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Last Month Was Cloudiest June Ever In Chicago; 9th Wettest

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago practically could have issued a missing person alert for the sun last month, which was the cloudiest June on record in Chicago.

According to the National Weather Service, data collected three miles south of Midway International Airport showed only 46 percent of the possible sunshine for June was observed, beating the old record of 48 percent in 1942.

Of course, that's not much of a surprise, given how much rain we had last month. Though Chicago didn't set a record for rainfall in June, it was still the 9th wettest June on record, with 7.12 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service. June 2014 was even worse, clocking in at 5th wettest with 7.81 inches.

Chicago had it easy compared to many other parts of the state, as it was the wettest June on record in Illinois, with 9.53 inches of average statewide precipitation, according to Illinois State Climatologist Jim Angel. It was also the second wettest month on record overall for Illinois. Only September 1926 saw more rain, with an average of 9.62 inches statewide.

Which towns had it worst? Kankakee had 17.22 inches of rain. Ashkum, in Iroquois County, had 17.2 inches. Morris had 15.9 inches. Waseka had 15.58 inches.

The worst rain in the Chicago area was in Rensselaer, Indiana, where 18.06 inches fell in June.

National Weather Service Cooperative Observers

Location June

2015

Rainfall

June

Normal

June Rainfall Rank (since records began)
Amboy 10.27" 4.63" Wettest June since records began in 1996
Aurora 7.94" 4.22" 8th wettest June since records began in 1887
Barrington 3 SW 6.99" 3.85" 7th wettest June since records began in 1962
Belvidere 6.19" 5.35" 12th wettest June since records began in 1941
Bourbonnais 3NW 13.30" 3.95" Wettest June since records began in 1991
Chatsworth 9.96" 4.34" Wettest June since records began in 1996
Chicago Botanic Gardens 5.21" 3.67" 9th wettest June since records began in 1981
Chicago Midway 3 SW 8.36" 4.36" 3rd wettest June since records began in 1980
Crown Point 1N, IN 8.22" 3.87" 3rd wettest June since records began in 1916
DeKalb 8.20" 4.14" 5th wettest June since records began in 1966
Dixon 1 W 10.72" 4.90" 2nd wettest June since records began in 1893
Dwight 12.22" 3.93" Wettest June since records began in 1990
Earlville 3 S 9.68" 4.13" 2nd wettest June since records began in 2003
Elburn 11.31" 4.07" Wettest June since records began in 2000
Elgin 8.35" 3.98" 2nd wettest June since records began in 1983
Fairbury 11.53" 3.76" Wettest June since records began in 1949
Genoa 2SW 7.51" 4.47" 2nd wettest June since records began in 2000
Glen Ellyn 4 S 8.97" 4.06" 2nd wettest June since records began in 2002
Harvard 6.65" 4.40" 5th wettest June since records began in 1991
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, IN 6.10" 4.34" 8th wettest June since records began in 1989
Joliet Brandon Rd 7.73" 3.88" 5th wettest June since records began in 1943
Kankakee 17.22" 4.14" Wettest June since records began in 1888
Lake Village, IN 13.24" 4.22" Wettest since records began in 2000
Lisle 8.96" 4.22" 4th wettest June since records began in 1895
Little Red School House/Willowbrook 8.77" 4.20" 3rd wettest since records began in 1993
Lowell, IN 11.35" 4.69" Wettest June since records began in 1964
Manhattan 5 NE 8.32" 3.90" Wettest June since records begain in 2002
Marengo 5.05" 4.32" 30th wettest June since records began in 1893 (partial record for June 2015)
Marseilles 12.74" 4.19" Wettest June since records began in 1941
McHenry 4.79" 4.10" 16th wettest June since records began in 1949
Mendota 9.97" 4.05" Wettest June since records began in 2001
Milford 5NW 10.41" 4.08" 2nd wettest June since records began in 1999
Morocco 2S, IN 14.54" 4.27" Wettest June since records began in 1997
Monee 10.38" 4.37" Wettest June since records began in 1994
Morris 1NW 15.90" 4.40" Wettest June since records began in 1912
Mundelein 4WSW 3.85" 4.05" 11th wettest June since records began in 1999
Oregon 8.29" 4.36" 5th wettest June since records began in 1910
Ottawa 5SW 9.29" 3.98" 4th wettest June since records began in 1889
Park Forest 8.42" 4.56" 3rd wettest June since records began in 1952
Paw Paw 2S 9.21" 4.36" 5th wettest June since records began in 1913
Paxton 2WSW 7.90" 3.99" 2nd wettest June since records began in 1987
Pontiac 8.70" 3.66" 2nd wettest June since records began in 1890
Remington 2NNW, IN 12.40" 4.47" Wettest June since records began in 1993
Rensselaer, IN 12.86" 3.90" 3rd wettest June since records began in 1900
Rochelle 10.23" 4.16" Wettest June since records began in 1924
Romeoville (NWS Chicago) 8.50" 4.34" Wettest June since records began in 1992
Roscoe 2SE 5.15" 4.71" 6th wettest June since records began in 2003
Shabbona 3S 8.82" 4.85" 3rd wettest June since records begain in 1998
St Anne 15.77" 4.13" Wettest June since records began in 2001
Steward 3S 8.67" 4.19" 2nd wettest June since records began in 2005
Streator 3S 9.33" 4.11" 4th wettest June since records began in 1893
Watseka 2NW 15.58" 4.14" Wettest June since records began in 1893
Woodstock 5NW 6.15" 4.47" 5th wettest June since records began in 2003
Yorkville 7.24" 4.11" 4th wettest June since records began in 1997

 

CoCoRaHs Observers

Location June Rainfall
Rensselaer 6.2 SE (Jasper) 18.06"
Lake Village 2.3 W (Newton) 17.27"
Ashkum 5.6 E (Iroquois) 17.20"
Bonfield 4.0 WSW (Kankakee) 15.20"
Peotone 0.4 ENE (Will) 14.41"
Seneca 1.2 NNE (LaSalle) 14.08"
Carbon Hill 3.1 N (Grundy) 13.77"
Hebron 3.7 NE (Porter) 11.68"
Elburn 0.4 NW (Kane) 11.31"
Crown Point 2.0 WSW (Lake IN) 11.28"
Amboy 0.5 ESE  (Lee) 11.23"
Streamwood 0.6W  (Cook) 10.14"
Carol Stream 0.3SSE (DuPage) 9.80"
Lisbon 4.4 NE  (Kendall) 9.23"
Chatsworth 0.4ESE  (Livingston) 9.21"
Gibson 3.0WNW  (Ford) 9.07"
Cortland 0.3SSW  (DeKalb) 8.17"
Pecatonnica 2.3S  (Winnebago) 7.36"
Algonquin 0,7N  (McHenry) 6.96"
Capron 0.1N  (Boone) 6.95"
Antioch 3.4WSW  (Lake IL) 5.85"
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