wetter days out of 37,753 on record, 79 tied days. This storm: Oct 10 to Oct 10, 0.41 in of rain; its biggest day, Oct 10, was 0.41 in.

The last 14 days

Sep 27 to Oct 10, 2026

Rain, inches (radar estimate)

  1. 0.00
  2. 0.00
  3. 0.00
  4. 0.00
  5. 0.00
  6. 0.50
  7. 0.14
  8. 1.59
  9. 1.87
  10. 0.00
  11. 0.00
  12. 0.00
  13. 0.00
  14. 0.41

Each bar is one day ending 7:00 AM CDT. T = a trace, too little to measure; n/m = not measured.? Every value is printed, so the chart reads without color.

October 2026, day by day

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Figures: rain, inches (radar estimate); new snow, inches (NOAA snow estimate). Striped days are not measured or not in the data; days marked not yet are after the latest day. Each day ends 7:00 AM CDT.

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Rain goes back to Oct 14, 2020; snow to Oct 1, 2008. Days labeled by the date they end.

Every rain total for Fairhope

PeriodRain
Last 24 hours, to 11:00 AM CDT Oct 110.00 in radar estimate
Last 72 hours0.61 in radar estimate
Last 7 days2.12 in radar estimate
This month so far4.52 in radar estimate
This year, 2026 so far44.38 in radar estimate

Every snow total

PeriodNew snow
Last 24 hours0.0 in NOAA snow estimate
Last 72 hours0.0 in NOAA snow estimate
Last 7 daysnot measured
This month so farnot measured
This season so farnot measured

How months count

Fairhope at a glance

Fairhope is in Alabama, at about 119 ft above sea level at its Census center point and had an estimated 26,044 residents in 2024.

The weather station's records since 1917 come from Fairhope 2 NE, 1.8 miles away.

The wettest day on record at Fairhope 2 NE was 14.52 in on July 20, 1997; the biggest snow day was 7.5 in on January 22, 2025.

From Sep 27 to Oct 10, Fairhope had measurable rain on 5 days out of 14 with data, 4.51 in of rain in all, by weather radar. The wettest day was Mon, Oct 5, with 1.87 in.

Nearby Alabama towns

TownFrom Fairhope24 hours7 days
Daphne rain totals (7.4 mi)7.4 mi north0.00 in2.48 in
Foley rain totals (15.2 mi)15.2 mi southeast0.00 in3.11 in
Mobile rain totals (17.0 mi)17.0 mi northwest0.00 in1.24 in

Rain totals are estimated from weather radar (NOAA). Distance is in a straight line between Census center points.

Nearby rain gauges (read by volunteers)

3 closest
Rain gaugeDistanceRead atMelted to waterNew snowSnow depth
Fairhope 1.7 WNW
Station AL-BW-125. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
1.9 mi7:00 AM0.00 in0.0 innot reported
Fairhope 1.7 SSE
Station AL-BW-128. Read at 8:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
2.1 mi8:00 AM0.00 in0.0 innot reported
Fairhope 3.1 NNW
Station AL-BW-32. Read at 8:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
2.8 mi8:00 AM0.01 innot reportednot reported

Volunteer gauge reports: CoCoRaHS (cocorahs.org), CC BY 3.0. Measured by hand once a day; report date October 11, 2026. Shown as measured, not edited.

How close? Radar rain estimates are usually within about 10 to 15 percent of a rain gauge in your yard. City snow totals are usually within about 25 percent or 1 inch of what volunteers measure. Method and accuracy