How Much Fell
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How much rain and snow fell in Columbus, Georgia?

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No rain fell in Columbus in the last 24 hours (to 3 PM EDT, Oct 11). Past 7 days: 3.23 in. This year: 51.66 in (135 percent of normal).

Yesterday and last night (24 hours to 8 AM EDT, Oct 10): 4.73 in of rain.

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In the 24 hours to 3:00 PM EDT, 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 days2.45 in wetter than normal (normal 0.78 in, Oct 5 to 11, Columbus Metro Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average (the official normal), NOAA station records, Columbus Metro Airport
  • This month4.74 in wetter than normal (normal 1.13 in, Oct 1 to 11, Columbus Metro Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Columbus Metro Airport
  • This year13.42 in wetter than normal (normal 38.24 in, Jan 1 to Oct 11, Columbus Metro Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Columbus Metro Airport

Will this match my gauge? Each day here ends at 8:00 AM EDT, 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 3 PM Sunday, Oct 11. Radar estimate from NOAA.
Labels: Columbus and nearby towns within 40 miles, in inches. Cut from the state map.

The most rain in a day in Columbus since October 4, 2021, and the 16th wettest day at Columbus Metro Airport since 1948.

NOAA station records · Columbus Metro Airport (USW00093842), 3.9 mi away · 15 wetter days out of 28,160 on record, no ties. This storm: Oct 10 to Oct 10, 4.73 in of rain; its biggest day, Oct 10, was 4.73 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. 0.00
  7. 0.32
  8. 0.00
  9. 0.82
  10. 0.00
  11. 0.00
  12. 0.00
  13. 0.00
  14. 4.73

Each bar is one day ending 8:00 AM EDT. 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 8:00 AM EDT.

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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 Columbus

PeriodRain
Last 24 hours, to 3:00 PM EDT Oct 110.00 in radar estimate
Last 72 hours2.49 in radar estimate
Last 7 days3.23 in radar estimate
This month so far5.87 in radar estimate
This year, 2026 so far51.66 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

Columbus at a glance

Columbus is in Georgia, at about 292 ft above sea level at its Census center point and had an estimated 201,830 residents in 2024.

The weather station's records since 1948 come from Columbus Metro Airport, 3.9 miles away.

The wettest day on record at Columbus Metro Airport was 5.92 in on April 19, 2020; the biggest snow day was 11.0 in on February 9, 1973.

From Sep 27 to Oct 10, Columbus had measurable rain on 3 days out of 14 with data, 5.87 in of rain in all, by weather radar. The wettest day was Sat, Oct 10, with 4.73 in.

Nearby Georgia towns

TownFrom Columbus24 hours7 days
LaGrange rain totals (36.9 mi)36.9 mi north0.00 in2.54 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)

1 closest
Rain gaugeDistanceRead atMelted to waterNew snowSnow depth
Cataula 1.2 SW
Station GA-HR-10. Read at 8:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
9.0 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