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Tracking Atmospheric River in the Northwest U.S. and Clipper with Winter Weather in the Northeast U.S.

A prolonged atmospheric river will continue to bring gusty winds, heavy rainfall which may lead to urban and river flooding with possible landslides, and heavy inter-mountain snow over the Pacific Northwest into the northern Rockies through Thursday. A clipper will cross the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S. into Thursday with areas of moderate to heavy snow and mixed wintry precipitation. 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
MARCH

Normal: 2.45 inches

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

 

0.29 1910   1.98 1957   3.30 1971
0.33 1958   2.00 2013   3.32 1949
0.42 1883   2.01 1950   3.33 1931
0.57 1885   2.05 1918   3.34 2016
0.60 1915   2.09 2019   3.38 1901
0.63 1981   2.10 1890   3.43 1882
0.89 1873   2.11 1899   3.44 1913
0.89 1887   2.11 1917   3.44 1965
0.95 1996   2.13 1891   3.48 1908
0.98 2020   2.15 1874   3.48 1935
1.00 1936   2.15 1988   3.51 1938
1.04 1968   2.20 1912   3.51 1972
1.09 1994   2.21 1892   3.54 1991
1.10 1956   2.25 1880   3.56 1897
1.10 2015   2.29 1945   3.56 1983
1.15 1960   2.32 1967   3.57 1946
1.18 2000   2.37 1879   3.64 1952
1.20 1937   2.41 1940   3.66 2007
1.21 1934   2.43 1905   3.69 2022
1.22 1978   2.44 1963   3.70 1924
1.25 2021   2.44 1975   3.79 1872
1.26 1896   2.47 1943   3.81 1964
1.30 2001   2.48 1916   3.91 1959
1.32 1895   2.58 1966   3.91 1977
1.43 1875   2.60 1941   3.92 1953
1.43 1889   2.62 2011   4.00 1921
1.43 1995   2.63 2008   4.01 2017
1.45 1911   2.66 1871   4.04 1876
1.48 2005   2.66 1894   4.05 1933
1.49 1986   2.67 1992   4.15 1982
1.50 1928   2.68 1942   4.16 1902
1.51 1925   2.68 2004   4.29 1998
1.55 2010   2.68 2012   4.31 1979
1.57 1997   2.69 1927   4.32 1919
1.58 1900   2.69 1947   4.39 1878
1.59 1987   2.69 1970   4.51 1944
1.61 1906   2.70 2006   4.52 1993
1.63 1909   2.73 2002   4.57 1904
1.67 1903   2.81 1951   4.57 1920
1.67 1989   2.82 1930   4.60 1898
1.69 1893   2.85 1974   4.60 1973
1.71 2014   2.94 1907   4.65 1948
1.74 2018   2.96 1939   4.73 1985
1.73 1999   2.96 1961   5.00 1954
1.74 2018   2.99 1881   5.16 1884
1.79 1886   2.99 1888   5.20 2009
1.82 1962   3.00 1984   5.23 1929
1.82 2003   3.05 1923   5.37 1877
1.87 1914   3.09 1990   5.37 1976
1.96 1969   3.10 1932   5.58 1922
1.96 1980   3.14 1926