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Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Flash Flooding Likely in the Central Plains into the Midwest; Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast

Dangerous, prolonged heat is ongoing in the Mid-South to Mid-Mississippi Valley and heat expands into the Northeast for a brief period today. Widely scattered instances of flash flooding due to heavy rains are forecast from northeast Kansas to much of Indiana. Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of New England, northern Mid-Atlantic, and North Dakota. Read More >

Chicago Snowfall Rankings
Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Seasonal

 

 

CHICAGO
MONTHLY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
FEBRUARY

 Normal 10.7 inches

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

 

T 1987   5.5 1913   11.2 1963
T 1998   5.5 1953   11.6 2000
T 2017   5.5 2016   11.8 1893
0.3 1921   5.6 1932   12.5 1944
0.3 1996   5.6 1948   12.7 1933
0.4 1931   5.6 2012   12.7 1936
0.4 1995   5.9 1906   12.7 1997
0.5 1915   5.9 1949   12.8 2022
0.9 1922   6.0 1886   12.9 1894
1.0 1958   6.0 1966   12.9 1940
1.1 1891   6.4 1964   13.1 1965
1.3 1927   6.5 1955   13.2 1956
1.3 1992   6.5 2004   13.3 1962
1.5 1930   6.7 1919   13.3 1985
1.5 2003   6.7 1935   13.4 1904
1.7 1920   6.8 1951   13.6 1990
1.8 2002   7.1 1961   13.7 1898
1.9 1984   7.5 1914   14.0 1895
1.9 1999   7.7 1924   14.1 1905
2.0 1952   7.8 1946   14.6 1897
2.2 1888   7.9 1889   14.7 1972
2.2 2001   8.0 1916   14.7 1980
2.5 2006   8.0 1923   15.1 1989
2.7 2005   8.0 1993   15.5 1988
2.8 1892   8.2 1954   15.9 1981
2.8 1910   8.3 1890   16.1 2013
2.9 1943   8.4 1918   16.4 1960
2.9 1957   8.4 1977   16.6 1950
3.0 1976   8.5 1928   18.1 1974
3.1 1937   8.6 1929   19.0 1885
3.2 1969   8.8 1979   19.5 1903
3.3 1991   8.8 2020   19.5 2014
3.5 1899   8.9 1973   19.7 1978
4.0 1959   8.9 1983   19.8 1908
4.2 1887   9.0 1926   20.3 2007
4.3 1945   9.0 1970   20.3 2018
4.5 1917   9.0 2019   21.1 1901
4.5 2009   9.1 1975   21.6 2021
4.7 1925   9.2 1942   21.8 2008
4.8 1982   9.3 1934   22.5 1967
4.9 1968   9.8 1912   22.5 2010
5.0 1947   10.0 1907   22.6 1900
5.0 1971   10.1 1909   26.2 1994
5.1 1939   10.4 1911   26.8 2015
5.4 1938   10.9 1986   27.8 1896
5.5 1902   11.2 1941   29.0 2011