Heavy rains have drenched the Windy City this month, leading to its soggiest April on record. Through yesterday, 8.54 inches had fallen at O’Hare International passing the 8.33 inches recorded in 1933.
Chicago has received frequent deluges in the last two weeks, but a good chunk of the month’s rain occurred on April 18, when 3.54 inches flooded the city – the most measured so early in the calendar year in a single day.
The heavy rains both in Chicago and surrounding regions of the Midwest have led to rising rivers and widespread flooding.
Rainfall totals over last 14 days (NOAA)
The National Weather Service has active flood warnings in Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, North Dakota, Mississippi and Michigan.
Check out the transformation of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers between April 20 and April 5 in the imagery below (obtained from the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite):
April 20
(NASA)
April 5
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/04/24/chicago-logs-wettest-april-on-record-midwest-rivers-swell/
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