Showers and Cooler Temperatures in the East; Multi-Day Rain Event in the Southwest

A cold front in the East will bring showers and thunderstorms and much cooler temperatures from the Northeast into the Southeast. The Southwest, centered around New Mexico, will continue to see showers and thunderstorms, where there maybe isolated flash flooding. Tropical moisture will bring a multi-day period of thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall across the Southwest beginning Thursday. Read More >

Chicago Precipitation Rankings for each month

CHICAGO
MONTHLY TOTAL PRECIPITATION
MAY

Normal: 4.49 inches

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

0.30	1992	2.73	1926	4.38	2012
0.58	1994	2.79	1985	4.39	2002
0.67	1934	2.83	1960	4.40	1927
0.78	1950	2.88	1972	4.46	1999
0.80	1921	2.89	1932	4.47	1995
0.84	1897	2.90	1962	4.49	1984
0.93	1903	2.93	1916	4.50	1942
1.00	1886	3.02	1998	4.57	1918
1.19	1988	3.06	1956	4.66	2015
1.38	1887	3.09	1978	4.67	1910
1.39	1967	3.11	1986	4.80	1948
1.39	1977	3.12	1958	4.90	1951
1.47	1965	3.17	1885	4.90	2010
1.53	1884	3.18	1922	4.96	2013
1.53	1961	3.18	1952	4.97	1880
1.54	1904	3.21	1957	4.98	2014
1.59	1925	3.22	1980	5.03	1933
1.59	1928	3.24	1872	5.08	1902
1.59	1989	3.28	2017	5.08	1931
1.64	1937	3.34	2001	5.13	1890
1.74	1964	3.35	1894	5.14	1905
1.75	1954	3.37	1911	5.16	1940
1.79	2021	3.41	1917	5.20	1991
1.80	2007	3.42	1941	5.22	1878
1.81	1877	3.46	1923	5.22	1914
1.81	1920	3.47	2022	5.29	2003
1.83	1993	3.50	1907	5.31	1975
1.85	1876	3.54	1946	5.38	1889
1.85	1881	3.59	1900	5.43	2016
1.93	1893	3.63	2009	5.52	1882
1.98	1971	3.64	1875	5.78	1966
1.99	1895	3.65	2006	5.85	1981
1.99	2005	3.66	1939	5.98	1974
2.00	1979	3.84	1919	6.22	1888
2.06	1968	3.86	1955	6.26	1983
2.08	1874	3.87	1959	6.74	1908
2.08	1936	3.89	1879	6.77	1892
2.08	1982	3.90	1871	6.85	1990
2.09	1891	3.97	1912	6.95	1996
2.09	1906	3.97	1947	7.04	1915
2.16	1930	3.98	1938	7.08	1943
2.17	1963	4.00	1976	7.09	1935
2.18	1901	4.02	2000	7.20	1873
2.18	1909	4.04	1969	7.22	2004
2.21	1987	4.10	2008	7.27	2011
2.23	1898	4.16	1896	7.32	1883
2.29	1929	4.17	1973	7.59	1945
2.30	1924	4.18	1970	8.21	2018
2.43	1953	4.35	1899	8.25	2019
2.46	1949	4.36	1944	9.51	2020
2.69	1997	4.38	1913

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