Areas of Excessive Rainfall, Severe Thunderstorms, and Extreme Heat

Heavy to excessive rainfall is expected through tonight across portions of the central Plains. Areas of intense rainfall amounts could support increasing flooding concerns. Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the central/southern Plains today and tonight, with large hail and damaging winds the main threats. Areas of extreme heat will impact parts of the West this week. Read More >

Chicago Precipitation Rankings for each month

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

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