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Very Cold Temperatures from the Northern Plains to Ohio Valley; Swath of Snow from the Midwest to Central Appalachians

Arctic air will bring very cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills from the Northern Plains to the Ohio Valley today, expanding into the Mid-South and Mid-Atlantic on Sunday. A swath of accumulating snow is expected today from the Midwest to Central Appalachians, expanding into portions of the Mid-Atlantic tonight into Sunday. 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