Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Northeast; Heavy Rain Returns to California

An Alberta clipper will bring lake effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes, with the highest snow totals downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Snow squalls may impact New Year's Eve travel during the evening and overnight hours across parts of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and Northeast. Heavy rain will bring a flash flooding threat for southern California on New Year's Eve into New Year's Day. Read More >

Chicago Snowfall Rankings
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Seasonal

CHICAGO
MONTHLY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
DECEMBER

Normal 7.6 inches

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

T	1889	4.2	1901	8.8	1884
T	1912	4.2	1921	8.8	1918
T	2014	4.2	1970	9.0	1917
0.1	1943	4.3	1962	9.1	1942
0.3	1906	4.4	1920	9.2	1910
0.3	1971	4.5	2015	9.2	1915
0.4	1986	4.9	1981	9.7	1980
0.5	1939	5.0	1952	9.8	1886
0.6	2004	5.0	1988	9.9	1887
0.8	1936	5.2	1985	9.9	1995
0.9	2012	5.3	1902	10.0	1927
1.0	1998	5.3	1949	10.1	1894
1.2	1993	5.3	2017	10.3	1972
1.3	1896	5.4	1953	10.4	1959
1.4	2018	5.4	1989	10.4	2005
1.5	2003	5.5	1891	11.1	1945
1.6	1923	5.5	1926	11.7	1975
1.6	2001	5.6	1931	11.9	1968
1.7	1941	5.7	1992	12.1	1893
1.7	2011	5.8	1965	12.8	1907
1.9	2021	5.8	2006	13.2	1958
2.0	2019	6.0	1957	13.3	1964
2.1	1892	6.1	1947	14.0	1960
2.1	1955	6.1	1996	14.2	2013
2.1	1982	6.2	1897	14.4	1976
2.4	1922	6.2	1925	14.6	1885
2.7	1898	6.6	1984	15.8	1944
2.7	1908	6.7	1904	16.2	2010
2.7	1913	6.7	1966	16.3	1974
2.7	1967	6.8	1948	16.5	1983
2.8	1905	7.0	1994	16.6	1961
2.8	2020	7.1	1890	17.6	2007
3.2	1888	7.1	1916	17.7	2016
3.2	1930	7.1	1933	18.6	1903
3.2	1990	7.1	1997	18.7	1987
3.2	2022	7.3	1932	19.1	1909
3.3	1924	7.6	1991	19.2	1977
3.4	1895	7.8	1911	20.2	1929
3.4	1937	7.9	1963	20.2	1969
3.5	1899	8.0	2002	20.8	2009
3.5	1938	8.2	1919	21.9	2008
3.5	1999	8.2	1935	26.0	1973
3.6	1900	8.2	1954	27.1	1950
3.6	1928	8.3	1946	27.4	1934
3.6	1979	8.4	1914	30.9	2000
4.1	1940	8.5	1956	33.3	1951

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