Heavy Lake Effect Snow Downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario; Fire Weather Concerns in the Southern Plains and Southeast

A multi-day heavy lake effect snow event is expected downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario through New Year's Day. There is increasing confidence in snow squalls causing bursts of snow & gusty winds on New Year's Eve. Elevated fire weather conditions will continue today over parts of the Southern Plains and across much of the Southeast U.S. Read More >

Chicago Precipitation Rankings for each month

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

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