National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Flooding Possible in the Southwest U.S.; Coastal Storm to Impact the East

Heavy to excessive rainfall is expected today into Wednesday over New Mexico into far west Texas. Flash flooding and debris flows in wildfire burn areas will be possible. A strong coastal storm will develop off the Mid-Atlantic coast Wednesday, intensifying toward southern New England this weekend. Significant coastal flooding, strong rip currents, and beach erosion from high surf expected. 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