National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall Through This Weekend

Severe thunderstorms which can bring large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes will be possible over parts of the central U.S. through this weekend. Thunderstorms with heavy to excessive rainfall moving from Texas into the mid-Mississippi Valley through this weekend may produce areas of flooding. 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