National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

A Couple of Fast Moving Storms Affecting Areas Along and East of the Rockies

A couple of storm systems will impact travel conditions through the first half of this weekend. Heavy snow from the mountains of the West will move into the upper Midwest and upper Great Lakes through tonight. Record warmth and Gulf moisture along and east of the Mississippi River will fuel severe thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, fog for the Tennessee Valley and deep South on Friday into Saturday. Read More >

Chicago Precipitation Rankings for each month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Annual

 

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