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Atmospheric River Continues Areas of Heavy Rain and Snow for California This Weekend

An atmospheric river will continue to bring gusty winds, moderate to heavy rainfall, and potential flooding to southern California and the southern Great Basin through Sunday. Periods of heavy snow will continue as well above 7,000 feet over the Sierra Nevada mountains associated with this atmospheric river. 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