Wildfire Smoke and Severe Thunderstorms in the East; Monsoon Thunderstorms in the Southwest

Wildfire smoke continues to impact air quality from the Great Lakes region into New England and the Mid-Atlantic today with widespread Air Quality Alerts in effect. Severe thunderstorms are expected across portions of the Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, this afternoon into the evening. Monsoonal thunderstorms may bring areas of flooding to the Southwest. Read More >

Chicago Snowfall Rankings
Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	Seasonal

CHICAGO
MONTHLY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
JANUARY

Normal 11.3 inches

***Smallest to Largest Official Chicago Snowfall Data from 1885 - 2023***

0.2	1928	6.0	1935	12.9	1957
0.3	1900	6.1	1913	13.1	1897
0.3	1934	6.2	1902	13.1	1995
0.4	1989	6.2	1951	13.2	1908
0.5	1949	6.2	1980	13.6	2000
0.6	2017	6.3	1938	13.9	2015
0.8	1973	6.3	1961	13.9	2022
0.9	1933	6.3	2016	14.1	1930
1.2	1956	6.5	1894	14.2	1994
1.5	2001	6.5	1915	14.6	2004
1.8	1919	6.5	1955	14.8	1914
1.9	1932	6.8	1925	14.9	1910
1.9	1954	6.8	1969	15.2	1893
2.0	1896	6.9	1986	15.2	1993
2.0	1922	7.1	1912	15.3	1892
2.0	1981	7.2	1975	15.4	1895
2.1	1931	7.4	1947	15.5	1970
2.2	1911	7.8	2020	15.5	2002
2.4	1937	8.3	1952	15.6	1976
2.5	1964	8.5	1905	15.9	1898
2.6	1899	8.6	1909	17.0	1997
2.6	2013	8.6	1940	17.2	1929
2.7	1890	9.1	1966	17.2	1984
2.7	1916	9.1	2010	17.3	1987
2.9	1906	9.2	1901	17.7	1887
3.0	1950	9.2	1958	18.2	2019
3.2	1921	9.9	1917	18.4	1959
3.2	1990	9.9	1948	18.9	1985
3.3	1944	9.9	2023	19.9	1977
3.5	1891	10.0	1965	20.1	1962
3.5	1960	10.1	1974	20.2	1885
3.5	2007	10.7	1941	20.8	1943
3.9	1926	10.9	1907	21.1	1963
3.9	1946	11.0	1904	21.1	1982
4.3	2003	11.0	1998	21.5	2009
4.4	1923	11.1	1991	21.9	2021
4.6	1942	11.1	2011	24.7	1939
4.6	2018	11.6	1936	26.7	1886
5.0	1903	11.7	1972	27.8	2005
5.0	1983	11.9	1888	28.9	1967
5.1	1953	12.0	1920	29.6	1999
5.4	1988	12.2	1927	32.3	1978
5.5	2006	12.2	2012	33.7	2014
5.6	1992	12.7	1968	40.4	1979
5.7	1924	12.7	2008	42.5	1918
5.9	1996	12.8	1945
6.0	1889	12.8	1971

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