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Another Round of Heavy Rain and Mountain Snow in California; Snow in the Great Lakes and Northeast

Another round of heavy rainfall will renew concerns for additional flash flooding and landslides in southern California around burn scars and coastal mountain ranges. A low pressure system is bringing enhanced snowfall downwind from the lower Great Lakes into the Northeast mountain ranges. Above average temperatures will challenge or break daily record high temperatures across the southern Plains. 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