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Heavy Snow in the Cascades and Northern Rockies; Wintry Mix in the Northeast; High Winds in Southern California

Two more cold fronts will pass through the Northwest U.S. this week with heavy mountain snow continuing across the Cascades, and northern Rockies. A quick moving storm system will bring mixed precipitation including some freezing rain across the Northeast U.S. today. High winds could blow down trees and power lines in the mountains of southern California this evening through Thursday. 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
JANUARY

 Normal: 1.99 inches

***Smallest to Greatest Official Chicago Precipitation Data from 1871 - 2023***

 

0.10 1981   1.21 1900   2.12 1943
0.20 1919   1.25 1940   2.13 1959
0.26 1961   1.31 1878   2.15 1895
0.36 2003   1.32 1924   2.16 1969
0.38 1956   1.33 1905   2.18 1952
0.39 1986   1.33 1913   2.20 1932
0.54 1879   1.34 1976   2.22 1939
0.57 1931   1.35 1926   2.23 1930
0.58 1899   1.35 2000   2.25 1904
0.66 1902   1.38 1997   2.26 1941
0.66 1983   1.39 1884   2.29 1937
0.68 1872   1.39 1942   2.32 1933
0.68 1925   1.41 1991   2.34 1935
0.72 1977   1.41 2015   2.41 1978
0.73 1928   1.47 1953   2.53 1962
0.80 1945   1.48 1985   2.56 1873
0.82 1989   1.49 1955   2.67 1998
0.84 1912   1.51 1973   2.78 2006
0.84 1934   1.54 2018   2.80 2020
0.84 2016   1.55 1882   2.82 2014
0.84 2022   1.55 1894   2.87 2017
0.84 2023   1.55 1917   2.90 1982
0.87 1881   1.56 1888   2.98 1890
0.87 1992   1.58 1996   3.00 1979
0.89 1944   1.64 1889   3.01 1914
0.91 2004   1.64 1936   3.07 1910
0.92 1923   1.67 1906   3.13 1887
0.92 2011   1.67 1987   3.18 1885
0.96 1875   1.69 1968   3.21 1995
0.97 1921   1.71 1948   3.22 1876
1.01 1963   1.72 2007   3.22 1967
1.03 1970   1.74 1883   3.28 1974
1.04 1980   1.77 1994   3.32 1949
1.08 1964   1.81 1951   3.47 1874
1.09 1903   1.86 2012   3.53 1880
1.10 1954   1.88 1988   3.54 1898
1.11 1920   1.91 1877   3.56 1886
1.11 1971   1.93 2008   3.63 2013
1.11 1972   1.94 1946   3.68 1975
1.12 1896   1.95 2021   3.73 1960
1.12 1958   1.96 1909   3.77 1950
1.12 1966   1.96 2019   3.83 1993
1.12 2001   1.97 1990   3.93 1929
1.13 2010   1.99 1891   4.00 2005
1.15 1901   1.99 1892   4.09 1965
1.15 1927   1.99 1915   4.12 1918
1.15 1984   2.02 1938   4.13 1871
1.16 1922   2.05 1908   4.21 1907
1.16 2009   2.06 1947   4.47 1999
1.17 1911   2.06 1957   4.53 1897
1.20 2002   2.08 1893   4.84 1916