Heavy Snow in the Northwest; Wintry Mix from the Great Lakes to Northeast

Two cold fronts will pass through the Northwest U.S. this week with the main impact being heavy mountain snow across the Cascades, and northern Rockies. A quick moving storm system will bring mixed precipitation including some freezing rain to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes today then the Northeast U.S. tonight into Wednesday. Read More >

Chicago Precipitation Rankings for each month

CHICAGO
MONTHLY TOTAL PRECIPITATION
AUGUST

Normal: 4.25 inches

***Smallest to Greatest Official Chicago Precipitation Data from 1871 - 2022***

0.18	1893	2.15	1963	4.18	1956
0.39	1889	2.16	1941	4.19	2003
0.45	1879	2.16	2015	4.22	1907
0.54	1881	2.19	1964	4.23	1945
0.60	1894	2.26	2000	4.24	1900
0.80	1976	2.30	1999	4.26	2009
0.80	2020	2.47	2005	4.26	2016
0.85	1962	2.50	1884	4.29	1936
0.85	1973	2.50	1948	4.33	1915
0.90	1974	2.51	1958	4.46	1905
0.91	1899	2.51	2017	4.47	1880
0.99	1926	2.58	1890	4.50	1997
1.00	1953	2.59	1872	4.51	2021
1.02	1960	2.68	1937	4.52	1891
1.05	1916	2.81	1991	4.54	2011
1.10	1919	2.95	2006	4.86	1951
1.11	1969	3.03	1898	4.92	1921
1.14	1933	3.06	1877	4.96	1882
1.15	1986	3.08	1910	5.03	1928
1.17	1930	3.08	1932	5.20	1943
1.21	1883	3.15	1874	5.30	2004
1.24	1917	3.16	1920	5.31	1968
1.27	1918	3.16	1947	5.35	1955
1.31	1949	3.17	1927	5.36	1957
1.41	1966	3.29	1875	5.51	1975
1.43	1906	3.29	1988	5.67	1931
1.44	1902	3.35	1887	5.74	1993
1.45	1922	3.38	1886	5.91	1954
1.45	1996	3.41	1934	6.07	1961
1.47	1939	3.47	1970	6.19	1972
1.58	1873	3.49	1903	6.20	1909
1.63	1959	3.49	1929	6.35	1908
1.69	1978	3.49	1995	6.49	1895
1.69	2013	3.52	1896	6.60	1981
1.70	1897	3.56	1935	6.61	2018
1.78	1950	3.56	1992	6.79	1965
1.80	2010	3.59	1912	6.88	1998
1.85	1892	3.61	1942	7.30	2014
1.89	1944	3.63	2019	7.31	1989
1.93	1946	3.66	1876	7.75	1990
1.96	1971	3.66	1878	7.76	1923
2.00	1901	3.69	1952	8.06	2002
2.01	1871	3.72	1911	8.12	1924
2.05	2022	3.73	2008	8.54	1980
2.07	1967	3.76	1914	8.64	1979
2.07	2012	3.90	1985	9.68	1977
2.08	1983	3.93	1982	9.70	2007
2.09	1925	3.95	1940	11.28	1885
2.10	1888	4.00	1904	12.25	2001
2.10	1984	4.05	1994	17.10	1987
2.12	1938	4.06	1913

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Heavy Snow in the Northwest; Wintry Mix from the Great Lakes to Northeast

August Precipitation Rankings for Chicago