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How much rain and snow fell in Muskegon, Michigan?

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Muskegon had no measurable rain or snow in the last 7 days (to 1 PM EDT, Oct 11). This year: 38.63 in.

Yesterday and last night (24 hours to 8 AM EDT, Oct 10): no rain.

No rain or snow in the last 7 days.

Nothing measurable fell in Muskegon in the last 7 days, by weather radar and the NOAA snow estimate. History, record and gauge sections below still show.

  • 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)
  • Lake-effect snow varies over short distances

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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0.25
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Rain in the 24 hours to 1 PM Sunday, Oct 11. Radar estimate from NOAA.
Labels: Muskegon 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. 0.00
  4. 0.11
  5. 0.94
  6. 1.21
  7. 0.00
  8. 0.01
  9. 0.00
  10. 0.00
  11. 0.00
  12. 0.00
  13. 0.00
  14. 0.00

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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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 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 Muskegon

PeriodRain
Last 24 hours, to 1:00 PM EDT Oct 110.00 in radar estimate
Last 72 hours0.00 in radar estimate
Last 7 days0.00 in radar estimate
This month so far1.22 in radar estimate
This year, 2026 so far38.63 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

Muskegon at a glance

Muskegon is in Michigan, at about 601 ft above sea level at its Census center point and had an estimated 37,287 residents in 2024.

The wettest day on record at Muskegon County Airport was 5.08 in on June 27, 1921; the biggest snow day was 22.0 in on January 10, 1982.

From Sep 27 to Oct 10, Muskegon had measurable rain on 4 days out of 14 with data, 2.27 in of rain in all, by weather radar. The wettest day was Fri, Oct 2, with 1.21 in.

Nearby Michigan towns

TownFrom Muskegon24 hours7 days
Norton Shores rain totals (4.1 mi)4.1 mi south0.00 in0.00 in
Walker rain totals (29.8 mi)29.8 mi southeast0.00 in0.00 in
Holland rain totals (32.7 mi)32.7 mi south0.00 in0.06 in
Grand Rapids rain totals (35.5 mi)35.5 mi southeast0.00 in0.00 in
Wyoming rain totals (36.2 mi)36.2 mi southeast0.00 in0.00 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. Lake-effect snow varies over short distances. Method and accuracy