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How much rain and snow fell in San Marcos, Texas?

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San Marcos had no measurable rain or snow in the last 7 days (to 1 PM CDT, Oct 11). This year: 26.18 in.

Yesterday and last night (24 hours to 7 AM CDT, Oct 10): no rain.

No rain or snow in the last 7 days.

Nothing measurable fell in San Marcos 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)

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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6.00+
Rain in the 24 hours to 1 PM Sunday, Oct 11. Radar estimate from NOAA.
Labels: San Marcos 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. 0.00
  5. 0.00
  6. 0.96
  7. 0.71
  8. 0.00
  9. 0.00
  10. 0.00
  11. 0.00
  12. 0.00
  13. 0.00
  14. 0.00

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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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 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 San Marcos

PeriodRain
Last 24 hours, to 1:00 PM CDT Oct 110.00 in radar estimate
Last 72 hours0.00 in radar estimate
Last 7 days0.00 in radar estimate
This month so far1.67 in radar estimate
This year, 2026 so far26.18 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

San Marcos at a glance

San Marcos is in Texas, at about 575 ft above sea level at its Census center point and had an estimated 74,316 residents in 2024.

The closest rain gauge, San Marcos 2.1 WNW, is 1.9 miles away.

The wettest day on record at San Marcos was 15.78 in on October 17, 1998; the biggest snow day was 6.0 in on February 14, 1895, tied with 1 other day.

From Sep 27 to Oct 10, San Marcos had measurable rain on 2 days out of 14 with data, 1.67 in of rain in all, by weather radar. The wettest day was Fri, Oct 2, with 0.96 in.

Nearby Texas towns

TownFrom San Marcos24 hours7 days
Kyle rain totals (8.9 mi)8.9 mi north0.00 in0.00 in
New Braunfels rain totals (16.1 mi)16.1 mi southwest0.00 in0.00 in
Seguin rain totals (19.7 mi)19.7 mi south0.00 in0.00 in
Cibolo rain totals (26.9 mi)26.9 mi southwest0.00 in0.00 in
Schertz rain totals (28.5 mi)28.5 mi southwest0.00 in0.00 in
Austin rain totals (31.3 mi)31.3 mi north0.00 in0.08 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
San Marcos 2.1 WNW
Station TX-HYS-211. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
1.9 mi7:00 AM0.00 in0.0 innot reported
San Marcos 2.0 NW
Station TX-HYS-296. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
2.0 mi7:00 AM0.00 in0.0 innot reported
San Marcos 3.3 WSW
Station TX-HYS-343. Read at 6:55 AM on October 11, 2026.
2.7 mi6:55 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