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How much rain and snow fell in Cedar Rapids, Iowa?

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No rain fell in Cedar Rapids in the last 24 hours (to 1 PM CDT, Oct 11). Past 7 days: 0.43 in. This year: 44.55 in (150 percent of normal).

Yesterday and last night (24 hours to 7 AM CDT, Oct 10): 0.10 in of rain.

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In the 24 hours to 1:00 PM 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 daysabout normal (normal 0.42 in, Oct 5 to 11, Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average (the official normal), NOAA station records, Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport
  • This monthabout normal (normal 0.83 in, Oct 1 to 11, Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport
  • This year14.77 in wetter than normal (normal 29.78 in, Jan 1 to Oct 11, Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport

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 1 PM Sunday, Oct 11. Radar estimate from NOAA.
Labels: Cedar Rapids and nearby towns within 40 miles, in inches. Cut from the state map.

The most rain in a day in Cedar Rapids since December 27, 2024, and the 2251st wettest day at Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport since 1953, tied with 51 other days.

NOAA station records · Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport (USW00014990), 6.1 mi away · 2250 wetter days out of 26,154 on record, 51 tied days. This storm: Oct 9 to Oct 9, 0.33 in of rain; its biggest day, Oct 9, was 0.33 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. 0.89
  5. 0.91
  6. 0.44
  7. 0.00
  8. 0.00
  9. 0.00
  10. 0.00
  11. 0.00
  12. 0.00
  13. 0.33
  14. 0.10

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 Cedar Rapids

PeriodRain
Last 24 hours, to 1:00 PM CDT Oct 110.00 in radar estimate
Last 72 hours0.43 in radar estimate
Last 7 days0.43 in radar estimate
This month so far0.87 in radar estimate
This year, 2026 so far44.55 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

Cedar Rapids at a glance

Cedar Rapids is in Iowa, at about 732 ft above sea level at its Census center point and had an estimated 137,904 residents in 2024.

The weather station's records since 1953 come from Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport, 6.1 miles away.

The wettest day on record at Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport was 5.35 in on August 27, 2009; the biggest snow day was 12.0 in on February 25, 1954.

From Sep 27 to Oct 10, Cedar Rapids had measurable rain on 5 days out of 14 with data, 2.67 in of rain in all, by weather radar. The wettest day was Thu, Oct 1, with 0.91 in.

Nearby Iowa towns

TownFrom Cedar Rapids24 hours7 days
Marion rain totals (7.3 mi)7.3 mi northeast0.00 in0.55 in
Iowa City rain totals (22.6 mi)22.6 mi south0.00 in0.49 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
Ely 2.0 N
Station IA-LN-61. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
6.4 mi7:00 AM0.00 in0.0 innot reported
Marion 1.7 NNW
Station IA-LN-27. Read at 7:21 AM on October 11, 2026.
7.3 mi7:21 AM0.00 in0.0 innot reported
Robins 0.8 SE
Station IA-LN-53. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
7.3 mi7:00 AM0.00 in0.0 in0.0 in

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