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Winter Storm Bringing Widespread Hazardous Weather to the Eastern U.S.

A rapidly-intensifying winter storm continues to bring heavy snow, high winds, and blizzard conditions over the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes through today. An Arctic front will lead in a period of gusty to high winds and sharply colder temperatures over the entire eastern U.S. Heavy lake effect snow is then expected from Lakes Erie and Ontario through New Year's Day. Read More >

Chicago Seasonal Temperature, Precipitation, and Snow Rankings

Temperature: Spring Summer Fall Winter
Precipitation: Spring Summer Fall Winter
Snow: Spring   Fall Winter

CHICAGO FALL SNOW RANKINGS
FALL (SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER)

Seasonal Total Snowfall
Normal is 2.0 inches

***Smallest to Greatest Official Chicago Snow Data from 1885 - 2022***

Last Updated 12/2/2022

0.0 1999   0.5 1992   2.5 1887
0.0 2009   0.6 1919   2.5 1894
0.0 2010   0.6 1932   2.6 1886
0.0 2011   0.6 1936   2.6 1949
T 1890   0.6 2008   2.7 1937
T 1897   0.7 1885   2.8 1906
T 1899   0.7 1915   2.8 1917
T 1904   0.7 1923   2.9 2014
T 1905   0.7 1945   3.0 1907
T 1909   0.7 1958   3.0 1952
T 1914   0.7 1960   3.3 1997
T 1928   0.7 1962   3.5 1925
T 1934   0.7 2006   3.6 1981
T 1946   0.7 2020   3.8 1969
T 1948   0.8 1892   3.8 1986
T 1963   0.8 1929   3.9 1926
T 1965   0.8 1964   3.9 1995
T 1973   0.8 1968   4.2 1896
T 1984   0.9 1908   4.3 1942
T 1990   0.9 1976   4.7 2002
T 1994   0.9 1988   4.8 1996
T 2001   0.9 2013   4.9 1927
T 2003   1.0 1924   5.1 1974
T 2012   1.0 1944   5.1 1980
T 2016   1.0 1983   5.1 2004
T 2021   1.1 1900   5.2 1941
0.1 1901   1.1 1985   5.6 1967
0.1 1916   1.1 1987   5.8 1954
0.1 2000   1.1 2022   5.9 1955
0.1 2017   1.2 1910   6.2 1947
0.2 1922   1.2 1911   6.3 1972
0.2 1931   1.2 1971   6.3 1977
0.2 1938   1.2 1991   6.6 1959
0.2 1943   1.3 1889   6.8 1891
0.2 1993   1.4 1933   7.0 1950
0.2 1998   1.5 1920   7.1 1978
0.3 1970   1.5 1956   7.5 1893
0.3 2007   1.5 1966   7.6 1953
0.4 1912   1.6 1921   8.3 2019
0.4 1939   1.6 1961   10.2 1989
0.4 1982   1.7 1930   10.8 1975
0.5 1884   1.8 1898   11.2 2015
0.5 1884   1.9 1913   12.7 2018
0.5 1888   1.9 2005   14.3 1951
0.5 1902   2.1 1979   14.5 1895
0.5 1918   2.2 1903   14.8 1940
0.5 1935   2.4 1957