Snowfall Rankings for January for Chicago, IL

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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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