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Heavy Rainfall in the Southwest and Southeast This Weekend; Monitoring Tropical Cyclone Formation Which Could Impact the Southeast U.S.

Heavy rainfall from monsoon thunderstorms may bring isolated flash and urban flooding to the Desert Southwest. A near-stationary front will bring numerous showers and thunderstorms to much of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Tropical wave (AL94) is likely to become a depression. Significant uncertainty remains in the track and intensity, but chances for impacts to the Southeast are increasing. Read More >

Chicago Precipitation Rankings for each month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Annual

 

CHICAGO
MONTHLY TOTAL PRECIPITATION
FEBRUARY

Normal: 1.97 inches

***Smallest to Greatest Official Chicago Precipitation Data from 1871 - 2022***

 

0.06 1877   1.29 1988   2.12 1878
0.13 1920   1.31 1889   2.13 1894
0.19 2003   1.33 1936   2.18 1976
0.25 1969   1.34 1943   2.19 2005
0.33 1958   1.39 1984   2.22 1897
0.38 1921   1.39 1992   2.24 1882
0.38 1947   1.42 1930   2.25 1990
0.41 1982   1.45 1871   2.26 1956
0.41 1995   1.45 2015   2.27 1911
0.44 1952   1.47 1879   2.29 1975
0.47 1873   1.51 1874   2.35 1981
0.52 1934   1.51 1886   2.37 1906
0.54 1929   1.51 1888   2.39 1959
0.54 1963   1.52 2017   2.39 1971
0.57 1964   1.53 1902   2.40 1954
0.62 1991   1.57 1892   2.42 1890
0.63 1937   1.57 1912   2.42 1949
0.67 1917   1.57 1928   2.44 1893
0.71 1996   1.58 1953   2.48 2014
0.71 2004   1.59 1935   2.56 1994
0.72 1977   1.60 1895   2.57 2001
0.74 1922   1.60 1899   2.58 1986
0.75 1927   1.61 2007   2.59 1898
0.76 1931   1.62 1925   2.59 2022
0.77 1989   1.62 1948   2.62 1951
0.77 2020   1.64 1999   2.78 1919
0.82 1993   1.64 2010   2.81 1918
0.84 1872   1.64 2012   2.81 2019
0.87 1916   1.68 1924   2.91 1880
0.89 1910   1.70 1944   2.92 1926
0.89 1940   1.70 1998   2.96 2013
0.90 1961   1.71 1904   3.03 1903
0.90 1978   1.76 1965   3.03 1942
0.92 1972   1.77 1957   3.16 1960
0.93 1914   1.78 1966   3.17 1884
0.96 2002   1.80 2006   3.35 1950
0.98 1946   1.81 1962   3.39 2009
0.99 1987   1.83 1955   3.46 1985
1.00 1907   1.86 1967   3.48 1896
1.01 1941   1.92 1915   3.52 1900
1.05 1923   1.95 1891   3.52 2011
1.05 1970   1.95 1905   3.53 2008
1.10 1968   1.97 1913   3.72 1908
1.11 1979   1.97 2000   3.84 1909
1.18 1945   1.98 1939   3.90 1876
1.21 1932   1.99 1875   4.28 1881
1.22 1933   2.01 1885   4.64 2018
1.23 2016   2.05 1901   4.74 1883
1.24 1980   2.06 1983   5.10 1887
1.25 2021   2.07 1974   5.56 1997
1.27 1973   2.11 1938