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Storm Impacting the Southwest U.S.; Above Normal Temperatures Further East

A storm system will shift across the southwest U.S. through Thursday with widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms. Isolated flooding is possible. High-elevation snow is also expected in parts of Nevada and the southern Sierra Nevada range. East of this storm, above average temperatures will challenge or break daily record high temperatures this week in the southern Plains and southeast U.S. 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
SEPTEMBER

Normal: 3.19 inches

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

 

0.01 1979   1.89 1937   3.68 1968
0.26 2004   1.98 1893   3.74 1876
0.31 1940   1.99 1878   3.76 1874
0.32 1891   2.00 1950   3.78 1933
0.32 2017   2.01 1946   3.79 1988
0.46 1956   2.02 1877   3.84 1984
0.49 1939   2.02 1953   3.85 1919
0.74 1871   2.09 1908   3.90 1910
0.77 1962   2.15 1917   3.91 1989
0.83 1954   2.17 1959   4.00 1903
0.84 1897   2.17 1976   4.03 1887
0.89 1895   2.20 2022   4.03 1911
0.91 1882   2.24 1916   4.03 1934
0.92 1943   2.25 1880   4.18 1905
0.92 1966   2.29 1884   4.23 1973
0.94 1987   2.34 1998   4.31 1992
0.98 1888   2.38 1948   4.34 1881
1.03 1990   2.39 1899   4.37 1922
1.03 2009   2.50 1923   4.39 1875
1.04 1994   2.50 1964   4.47 1993
1.04 1995   2.51 1991   4.49 1907
1.08 1957   2.57 2013   4.64 2015
1.09 1975   2.63 1963   4.83 1902
1.12 1932   2.65 1904   5.03 1926
1.15 1982   2.66 2005   5.12 1942
1.18 1879   2.71 2014   5.14 1931
1.23 2007   2.73 1996   5.20 1941
1.23 2021   2.75 1889   5.29 1938
1.24 1949   2.78 2010   5.29 1951
1.27 1930   2.80 1978   5.41 1983
1.31 1969   2.92 1901   5.54 1906
1.34 1892   2.97 1885   5.65 1980
1.36 1883   3.03 1929   5.72 1921
1.39 1890   3.14 1924   5.75 1972
1.40 1960   3.16 1898   5.85 2006
1.47 1955   3.17 1967   6.01 1945
1.49 1913   3.18 2020   6.05 2001
1.53 1974   3.19 1925   6.21 1965
1.56 1900   3.25 1981   6.43 1872
1.56 1914   3.26 1912   6.70 1896
1.56 1944   3.26 1947   6.71 1970
1.61 1952   3.27 1999   6.72 1927
1.70 1997   3.28 1935   6.93 1886
1.72 2002   3.35 1920   7.12 1986
1.72 2003   3.45 2011   7.61 2019
1.76 2012   3.47 1971   8.28 1894
1.76 2016   3.53 1873   8.97 1936
1.82 1985   3.53 1915   9.44 1977
1.84 1918   3.59 2000   13.63 2008
1.86 1958   3.60 1909   14.17 1961
1.87 1928   3.65 2018