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Gusty Winds in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast; Atmospheric River to Impact the Northwest

Gusty winds are expected from portions of the Mid-Atlantic into the Northeast through the night following the system that brought rain to the area. An atmospheric river will move into the Northwest late today into Saturday bringing moderate to heavy rainfall, mountain snow, windy conditions, and high surf to the area over the weekend. 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
JULY

Normal: 3.71 inches

***Smallest to Greatest Official Chicago Precipitation Data from 1871 - 2022*** 

Last Updated 12/2/2022

 

0.22 1936   2.66 2004   3.98 1973
0.42 1934   2.67 1923   4.00 1922
0.58 1874   2.68 1917   4.01 1942
0.60 1894   2.68 1931   4.04 1873
1.05 1887   2.68 2002   4.10 1947
1.10 1941   2.70 1933   4.16 1953
1.14 2018   2.74 1939   4.19 1987
1.29 1940   2.74 1988   4.25 1901
1.32 1991   2.76 1904   4.25 1983
1.33 1945   2.84 1955   4.30 1986
1.40 1977   2.85 2015   4.31 1881
1.41 1937   2.86 1972   4.45 1993
1.45 1908   2.94 1927   4.50 1981
1.47 1897   2.95 1928   4.50 2003
1.53 1886   2.96 2001   4.50 2022
1.53 1975   2.98 1877   4.58 1954
1.53 2009   2.99 1961   4.61 1965
1.55 1968   3.04 1997   4.64 1900
1.59 1919   3.05 1935   4.65 1962
1.61 1920   3.06 1976   4.67 1932
1.62 1994   3.07 1880   4.74 1958
1.75 1998   3.08 1893   4.76 2008
1.77 1909   3.09 1872   4.77 1959
1.79 1910   3.11 1876   4.78 1903
1.87 1921   3.15 1907   4.83 1964
1.90 2021   3.17 1995   4.84 1906
1.93 1944   3.18 1948   4.96 1951
1.94 1898   3.19 1984   5.00 1971
1.95 2005   3.21 1926   5.02 1905
2.11 1914   3.30 1913   5.14 1943
2.14 2014   3.43 1882   5.53 1883
2.18 1929   3.56 1980   5.57 1915
2.22 1916   3.58 1960   5.58 1879
2.22 2013   3.58 2000   5.78 1902
2.23 1892   3.59 1949   5.89 1989
2.25 1990   3.61 1896   6.09 1878
2.27 1952   3.66 1924   6.23 2016
2.36 1967   3.66 2012   6.38 1978
2.42 1895   3.70 2006   6.60 1966
2.44 1885   3.71 1884   6.66 1899
2.47 1891   3.73 1999   6.78 1950
2.47 1925   3.75 1985   7.18 1875
2.49 1946   3.77 1992   7.31 1963
2.49 1956   3.80 1979   7.58 1969
2.52 1871   3.86 1912   7.68 2017
2.55 2020   3.86 2007   8.33 1982
2.57 1890   3.90 1938   8.84 2010
2.58 1970   3.93 1888   8.98 1957
2.63 1930   3.94 2019   9.56 1889
2.65 1911   3.95 1996   11.15 2011
2.66 1918   3.96 1974