How Much Fell
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How much rain and snow fell in Burien, Washington?

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Burien got 0.02 in of rain in the last 24 hours (to 10 AM PDT, Oct 11). Past 7 days: 0.08 in. This year: 22.45 in (92 percent of normal).

Yesterday and last night (24 hours to 5 AM PDT, Oct 10): no rain.

0.02
inches
of rain

In the 24 hours to 10:00 AM PDT, 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 days0.59 in drier than normal (normal 0.67 in, Oct 5 to 11, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average (the official normal), NOAA station records, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
  • This month0.84 in drier than normal (normal 0.90 in, Oct 1 to 11, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
  • This year1.89 in drier than normal (normal 24.34 in, Jan 1 to Oct 11, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Will this match my gauge? Each day here ends at 5:00 AM PDT, close to when volunteers read their rain gauges (about 7 AM). How close we usually are

Burien 0.02Seattle 0.02Tacoma dryBellevue 0.02Everett dryKirkland dryBurien 0.02Seattle 0.02Tacoma dryBellevue 0.02
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Rain in the 24 hours to 10 AM Sunday, Oct 11. Radar estimate from NOAA.
Labels: Burien 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. 0.00
  7. 0.00
  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 5:00 AM PDT. 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 5:00 AM PDT.

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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 Burien

PeriodRain
Last 24 hours, to 10:00 AM PDT Oct 110.02 in radar estimate
Last 72 hours0.07 in radar estimate
Last 7 days0.08 in radar estimate
This month so far0.06 in radar estimate
This year, 2026 so far22.45 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

Burien at a glance

Burien is in Washington, at about 393 ft above sea level at its Census center point and had an estimated 52,046 residents in 2024.

The closest rain gauge, Des Moines 2.3 NNW, is 3.5 miles away.

The wettest day on record at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was 5.02 in on October 20, 2003; the biggest snow day was 20.0 in on January 13, 1950.

From Sep 27 to Oct 10, Burien had no measurable rain on any of the 14 days with data, by weather radar.

Nearby Washington towns

TownFrom Burien24 hours7 days
SeaTac rain totals (3.1 mi)3.1 mi southeast0.02 in0.05 in
Des Moines rain totals (6.1 mi)6.1 mi south0.04 in0.04 in
Renton rain totals (7.0 mi)7.0 mi east0.01 in0.13 in
Mercer Island rain totals (8.1 mi)8.1 mi northeast0.00 in0.35 in
Kent rain totals (8.6 mi)8.6 mi southeast0.10 in0.17 in
Seattle rain totals (9.9 mi)9.9 mi north0.02 in0.41 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
Des Moines 2.3 NNW
Station WA-KG-318. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
3.5 mi7:00 AM0.12 innot reportednot reported
Seattle 5.0 SSW
Station WA-KG-337. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
5.5 mi7:00 AM0.04 innot reportednot reported
Des Moines 2.9 S
Station WA-KG-196. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
8.5 mi7:00 AM0.02 innot reportednot 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