Heat and Fire Weather Concerns West; Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms from Plains to mid-Atlantic

Thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall is expected from the Central Plains to the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic and across the Southeast. Severe weather from the Upper Midwest to Central Plains increases on Friday. Major to Extreme HeatRisk continues across the Southern Plains to the lower Mississippi Valley late this week. Fire weather concerns for the northern Rockies and northern Plains today. 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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