National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Frigid Airmass to Bring Significantly Colder Temperatures; Snow Continues Downwind of the Great Lakes

A frigid cold airmass will bring significantly colder weather across the eastern two thirds of the country early this week. Record low temperatures are expected in the Southeast by Tuesday morning. Moderate to heavy lake effect snow will continue downwind of the Great Lakes through Monday. Several inches of snow accumulation is expected, including in portions of the Chicago Metro 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