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Snowy, Very Cold and Windy from the Northern Plains to Great Lakes; Critical Fire Weather in South Texas

Moderate to heavy lake effect snow is expected downwind of the Great Lakes, with the Chicago metro potentially receiving 6 to 12 inches of snowfall. A frigid airmass will bring very cold temperatures to the Central U.S. and Mississippi Valley today, migrating into the Eastern U.S. on Monday. Dry and windy weather will bring critical fire weather conditions to South Texas today. 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