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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rainfall Today from the Central Plains into the Tennessee Valley

Severe thunderstorms capable of damaging winds will be possible from the Ozark Plateau east into portions of the Southeast today. Rounds of heavy thunderstorms ahead of a slow moving front will continue locally heavy rainfall and scattered flash flooding potential from the Ozarks to the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys today. Read More >

Chicago Precipitation Rankings for each month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Annual

 

CHICAGO
MONTHLY TOTAL PRECIPITATION
JULY

Normal: 3.71 inches

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

Last Updated 12/2/2022

 

0.22 1936   2.66 2004   3.98 1973
0.42 1934   2.67 1923   4.00 1922
0.58 1874   2.68 1917   4.01 1942
0.60 1894   2.68 1931   4.04 1873
1.05 1887   2.68 2002   4.10 1947
1.10 1941   2.70 1933   4.16 1953
1.14 2018   2.74 1939   4.19 1987
1.29 1940   2.74 1988   4.25 1901
1.32 1991   2.76 1904   4.25 1983
1.33 1945   2.84 1955   4.30 1986
1.40 1977   2.85 2015   4.31 1881
1.41 1937   2.86 1972   4.45 1993
1.45 1908   2.94 1927   4.50 1981
1.47 1897   2.95 1928   4.50 2003
1.53 1886   2.96 2001   4.50 2022
1.53 1975   2.98 1877   4.58 1954
1.53 2009   2.99 1961   4.61 1965
1.55 1968   3.04 1997   4.64 1900
1.59 1919   3.05 1935   4.65 1962
1.61 1920   3.06 1976   4.67 1932
1.62 1994   3.07 1880   4.74 1958
1.75 1998   3.08 1893   4.76 2008
1.77 1909   3.09 1872   4.77 1959
1.79 1910   3.11 1876   4.78 1903
1.87 1921   3.15 1907   4.83 1964
1.90 2021   3.17 1995   4.84 1906
1.93 1944   3.18 1948   4.96 1951
1.94 1898   3.19 1984   5.00 1971
1.95 2005   3.21 1926   5.02 1905
2.11 1914   3.30 1913   5.14 1943
2.14 2014   3.43 1882   5.53 1883
2.18 1929   3.56 1980   5.57 1915
2.22 1916   3.58 1960   5.58 1879
2.22 2013   3.58 2000   5.78 1902
2.23 1892   3.59 1949   5.89 1989
2.25 1990   3.61 1896   6.09 1878
2.27 1952   3.66 1924   6.23 2016
2.36 1967   3.66 2012   6.38 1978
2.42 1895   3.70 2006   6.60 1966
2.44 1885   3.71 1884   6.66 1899
2.47 1891   3.73 1999   6.78 1950
2.47 1925   3.75 1985   7.18 1875
2.49 1946   3.77 1992   7.31 1963
2.49 1956   3.80 1979   7.58 1969
2.52 1871   3.86 1912   7.68 2017
2.55 2020   3.86 2007   8.33 1982
2.57 1890   3.90 1938   8.84 2010
2.58 1970   3.93 1888   8.98 1957
2.63 1930   3.94 2019   9.56 1889
2.65 1911   3.95 1996   11.15 2011
2.66 1918   3.96 1974