It will come as no surprise to flood-weary residents of metropolitan Chicago that excessive rainfall has deluged the area since Aug. 1. Midway Airport’s climate statistician Frank Wachowski reports that 11.10 inches of rain has been logged there since that date—a total that is almost exactly twice the amount that history tells us would normally fall during that period. When added to all precipitation accumulated here since January 1, the year-to-date total climbs to an impressive 34.24 inches. That is 90 percent of Midway’s full-year total of 38.25 inches, and it ranks as the sixth greatest since 1928.
Yet another wet autumn storm has Chicago and the Midwest in its sight. After a sunny but chilly start this morning, increasing afternoon cloudiness heralds the approach of the latest weather system. Scattered showers work into the area late tonight, then become heavier and more numerous on Friday.
-Richard Koeneman WGN-TV Meteorologist
WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling and the WGN Weather Center staff provide daily coverage of weather in the Chicago area.
