How Much Fell
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How much rain and snow fell in Breckenridge, Colorado?

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No rain fell in Breckenridge in the last 24 hours (to 12 PM MDT, Oct 11). Past 7 days: 0.01 in. This year: 7.19 in (57 percent of normal).

Yesterday and last night (24 hours to 6 AM MDT, Oct 10): no rain.

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In the 24 hours to 12:00 PM MDT, 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)
  • Reads low at high elevation, often by about a quarter

Compared with normal

  • Last 7 days0.20 in drier than normal (normal 0.21 in, Oct 5 to 11, Dillon 1 E, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average (the official normal), NOAA station records, Dillon 1 E
  • This month0.33 in drier than normal (normal 0.34 in, Oct 1 to 11, Dillon 1 E, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Dillon 1 E
  • This year5.36 in drier than normal (normal 12.55 in, Jan 1 to Oct 11, Dillon 1 E, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Dillon 1 E

Will this match my gauge? Each day here ends at 6:00 AM MDT, close to when volunteers read their rain gauges (about 7 AM). How close we usually are

Rain, inches
0.01
0.10
0.25
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
3.00
4.00
6.00+
Rain in the 24 hours to 12 PM Sunday, Oct 11. Radar estimate from NOAA.
Labels: Breckenridge and nearby towns within 40 miles, in inches. Cut from the state map.

The last 14 days

Sep 27 to Oct 10, 2026

Rain, inches (radar estimate)

  1. 0.00
  2. 0.00
  3. 0.01
  4. 0.00
  5. 0.10
  6. 0.00
  7. 0.00
  8. 0.00
  9. 0.00
  10. 0.00
  11. 0.00
  12. 0.01
  13. 0.00
  14. 0.00

Each bar is one day ending 6:00 AM MDT. 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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Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat

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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 6:00 AM MDT.

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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 Breckenridge

PeriodRain
Last 24 hours, to 12:00 PM MDT Oct 110.00 in radar estimate
Last 72 hours0.00 in radar estimate
Last 7 days0.01 in radar estimate
This month so far0.01 in radar estimate
This year, 2026 so far7.19 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

Breckenridge at a glance

Breckenridge is in Colorado, at about 9,592 ft above sea level at its Census center point and had an estimated 4,892 residents in 2024.

The wettest day on record at Dillon 1 E was 2.34 in on December 1, 1909; the biggest snow day was 24.0 in on April 15, 1921, tied with 1 other day.

From Sep 27 to Oct 10, Breckenridge had measurable rain on 3 days out of 14 with data, 0.12 in of rain in all, by weather radar. The wettest day was Thu, Oct 1, with 0.10 in.

Nearby Colorado towns

TownFrom Breckenridge24 hours7 days
Vail rain totals (19.5 mi)19.5 mi northwest0.00 in0.08 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)

within 15 miles

No rain gauge read by a volunteer within 15 miles reported today.

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. Mountain towns read low, often by about a quarter. Method and accuracy