National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Heavy to Excessive Rainfall This Week from the Southwest into Central U.S.

Pacific tropical moisture wrapping into a storm over the southwest U.S. will continue a multi-day heavy rainfall event this week that will extend into the Midwest and southern Plains. Considerable flash flooding is possible across portions of New Mexico and west Texas today through Wednesday. 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