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Chicago rainfall for 2022

Chicago picked up 31.99 inches of rain in 2022. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 114 days at Chicago O'Hare International Airport; the wettest day brought 1.77 inches on Jul 23, 2022. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 37.86 inches. The total landed 5.87 inches below the normal, which works out to 16% less. 2022 ranks 49th out of 67 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1958.

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Chicago rainfall for 2022

Chicago rainfall for 2022
Year total31.99 inches2022
1991-2020 normal37.86 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-5.87 inches (-16%)84% of normal
Year rank49th of 67Complete years from 1958, wettest first
Rain days114
Wettest day1.77 inches

Rain by month in 2022

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2022. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2022

Every day with measurable rain in 2022: Chicago
DateRainfall
0.09 inches
0.02 inches
0.18 inches
1.38 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.46 inches
0.03 inches
0.26 inches
0.04 inches
0.25 inches
0.18 inches
0.10 inches
0.02 inches
0.05 inches
0.04 inches
0.74 inches
0.04 inches
0.25 inches
0.47 inches
0.05 inches
0.03 inches
0.09 inches
0.16 inches
0.44 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
1.45 inches
0.26 inches
0.38 inches
0.35 inches
0.01 inches
0.61 inches
0.24 inches
0.20 inches
0.32 inches
1.77 inches
0.02 inches
0.82 inches
0.01 inches
0.35 inches
0.52 inches
0.69 inches
0.02 inches
0.24 inches
0.05 inches
0.25 inches
0.88 inches
0.02 inches
0.67 inches
0.07 inches
0.26 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.18 inches
0.14 inches
0.22 inches
0.42 inches
0.46 inches
0.02 inches
0.29 inches
0.29 inches
0.32 inches
1.31 inches
1.54 inches
0.04 inches
0.41 inches
0.80 inches
0.05 inches
0.24 inches
0.15 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.26 inches
0.32 inches
0.06 inches
0.76 inches
0.05 inches
0.09 inches
0.17 inches
0.34 inches
0.49 inches
1.13 inches
0.01 inches
0.25 inches
0.37 inches
0.22 inches
0.06 inches
0.64 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.35 inches
0.02 inches
0.12 inches
0.07 inches
0.11 inches
0.87 inches
0.22 inches
0.83 inches
0.08 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.30 inches
0.09 inches
0.08 inches
0.14 inches
0.24 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.05 inches
0.04 inches
0.23 inches

Daily totals come from Chicago O'Hare International Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1958. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.

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