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Showers and Cooler Temperatures in the East; Multi-Day Rain Event in the Southwest

A cold front in the East will bring showers and thunderstorms and much cooler temperatures from the Northeast into the Southeast. The Southwest, centered around New Mexico, will continue to see showers and thunderstorms, where there maybe isolated flash flooding. Tropical moisture will bring a multi-day period of thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall across the Southwest beginning Thursday. Read More >

Chicago Snowfall Rankings
Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Seasonal

 

 

CHICAGO
MONTHLY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
APRIL

 Normal 1.3 inches

*** Smallest to Largest Official Chicago Snowfall Data from 1885 - 2022***

 

 

0.0 1894   T 1958   0.6 1989
0.0 1904   T 1960   0.6 2011
0.0 1915   T 1963   0.8 1971
0.0 1924   T 1964   0.8 1974
0.0 1945   T 1965   0.8 1986
0.0 1954   T 1966   0.9 1897
0.0 1968   T 1969   1.0 1886
0.0 1979   T 1981   1.0 1928
0.0 1997   T 1985   1.0 1950
0.0 1998   T 1987   1.0 1952
0.0 1999   T 1988   1.0 2002
0.0 2008   T 1991   1.1 1992
0.0 2012   T 1994   1.1 2016
0.0 2015   T 1996   1.2 1983
T 2021   T 2004   1.4 2014
T 1887   T 2005   1.6 2000
T 1889   T 2006   1.9 1885
T 1890   T 2012   1.9 1907
T 1892   T 2017   2.0 1888
T 1895   0.1 1902   2.1 2009
T 1896   0.1 1912   2.2 1891
T 1898   0.1 1914   2.3 1957
T 1899   0.1 1933   2.4 1911
T 1901   0.1 1939   2.4 1951
T 1906   0.1 1940   2.7 1984
T 1908   0.1 1947   2.8 1973
T 1913   0.1 1959   3.0 2003
T 1916   0.1 1978   3.0 2007
T 1917   0.1 1990   3.1 1967
T 1918   0.1 1995   3.2 1903
T 1919   0.1 2013   3.2 2018
T 1922   0.2 1905   3.3 1972
T 1925   0.3 1909   3.6 1900
T 1929   0.3 1937   3.7 1993
T 1930   0.3 1943   4.2 1980
T 1931   0.3 1962   4.7 2020
T 1932   0.3 1976   4.8 1936
T 1934   0.3 2001   6.4 1920
T 1941   0.4 1921   6.6 1926
T 1942   0.4 2022   6.9 1910
T 1944   0.5 1927   7.9 2019
T 1946   0.5 1949   8.8 1961
T 1948   0.5 1977   10.0 1975
T 1953   0.6 1893   10.6 1982
T 1955   0.6 1923   10.7 1970
T 1956   0.6 1935   13.6 1938