National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Areas of Dangerous Heat and Heavy Rain with Possible Flooding into this Weekend

Hot temperatures and high humidity are forecast to continue across the mid-Mississippi Valley into this weekend with heat advisories in effect. Heavy to excessive rainfall occurring at times through Sunday could bring areas of flooding to parts of the upper Midwest, central Great Lakes, southern New England and Virginia/North Carolina tidewater region. 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
MARCH

Normal: 2.45 inches

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

 

0.29 1910   1.98 1957   3.30 1971
0.33 1958   2.00 2013   3.32 1949
0.42 1883   2.01 1950   3.33 1931
0.57 1885   2.05 1918   3.34 2016
0.60 1915   2.09 2019   3.38 1901
0.63 1981   2.10 1890   3.43 1882
0.89 1873   2.11 1899   3.44 1913
0.89 1887   2.11 1917   3.44 1965
0.95 1996   2.13 1891   3.48 1908
0.98 2020   2.15 1874   3.48 1935
1.00 1936   2.15 1988   3.51 1938
1.04 1968   2.20 1912   3.51 1972
1.09 1994   2.21 1892   3.54 1991
1.10 1956   2.25 1880   3.56 1897
1.10 2015   2.29 1945   3.56 1983
1.15 1960   2.32 1967   3.57 1946
1.18 2000   2.37 1879   3.64 1952
1.20 1937   2.41 1940   3.66 2007
1.21 1934   2.43 1905   3.69 2022
1.22 1978   2.44 1963   3.70 1924
1.25 2021   2.44 1975   3.79 1872
1.26 1896   2.47 1943   3.81 1964
1.30 2001   2.48 1916   3.91 1959
1.32 1895   2.58 1966   3.91 1977
1.43 1875   2.60 1941   3.92 1953
1.43 1889   2.62 2011   4.00 1921
1.43 1995   2.63 2008   4.01 2017
1.45 1911   2.66 1871   4.04 1876
1.48 2005   2.66 1894   4.05 1933
1.49 1986   2.67 1992   4.15 1982
1.50 1928   2.68 1942   4.16 1902
1.51 1925   2.68 2004   4.29 1998
1.55 2010   2.68 2012   4.31 1979
1.57 1997   2.69 1927   4.32 1919
1.58 1900   2.69 1947   4.39 1878
1.59 1987   2.69 1970   4.51 1944
1.61 1906   2.70 2006   4.52 1993
1.63 1909   2.73 2002   4.57 1904
1.67 1903   2.81 1951   4.57 1920
1.67 1989   2.82 1930   4.60 1898
1.69 1893   2.85 1974   4.60 1973
1.71 2014   2.94 1907   4.65 1948
1.74 2018   2.96 1939   4.73 1985
1.73 1999   2.96 1961   5.00 1954
1.74 2018   2.99 1881   5.16 1884
1.79 1886   2.99 1888   5.20 2009
1.82 1962   3.00 1984   5.23 1929
1.82 2003   3.05 1923   5.37 1877
1.87 1914   3.09 1990   5.37 1976
1.96 1969   3.10 1932   5.58 1922
1.96 1980   3.14 1926