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" |