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How much rain and snow fell in Long Branch, New Jersey?

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Long Branch got 0.44 in of rain in the last 24 hours (to 3 PM EDT, Oct 11). Past 7 days: 0.49 in. This year: 39.64 in.

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

0.44
inches
of rain

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 days0.22 in drier than normal (normal 0.71 in, Oct 5 to 11, Long Branch-Oakhurst, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average (the official normal), NOAA station records, Long Branch-Oakhurst
  • This month0.30 in drier than normal (normal 1.00 in, Oct 1 to 11, Long Branch-Oakhurst, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Long Branch-Oakhurst

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

Long Branch 0.44Newark 0.80Jersey City 0.68New Brunswick 0.82Princeton 0.77Crestwood Village 0.96Long Branch 0.44Elizabeth 0.73New Brunswick 0.82Plainfield 0.81
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Rain in the 24 hours to 3 PM Sunday, Oct 11. Radar estimate from NOAA.
Labels: Long Branch and nearby towns within 40 miles, in inches. Cut from the state map.

The most rain in a day in Long Branch since September 28, 2026, and the 6243rd wettest day at Long Branch-Oakhurst since 1907, tied with 191 other days.

NOAA station records · Long Branch-Oakhurst (USC00284987), 0.6 mi away · 6242 wetter days out of 39,236 on record, 191 tied days. This storm: Oct 5 to Oct 5, 0.20 in of rain; its biggest day, Oct 5, was 0.20 in.

The last 14 days

Sep 27 to Oct 10, 2026

Rain, inches (radar estimate)

  1. 2.59
  2. 2.50
  3. 0.05
  4. 0.00
  5. 0.00
  6. 0.00
  7. 0.06
  8. 0.00
  9. 0.20
  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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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 Long Branch

PeriodRain
Last 24 hours, to 3:00 PM EDT Oct 110.44 in radar estimate
Last 72 hours0.44 in radar estimate
Last 7 days0.49 in radar estimate
This month so far0.70 in radar estimate
This year, 2026 so far39.64 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

Long Branch at a glance

Long Branch is in New Jersey, at about 29 ft above sea level at its Census center point and had an estimated 33,214 residents in 2024.

The weather station's records since 1907 come from Long Branch-Oakhurst, 0.6 miles away.

The wettest day on record at Long Branch-Oakhurst was 6.81 in on July 30, 1918; the biggest snow day was 28.4 in on December 26, 1947.

From Sep 27 to Oct 10, Long Branch had measurable rain on 5 days out of 14 with data, 5.40 in of rain in all, by weather radar. The wettest day was Sun, Sep 27, with 2.59 in.

Nearby New Jersey towns

TownFrom Long Branch24 hours7 days
Sayreville rain totals (21.0 mi)21.0 mi northwest0.78 in0.84 in
Perth Amboy rain totals (21.5 mi)21.5 mi northwest0.78 in0.86 in
Carteret rain totals (23.5 mi)23.5 mi northwest0.72 in0.83 in
Bayonne rain totals (26.1 mi)26.1 mi north0.69 in0.78 in
Linden rain totals (26.3 mi)26.3 mi northwest0.69 in0.79 in
Rahway rain totals (26.4 mi)26.4 mi northwest0.76 in0.84 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
Long Branch 0.5 W
Station NJ-MN-48. Read at 6:30 AM on October 11, 2026.
0.6 mi6:30 AM0.00 in0.0 in0.0 in
Eatontown 1.2 NE
Station NJ-MN-10. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
2.7 mi7:00 AM0.00 in0.0 innot reported
Little Silver 0.3 NNW
Station NJ-MN-104. Read at 8:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
4.0 mi8:00 AM0.00 in0.0 innot 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