Dangerous Heat Expands; Heavy Rainfall Threats; Fire Weather Concerns for the West

The heat will increase and expand across the Central Plains, Mississippi Valley, Southeast and into the Eastern U.S. through the week as high pressure builds across the eastern two-thirds of the country. On the northern periphery of this heat, the threat for severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall across the northern Plains and upper Midwest through Tuesday. Critical Fire Weather for the west. 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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