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Chicago rainfall for 2025

Chicago picked up 29.79 inches of rain in 2025. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 117 days at Chicago O'Hare International Airport; the wettest day brought 1.86 inches on Jun 18, 2025. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 37.86 inches. The total landed 8.07 inches below the normal, which works out to 21% less. 2025 ranks 57th out of 67 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1958.

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Chicago rainfall for 2025

Chicago rainfall for 2025
Year total29.79 inches2025
1991-2020 normal37.86 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-8.07 inches (-21%)79% of normal
Year rank57th of 67Complete years from 1958, wettest first
Rain days117
Wettest day1.86 inches

Rain by month in 2025

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2025. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2025

Every day with measurable rain in 2025: Chicago
DateRainfall
0.04 inches
0.08 inches
0.04 inches
0.97 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.19 inches
0.07 inches
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0.35 inches
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0.69 inches
0.35 inches
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0.05 inches
0.38 inches
0.19 inches
0.09 inches
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0.14 inches
0.02 inches
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0.38 inches
0.57 inches
0.19 inches
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0.95 inches
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1.73 inches
1.69 inches
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0.67 inches
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0.99 inches
1.20 inches
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0.48 inches
0.07 inches
1.86 inches
0.30 inches
0.14 inches
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0.02 inches
0.54 inches
0.09 inches
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0.01 inches
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0.62 inches
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0.14 inches
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0.35 inches
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1.25 inches
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0.54 inches
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0.31 inches
0.15 inches
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0.37 inches
0.64 inches
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0.15 inches
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0.05 inches
1.24 inches
0.51 inches
0.01 inches
0.02 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.03 inches
0.13 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 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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