Historical April Flood

Chicago saw it's worst rainfall since July 22nd of 2011 when 8.00" fell within a 24 hour period.  Unfortunately, a similar situation happened again on Wednesday/Thursday when a system dropped a range of 5.00" to 6.00" across a majority of the Chicagoland area.  This was the most rainfall that Chicago has experienced since for a single day in April.   If another 1.00" to 2.00" of rain falls for this month, Chicago will break the ALL-TIME record for April rainfall.

                                                                                        Courtesy of NOAA

 



                                                                                        Courtesy of NOAA



Eric Szos
Chief Meteorologist