National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Snow Across the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast; Unsettled Weather in the West

Light to moderate snow will continue into Saturday over the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast. This weekend into next week, a series of atmospheric rivers will bring gusty winds, periods of heavy rain, and mountain snow to northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Colder temperatures are in store for the weekend from the Great Lakes to East Coast. 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
OCTOBER

Normal: 3.43 inches

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

 

0.18 1897   1.75 1893   3.19 1880
0.20 1964   1.77 1927   3.23 1994
0.30 1956   1.79 1910   3.26 1898
0.36 1891   1.79 1939   3.26 1921
0.40 1915   1.79 1992   3.26 1940
0.51 1895   1.80 1981   3.40 1882
0.59 1944   1.81 1979   3.40 1922
0.62 1948   1.82 1889   3.47 1973
0.62 1963   1.82 1905   3.49 1961
0.65 1872   1.88 1982   3.52 1912
0.71 1968   1.88 2003   3.52 1932
0.77 1938   1.98 2011   3.59 1884
0.81 1908   2.03 1887   3.62 1972
0.84 1894   2.05 1906   3.64 1933
0.84 1924   2.07 2008   3.65 2020
0.85 1971   2.09 1899   3.72 1925
0.90 1952   2.09 1980   3.75 1986
0.93 1907   2.12 1958   3.77 2016
0.93 2010   2.17 1966   3.79 1911
1.06 1965   2.19 1993   3.87 1885
1.07 1999   2.23 1913   3.88 1916
1.09 1903   2.23 2015   3.95 1969
1.12 2000   2.26 1975   3.96 1917
1.18 1945   2.32 1934   4.04 2006
1.20 1876   2.32 1976   4.10 1990
1.20 1909   2.32 1996   4.20 1890
1.21 1974   2.43 1873   4.20 1995
1.25 1953   2.48 2014   4.32 1875
1.29 1901   2.55 1874   4.41 1983
1.29 1950   2.60 1947   4.57 1923
1.35 1900   2.62 1931   4.67 1967
1.36 1896   2.72 1879   4.79 2018
1.38 1962   2.73 1949   4.94 1970
1.39 2005   2.73 1951   4.98 1985
1.40 1978   2.74 1928   5.05 1988
1.42 1886   2.76 1997   5.17 1878
1.44 1942   2.81 1930   5.22 1998
1.45 1902   2.82 1946   5.37 1955
1.49 1943   2.85 2004   5.77 2021
1.49 1989   2.86 1959   6.04 2009
1.54 1892   2.88 1871   6.41 1919
1.57 1920   2.89 1914   6.51 1877
1.58 1904   2.94 1918   6.76 2019
1.59 1987   2.95 1888   6.89 1881
1.60 2002   3.00 1936   7.36 1883
1.66 1977   3.06 1929   7.36 1991
1.66 2022   3.09 1937   8.44 1941
1.67 1926   3.12 2013   8.54 2001
1.68 1935   3.15 1957   8.70 2017
1.69 2007   3.15 1984   12.06 1954
1.71 1960   3.15 2012