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 much of northeast Texas into the mid-Mississippi Valley into this weekend with heat advisories in effect. Heavy to excessive rainfall occurring at times through Saturday could bring areas of flooding across parts of the central Plains into the upper Midwest/Great Lakes, and Four Corners states. 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
APRIL

Normal: 3.75 inches

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

0.14 1899   2.34 1987   3.81 2020
0.33 1901   2.35 1889   3.84 1910
0.45 1971   2.37 1907   3.94 1978
0.46 1887   2.42 1877   4.00 1885
0.58 1932   2.46 1977   4.00 1959
0.71 2021   2.54 1936   4.00 1991
0.74 2004   2.54 1952   4.11 1984
0.76 1898   2.55 1912   4.16 1893
0.84 1924   2.58 1917   4.20 1945
0.86 1895   2.59 1996   4.21 1965
1.02 1900   2.61 1933   4.33 1974
1.02 1915   2.63 1941   4.33 2003
1.07 1914   2.65 1894   4.43 1954
1.28 1946   2.67 1874   4.47 1921
1.29 1886   2.72 2008   4.57 1993
1.32 1934   2.72 2018   4.61 1937
1.37 1989   2.78 1982   4.62 1951
1.38 1923   2.79 1896   4.65 1956
1.44 1948   2.80 2016   4.67 1950
1.48 1985   2.81 1908   4.71 1920
1.53 2005   2.82 1953   4.78 1976
1.56 1962   2.82 2001   4.79 1929
1.59 1942   2.84 2014   4.79 1963
1.60 1916   2.87 2015   4.90 2011
1.64 1958   3.00 2002   4.96 1964
1.65 2012   3.01 1904   5.01 1979
1.75 1931   3.01 2010   5.13 1966
1.76 1997   3.03 1872   5.15 2000
1.77 1935   3.03 1905   5.19 2009
1.79 1990   3.03 1911   5.20 1880
1.84 1881   3.05 1884   5.31 2022
1.85 1986   3.14 1891   5.32 1969
1.86 1906   3.14 1960   5.37 1967
1.91 1913   3.15 1925   5.46 1973
1.93 1879   3.16 1919   5.57 1878
1.96 1926   3.17 1940   5.79 1995
2.01 1955   3.22 1939   6.01 1927
2.07 1876   3.23 1890   6.02 2019
2.08 1988   3.28 1961   6.09 1957
2.13 1888   3.33 1944   6.14 1981
2.14 1949   3.37 1943   6.22 1873
2.17 1892   3.41 1918   6.43 2017
2.18 1968   3.41 1980   6.72 1882
2.20 1938   3.49 2007   7.07 1970
2.20 1994   3.56 1998   7.51 1999
2.21 1992   3.59 2006   7.69 1983
2.23 1897   3.66 1972   7.73 1909
2.26 1902   3.70 1871   7.84 1975
2.30 1930   3.70 1922   8.33 1947
2.32 1875   3.72 1883   8.68 2013
2.34 1928   3.77 1903