How Much Fell
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How much rain and snow fell in Rochester, New York?

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No rain fell in Rochester in the last 24 hours (to 2 PM EDT, Oct 11). Past 7 days: 0.69 in. This year: 38.44 in (141 percent of normal).

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

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In the 24 hours to 2:00 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)
  • Lake-effect snow varies over short distances

Compared with normal

  • Last 7 days0.07 in wetter than normal (normal 0.62 in, Oct 5 to 11, Greater Rochester International Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average (the official normal), NOAA station records, Greater Rochester International Airport
  • This month0.35 in wetter than normal (normal 0.91 in, Oct 1 to 11, Greater Rochester International Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Greater Rochester International Airport
  • This year11.10 in wetter than normal (normal 27.34 in, Jan 1 to Oct 11, Greater Rochester International Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Greater Rochester International 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 2 PM Sunday, Oct 11. Radar estimate from NOAA.
Labels: Rochester and nearby towns within 40 miles, in inches. Cut from the state map.

The most rain in a day in Rochester since December 9, 2024, and the 2015th wettest day at Greater Rochester International Airport since 1926, tied with 52 other days.

NOAA station records · Greater Rochester International Airport (USW00014768), 4.7 mi away · 2014 wetter days out of 36,195 on record, 52 tied days. This storm: Oct 8 to Oct 9, 0.62 in of rain; its biggest day, Oct 8, was 0.46 in.

The last 14 days

Sep 27 to Oct 10, 2026

Rain, inches (radar estimate)

  1. 0.00
  2. 0.08
  3. 0.00
  4. 0.00
  5. 0.05
  6. 0.33
  7. 0.17
  8. 0.00
  9. 0.01
  10. 0.12
  11. 0.00
  12. 0.46
  13. 0.17
  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 Rochester

PeriodRain
Last 24 hours, to 2:00 PM EDT Oct 110.00 in radar estimate
Last 72 hours0.09 in radar estimate
Last 7 days0.69 in radar estimate
This month so far1.26 in radar estimate
This year, 2026 so far38.44 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

Rochester at a glance

Rochester is in New York, at about 493 ft above sea level at its Census center point and had an estimated 207,282 residents in 2024.

The weather station's records since 1926 come from Greater Rochester International Airport, 4.7 miles away.

The wettest day on record at Greater Rochester International Airport was 3.47 in on September 14, 1979; the biggest snow day was 23.0 in on January 3, 1996.

From Sep 27 to Oct 10, Rochester had measurable rain on 8 days out of 14 with data, 1.39 in of rain in all, by weather radar. The wettest day was Thu, Oct 8, with 0.46 in.

Nearby rain gauges (read by volunteers)

3 closest
Rain gaugeDistanceRead atMelted to waterNew snowSnow depth
Rochester 5.0 WNW
Station NY-MR-23. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
4.9 mi7:00 AM0.00 in0.0 innot reported
Rochester 5.7 W
Station NY-MR-89. Read at 9:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
5.6 mi9:00 AM0.00 in0.0 in0.0 in
Fairport 0.9 W
Station NY-MR-84. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
9.3 mi7:00 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. Lake-effect snow varies over short distances. Method and accuracy