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Areas of Showers and Thunderstorms to Start the Work Week

Areas of rain and thunderstorms are forecast Monday across the central and eastern states. Some mixed rain and snow is possible in the high Sierra Mountains. Heavy to excessive rain may bring flooding in the central Appalachians. Read More >

Chicago Seasonal Temperature, Precipitation, and Snow Rankings

Temperature: Spring Summer Fall Winter
Precipitation: Spring Summer Fall Winter
Snow: Spring   Fall Winter

CHICAGO FALL SNOW RANKINGS
FALL (SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER)

Seasonal Total Snowfall
Normal is 2.0 inches

***Smallest to Greatest Official Chicago Snow Data from 1885 - 2022***

Last Updated 12/2/2022

0.0 1999   0.5 1992   2.5 1887
0.0 2009   0.6 1919   2.5 1894
0.0 2010   0.6 1932   2.6 1886
0.0 2011   0.6 1936   2.6 1949
T 1890   0.6 2008   2.7 1937
T 1897   0.7 1885   2.8 1906
T 1899   0.7 1915   2.8 1917
T 1904   0.7 1923   2.9 2014
T 1905   0.7 1945   3.0 1907
T 1909   0.7 1958   3.0 1952
T 1914   0.7 1960   3.3 1997
T 1928   0.7 1962   3.5 1925
T 1934   0.7 2006   3.6 1981
T 1946   0.7 2020   3.8 1969
T 1948   0.8 1892   3.8 1986
T 1963   0.8 1929   3.9 1926
T 1965   0.8 1964   3.9 1995
T 1973   0.8 1968   4.2 1896
T 1984   0.9 1908   4.3 1942
T 1990   0.9 1976   4.7 2002
T 1994   0.9 1988   4.8 1996
T 2001   0.9 2013   4.9 1927
T 2003   1.0 1924   5.1 1974
T 2012   1.0 1944   5.1 1980
T 2016   1.0 1983   5.1 2004
T 2021   1.1 1900   5.2 1941
0.1 1901   1.1 1985   5.6 1967
0.1 1916   1.1 1987   5.8 1954
0.1 2000   1.1 2022   5.9 1955
0.1 2017   1.2 1910   6.2 1947
0.2 1922   1.2 1911   6.3 1972
0.2 1931   1.2 1971   6.3 1977
0.2 1938   1.2 1991   6.6 1959
0.2 1943   1.3 1889   6.8 1891
0.2 1993   1.4 1933   7.0 1950
0.2 1998   1.5 1920   7.1 1978
0.3 1970   1.5 1956   7.5 1893
0.3 2007   1.5 1966   7.6 1953
0.4 1912   1.6 1921   8.3 2019
0.4 1939   1.6 1961   10.2 1989
0.4 1982   1.7 1930   10.8 1975
0.5 1884   1.8 1898   11.2 2015
0.5 1884   1.9 1913   12.7 2018
0.5 1888   1.9 2005   14.3 1951
0.5 1902   2.1 1979   14.5 1895
0.5 1918   2.2 1903   14.8 1940
0.5 1935   2.4 1957