August Precipitation Rankings for Chicago

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Chicago Precipitation Rankings for each month

CHICAGO
MONTHLY TOTAL PRECIPITATION
AUGUST

Normal: 4.25 inches

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

0.18	1893		2.15	1963		4.18	1956
0.39	1889		2.16	1941		4.19	2003
0.45	1879		2.16	2015		4.22	1907
0.54	1881		2.19	1964		4.23	1945
0.60	1894		2.26	2000		4.24	1900
0.80	1976		2.30	1999		4.26	2009
0.80	2020		2.47	2005		4.26	2016
0.85	1962		2.50	1884		4.29	1936
0.85	1973		2.50	1948		4.33	1915
0.90	1974		2.51	1958		4.46	1905
0.91	1899		2.51	2017		4.47	1880
0.99	1926		2.58	1890		4.50	1997
1.00	1953		2.59	1872		4.51	2021
1.02	1960		2.68	1937		4.52	1891
1.05	1916		2.81	1991		4.54	2011
1.10	1919		2.95	2006		4.86	1951
1.11	1969		3.03	1898		4.92	1921
1.14	1933		3.06	1877		4.96	1882
1.15	1986		3.08	1910		5.03	1928
1.17	1930		3.08	1932		5.20	1943
1.21	1883		3.15	1874		5.30	2004
1.24	1917		3.16	1920		5.31	1968
1.27	1918		3.16	1947		5.35	1955
1.31	1949		3.17	1927		5.36	1957
1.41	1966		3.29	1875		5.51	1975
1.43	1906		3.29	1988		5.67	1931
1.44	1902		3.35	1887		5.74	1993
1.45	1922		3.38	1886		5.91	1954
1.45	1996		3.41	1934		6.07	1961
1.47	1939		3.47	1970		6.19	1972
1.58	1873		3.49	1903		6.20	1909
1.63	1959		3.49	1929		6.35	1908
1.69	1978		3.49	1995		6.49	1895
1.69	2013		3.52	1896		6.60	1981
1.70	1897		3.56	1935		6.61	2018
1.78	1950		3.56	1992		6.79	1965
1.80	2010		3.59	1912		6.88	1998
1.85	1892		3.61	1942		7.30	2014
1.89	1944		3.63	2019		7.31	1989
1.93	1946		3.66	1876		7.75	1990
1.96	1971		3.66	1878		7.76	1923
2.00	1901		3.69	1952		8.06	2002
2.01	1871		3.72	1911		8.12	1924
2.05	2022		3.73	2008		8.54	1980
2.07	1967		3.76	1914		8.64	1979
2.07	2012		3.90	1985		9.68	1977
2.08	1983		3.93	1982		9.70	2007
2.09	1925		3.95	1940		11.28	1885
2.10	1888		4.00	1904		12.25	2001
2.10	1984		4.05	1994		17.10	1987
2.12	1938		4.06	1913

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