How Much Fell
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How much rain and snow fell in The Colony, Texas?

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No rain fell in The Colony in the last 24 hours (to 2 PM CDT, Oct 11). Past 7 days: 0.02 in. This year: 29.16 in.

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

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In the 24 hours to 2:00 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 days0.72 in drier than normal (normal 0.74 in, Oct 5 to 11, Lewisville Dam, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average (the official normal), NOAA station records, Lewisville Dam
  • This month2.39 in wetter than normal (normal 1.11 in, Oct 1 to 11, Lewisville Dam, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Lewisville Dam

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

The most rain in a day in The Colony since July 13, 2026, and the 63rd wettest day at Lewisville Dam since 1964.

NOAA station records · Lewisville Dam (USC00415192), 6.3 mi away · 62 wetter days out of 20,416 on record, no ties. This storm: Oct 1 to Oct 5, 3.71 in of rain; its biggest day, Oct 2, was 2.91 in.

The last 14 days

Sep 27 to Oct 10, 2026

Rain, inches (radar estimate)

  1. 0.00
  2. 0.11
  3. 0.02
  4. 0.00
  5. 0.21
  6. 2.91
  7. 0.22
  8. 0.21
  9. 0.16
  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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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 The Colony

PeriodRain
Last 24 hours, to 2:00 PM CDT Oct 110.00 in radar estimate
Last 72 hours0.00 in radar estimate
Last 7 days0.02 in radar estimate
This month so far3.50 in radar estimate
This year, 2026 so far29.16 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

The Colony at a glance

The Colony is in Texas, at about 522 ft above sea level at its Census center point and had an estimated 45,897 residents in 2024.

The weather station's records since 1964 come from Lewisville Dam, 6.3 miles away.

The wettest day on record at Lewisville Dam was 6.58 in on September 21, 1964.

From Sep 27 to Oct 10, The Colony had measurable rain on 7 days out of 14 with data, 3.84 in of rain in all, by weather radar. The wettest day was Fri, Oct 2, with 2.91 in.

Nearby Texas towns

TownFrom The Colony24 hours7 days
Lewisville rain totals (4.9 mi)4.9 mi southwest0.00 in0.03 in
Frisco rain totals (6.5 mi)6.5 mi northeast0.00 in0.00 in
Carrollton rain totals (6.9 mi)6.9 mi south0.00 in0.07 in
Little Elm rain totals (7.2 mi)7.2 mi north0.00 in0.00 in
Plano rain totals (9.4 mi)9.4 mi east0.00 in0.00 in
Coppell rain totals (10.1 mi)10.1 mi southwest0.00 in0.02 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
Frisco 2.6 WNW
Station TX-DN-91. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
5.3 mi7:00 AM0.00 in0.0 innot reported
Oak Point 1.7 E
Station TX-DN-118. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
7.6 mi7:00 AM0.00 in0.0 innot reported
Plano 2.4 WSW
Station TX-CLL-8. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
8.2 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. Method and accuracy