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Tropical Moisture Will Bring Heavy to Excessive Rainfall with Possible Flooding This Week

Tropical moisture will surge over the southwest into the central U.S. this week with several days of heavy to excessive rainfall which may bring limited to considerable flooding. Isolated severe thunderstorm gusts and a couple of tornadoes will be possible from southeast New Mexico into west Texas. 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