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Chicago Snowfall Rankings
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CHICAGO
MONTHLY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
MARCH

 Normal 5.5 inches

***Smallest to Largest Official Chicago Snowfall Data from 1885 - 2022***

 

T 1910   3.2 2005   7.0 1962
T 1921   3.2 2020   7.1 2003
T 1994   3.3 1920   7.1 2015
T 1997   3.3 1974   7.3 1934
T 2000   3.5 1888   7.4 1899
0.1 1908   3.5 1995   7.5 1952
0.3 1939   3.6 1885   7.7 1891
0.3 1985   3.6 1915   7.8 1943
0.3 2012   3.8 1909   7.8 2017
0.3 2019   3.8 1961   7.9 1944
0.4 1927   3.8 1966   7.9 2008
0.4 1946   3.8 1973   8.2 1998
0.6 1949   3.8 2022   8.3 1928
0.7 1903   3.9 1956   9.0 1906
0.7 1929   3.9 1996   9.0 1983
1.0 1893   4.1 1986   9.1 1942
1.0 1898   4.2 2001   9.4 1890
1.0 1945   4.5 1905   9.7 1984
1.0 2011   4.5 1935   10.0 1977
1.2 1914   4.5 1975   10.3 1948
1.3 1990   4.6 1959   10.4 2013
1.4 1918   4.7 1978   10.9 1897
1.4 1958   4.7 1987   11.0 1919
1.8 1976   4.8 1937   11.2 2002
1.8 2010   4.8 1953   11.3 1932
1.8 2021   4.9 1911   11.6 1980
1.9 1886   4.9 1951   11.6 1992
1.9 1988   5.1 1889   11.7 1941
2.0 1936   5.2 1895   11.9 1924
2.0 1979   5.2 1955   12.3 2014
2.0 1989   5.3 1923   13.3 1947
2.1 1902   5.3 1950   13.6 1912
2.1 1907   5.4 1894   13.8 1993
2.1 1917   5.4 1963   14.0 1960
2.1 2009   5.5 1916   14.3 1904
2.2 2004   5.7 1967   14.3 1982
2.3 1981   5.7 2006   14.8 1971
2.3 2007   5.9 1896   15.6 1972
2.5 1968   5.9 1901   17.8 1970
2.6 2016   5.9 1991   18.2 1999
2.6 2018   6.2 1887   18.4 1964
2.8 1922   6.3 1940   19.8 1931
2.8 1938   6.5 1933   19.9 1954
3.1 1892   6.7 1969   21.6 1930
3.1 1925   6.8 1900   22.3 1965
3.2 1957   7.0 1913   23.1 1926