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Extreme Heat and Excessive Rainfall This Week

A significant heat wave continues for the Rockies, Northern Plains, and Great Lakes into the Mid-Atlantic, peaking in intensity through midweek and lingering across parts of the Northern Plains and Midwest until this weekend. Excessive rainfall my bring life-threatening and locally catastrophic flash and urban flooding across portions of southwestern Texas through early Friday. 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