Widespread Rain from Texas to the Central Appalachians; Heavy to Excessive Rainfall in Southern California and the Southwest

Scattered thunderstorms and widespread showers are expected from the Texas coast to the central Appalachians today. Heavy to excessive rainfall will continue in southern California into the Desert Southwest through Saturday. Heavy rain will pose a risk of flash flooding, especially across burn scar and urbanized regions. 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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Widespread Rain from Texas to the Central Appalachians; Heavy to Excessive Rainfall in Southern California and the Southwest

August Precipitation Rankings for Chicago