Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Chicago's Recent Rain

September 2009 will be remembered as one of the driest Septembers on record. Much of Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin has been under the influece of High Pressure largely due in part to a major blocking pattern. Since Sunday we have been recieving on and off showers about the area. This has been the regions first rains in over 3 weeks. Below are some of the rainfall numbers recorded today. Most fell west of the Chicago area.

Today's 9/22/09 Rainfall Amounts
3.63" Madison, WI

1.53" German Valley, IL

1.33" Dubuque, IA

1.22" Mount Carrol, IL

1.19" Rockford, IL

0.17" Milwaukee, WI