Heavy rains fell across the Chicago metropolitan area again today (August 22, 2014). Here is the map of rainfall amounts from our volunteer CoCoRaHS network. You will get a slightly larger and more clear image if you click on the map below. Many sites in the orange have received the average August rainfall in just 1 day. The largest total so far is from an observer in Bloomingdale in DuPage County with 5.45 inches.
Here are the reports for the morning of August 22, 2014, ranked from high to low. Most observers report between 7 and 8 am.
| Station ID | Station Name | Total Precip (inches) |
| IL-DP-72 | Bloomingdale 0.9 NNE | 5.45 |
| IL-CK-12 | Bridgeview 1.3 NNW | 4.86 |
| IL-GY-2 | Dwight 4.1 NNW | 4.82 |
| IL-LE-18 | Sublette 0.1 NNE | 4.78 |
| IL-CK-88 | Countryside 0.8 ENE | 4.69 |
| IL-CK-211 | Oak Lawn 1.6 WNW | 4.68 |
| IL-LS-36 | Marseilles 2.8 NW | 4.67 |
| IL-CK-152 | Chicago Ridge 0.2 WSW | 4.51 |
| IL-DP-77 | Roselle 1.1 W | 4.46 |
| IL-CK-149 | Oak Lawn 0.5 SSW | 4.41 |
| IL-CK-154 | Worth 0.1 E | 4.29 |
| IL-GY-19 | South Wilmington 0.3 WNW | 4.15 |
| IL-DP-109 | Elmhurst 0.8 ESE | 4.10 |
| IL-LS-25 | Marseilles 5.6 WNW | 4.10 |
| IL-DP-14 | Westmont 1.2 SSE | 4.05 |
| IL-KK-23 | Bonfield 4.0 WSW | 3.92 |
| IL-CK-148 | Oak Lawn 1.9 SE | 3.73 |
| IL-KN-11 | St Charles 1.1 SW | 3.70 |
| IL-LV-14 | Odell 4.4 SE | 3.70 |
| IL-CK-75 | Elk Grove Village 2.2 WSW | 3.69 |
| IL-CK-98 | La Grange Park 0.7 SSW | 3.64 |
| IL-CK-187 | North Riverside 0.4 W | 3.61 |
| IL-CK-145 | Oak Park 1.5 S | 3.59 |
| IL-DP-117 | Elmhurst 2.0 SE | 3.57 |
| IL-DP-38 | Elmhurst 0.4 SW | 3.55 |
| IL-CK-63 | Elk Grove Village 0.6 ESE | 3.52 |
| IL-KN-50 | Elburn 2.7 NNE | 3.48 |
| IL-CK-131 | Schaumburg 2.0 E | 3.45 |
| IL-DP-100 | Bartlett 1.1 SE | 3.35 |
| IL-LS-47 | Earlville 7.6 SSE | 3.35 |
| IL-KN-30 | Elburn 0.4 NW | 3.32 |
| IL-LS-50 | Seneca 1.2 NNE | 3.30 |
| IL-CK-82 | Burnham-Hegewisch 1.6 NNW | 3.19 |
| IL-LS-45 | Streator 1.3 WSW | 3.19 |
| IL-KN-63 | Geneva 1.7 WSW | 3.15 |
| IL-DP-85 | Villa Park 1.0 NW | 3.13 |
| IL-CK-61 | Oak Park 1.0 SW | 3.11 |
| IL-WF-19 | Washburn 5.2 W | 3.10 |
| IL-DP-29 | Glen Ellyn 1.6 SSE | 3.02 |
| IL-LS-51 | Seneca 1.1 NNE | 3.00 |
| IL-LV-17 | Emington 2.2 SSE | 3.00 |
| IL-LV-12 | Streator 1.4 S | 2.99 |
| IL-KN-62 | Batavia 1.3 WNW | 2.97 |
| IL-KN-58 | Lily Lake 2.1 E | 2.95 |
| IL-CK-202 | River Forest 0.9 SSE | 2.93 |
| IL-GY-9 | Mazon 0.5 ENE | 2.88 |
| IL-CK-240 | Chicago 2.7 WNW | 2.87 |
| IL-DP-79 | Burr Ridge 1.9 SW | 2.87 |
| IL-LS-17 | Ottawa 1.6 N | 2.82 |
| IL-CK-129 | Schaumburg 2.7 WSW | 2.81 |
| IL-KN-8 | Geneva 3.3 WSW | 2.81 |
| IL-LS-1 | Ottawa 1.3 NW | 2.78 |
| IL-DP-18 | Downers Grove 2.1 SE | 2.66 |
| IL-DP-40 | Lombard 1.0 NNW | 2.62 |
| IL-DP-98 | Downers Grove 0.9 S | 2.60 |
| IL-CK-192 | Park Ridge 0.7 WNW | 2.57 |
| IL-GY-12 | Braceville 0.5 SSE | 2.54 |
| IL-DP-63 | Bartlett 1.0 SSE | 2.51 |
| IL-KN-5 | Batavia 0.7 WSW | 2.44 |
| IL-CK-153 | Alsip 0.2 E | 2.42 |
| IL-CK-238 | Elmwood Park 0.7 NNW | 2.42 |
| IL-LS-49 | North Utica 6.3 N | 2.35 |
| IL-KN-78 | Geneva 1.3 SSW | 2.34 |
| IL-KN-104 | Geneva 3.9 WSW | 2.33 |
| IL-LE-14 | Amboy 0.5 ESE | 2.33 |
| IL-KN-79 | Geneva 1.6 WSW | 2.23 |
| IL-DP-49 | Naperville 2.5 ESE | 2.22 |
| IL-CK-180 | Park Ridge 0.5 SSW | 2.21 |
| IL-DP-32 | Lisle 1.3 SE | 2.16 |
| IL-CK-178 | Rolling Meadows 0.9 ESE | 2.15 |
| IL-DP-122 | Clarendon Hills 0.5 NW | 2.14 |
| IL-LS-39 | Ottawa 0.5 NNW | 2.14 |
| IL-KN-67 | St. Charles 6.0 NW | 2.13 |
| IL-KN-33 | North Aurora 1.5 NE | 2.12 |
| IL-KN-64 | St. Charles 0.1 E | 2.12 |
| IL-DK-21 | De Kalb 0.6 SE | 2.09 |
| IL-DP-118 | Darien 0.4 SSE | 2.09 |
| IL-DP-83 | Lombard 1.2 NNW | 2.05 |
| IL-CK-74 | Oak Park 1.3 NNE | 2.04 |
| IL-MCH-49 | Cary 0.3 NE | 2.04 |
| IL-DP-96 | Lombard 1.0 WSW | 2.02 |
| IL-LS-27 | Oglesby 0.6 ESE | 1.94 |
| IL-WF-12 | Germantown Hills 1.3 NW | 1.93 |
| IL-CK-121 | Palatine 1.3 E | 1.92 |
| IL-LS-34 | La Salle 0.1 W | 1.90 |
| IL-LV-7 | Chatsworth 0.4 ESE | 1.85 |
| IL-DK-10 | Malta 0.4 SSE | 1.84 |
| IL-CK-81 | Arlington Heights 1.8 NNW | 1.83 |
| IL-DP-42 | Carol Stream 0.3 SSE | 1.83 |
| IL-DP-69 | Glen Ellyn 1.0 NE | 1.81 |
| IL-DP-16 | Aurora 3.6 SE | 1.80 |
| IL-CK-107 | Evanston 1.4 N | 1.79 |
| IL-LS-2 | Oglesby 0.4 N | 1.79 |
| IL-CK-14 | Chicago 5.5 ESE | 1.78 |
| IL-CK-243 | Elmwood Park 0.7 ESE | 1.77 |
| IL-LS-12 | Peru 0.6 SW | 1.76 |
| IL-CK-32 | Chicago 6.4 NNE | 1.75 |
| IL-CK-175 | Winnetka 1.2 S | 1.75 |
| IL-WL-118 | Elwood 4.6 NE | 1.72 |
| IL-CK-235 | Park Ridge 1.1 ENE | 1.70 |
| IL-DP-101 | Aurora 3.8 SE | 1.66 |
| IL-PR-9 | Dunlap 2.6 S | 1.57 |
| IL-CK-106 | Hoffman Estates 4.6 W | 1.56 |
| IL-LS-46 | Mendota 2.4 SE | 1.56 |
| IL-KN-9 | Elgin 1.0 S | 1.54 |
| IL-KN-95 | Elgin 2.5 W | 1.53 |
| IL-IR-10 | Buckley 0.2 SSE | 1.52 |
| IL-CK-168 | Ravenswood Manor 0.1 ESE | 1.49 |
| IL-WL-119 | Homer Glen 1.6 NW | 1.47 |
| IL-DP-27 | Naperville 2.1 ESE | 1.45 |
| IL-WL-46 | Peotone 0.4 ENE | 1.45 |
| IL-KN-2 | Elgin 2.3 WNW | 1.39 |
| IL-WL-67 | Channahon 2.5 SSE | 1.38 |
| IL-KD-23 | Montgomery 1.7 SSE | 1.37 |
| IL-LV-10 | Pontiac 0.7 ESE | 1.37 |
| IL-WL-61 | Channahon 0.8 NNE | 1.37 |
| IL-WL-71 | Plainfield 1.1 SW | 1.37 |
| IL-CK-50 | Palos Park 1.3 SW | 1.35 |
| IL-KN-51 | Sugar Grove 1.4 ENE | 1.32 |
| IL-WL-25 | Crete 2.6 E | 1.32 |
| IL-WL-41 | Peotone 0.5 ENE | 1.32 |
| IL-LV-6 | Pontiac 1.0 SE | 1.31 |
| IL-MCH-43 | Algonquin 0.7 N | 1.31 |
| IL-KD-34 | Plainfield 4.8 SW | 1.30 |
| IL-WL-84 | Beecher 3.4 ENE | 1.30 |
| IL-WL-99 | Manhattan 1.9 SE | 1.29 |
| IL-DP-102 | Bolingbrook 2.7 NE | 1.28 |
| IL-WL-20 | Manhattan 4.7 ENE | 1.28 |
| IL-WL-79 | Peotone 0.5 SE | 1.27 |
| IL-CK-215 | Glenview 0.9 SW | 1.26 |
| IL-WL-93 | New Lenox 4.2 SE | 1.26 |
| IL-GY-20 | Morris 2.5 SSE | 1.25 |
| IL-WL-121 | Monee 4.9 W | 1.25 |
| IL-WN-19 | Rockton 1.0 ESE | 1.24 |
| IL-WL-36 | Homer Glen 3.9 WNW | 1.22 |
| IL-CK-206 | Park Forest 1.0 SW | 1.21 |
| IL-KN-107 | South Elgin 0.9 WSW | 1.20 |
| IL-SP-7 | Davis 0.5 N | 1.17 |
| IL-LK-39 | Riverwoods 0.4 ENE | 1.14 |
| IL-WL-104 | Plainfield 2.7 SE | 1.14 |
| IL-LK-25 | Lincolnshire 1.3 WSW | 1.13 |
| IL-KD-46 | Oswego 1.0 SW | 1.10 |
| IL-SP-18 | Freeport 0.9 ESE | 1.10 |
| IL-WL-16 | Homer Glen 0.8 ENE | 1.07 |
| IL-WL-51 | Plainfield 2.4 SSE | 1.06 |
| IL-FD-9 | Gibson 3.0 WNW | 1.05 |
| IL-WL-80 | Lockport 1.3 SE | 1.05 |
| IL-WL-100 | Joliet 2.9 WNW | 1.05 |
| IL-KD-5 | Montgomery 0.8 SSE | 1.04 |
| IL-WL-120 | Joliet 1.2 W | 1.04 |
| IL-KX-11 | Galesburg 8.8 S | 1.03 |
| IL-WL-82 | Orland Park 4.6 WNW | 1.03 |
| IL-HY-6 | New Windsor 2.0 N | 1.02 |
| IL-LK-16 | Buffalo Grove 1.5 N | 1.02 |
| IL-WL-64 | Joliet 2.3 WNW | 1.02 |
| IL-GY-10 | Minooka 0.3 NE | 1.01 |
| IL-CK-146 | Glenwood 1.5 ESE | 1.00 |
| IL-KN-82 | Batavia 0.8 S | 1.00 |
| IL-LS-7 | Sheridan 3.4 SSE | 1.00 |
| IL-LK-69 | Highwood 0.9 S | 0.99 |
| IL-CK-53 | Glencoe 0.1 NW | 0.98 |
| IL-CK-94 | Lincolnwood 1.8 E | 0.98 |
| IL-MCH-66 | Harvard 2.8 SSE | 0.97 |
| IL-FL-9 | London Mills 1.4 SE | 0.95 |
| IL-WL-111 | New Lenox 1.0 NE | 0.95 |
| IL-WF-14 | El Paso 5.2 NNW | 0.95 |
| IL-KX-9 | Knoxville 0.7 NW | 0.93 |
| IL-MCH-13 | Bull Valley 2.5 WNW | 0.92 |
| IL-KK-25 | Bonfield 4.2 NNE | 0.91 |
| IL-WL-50 | Lockport 3.3 ESE | 0.91 |
| IL-KD-24 | Oswego 5.0 SSE | 0.90 |
| IL-KN-91 | Hampshire 0.7 W | 0.89 |
| IL-DP-57 | Aurora 3.5 NE | 0.88 |
| IL-GY-4 | Coal City 0.4 N | 0.87 |
| IL-GY-16 | Morris 6.4 ESE | 0.87 |
| IL-WL-73 | Wilmington 2.6 SE | 0.86 |
| IL-MCH-61 | Woodstock 1.5 WSW | 0.84 |
| IL-WL-97 | New Lenox 3.3 E | 0.84 |
| IL-LK-11 | Lincolnshire 0.9 N | 0.83 |
| IL-GY-21 | Coal City 2.8 N | 0.82 |
| IL-WL-103 | Joliet 1.8 NNE | 0.80 |
| IL-CK-42 | Mount Prospect 3.0 NE | 0.79 |
| IL-LK-53 | Lakemoor 1.5 SE | 0.78 |
| IL-WL-108 | Plainfield 4.1 NW | 0.78 |
| IL-LK-15 | Bannockburn 0.5 ESE | 0.77 |
| IL-TZ-14 | Morton 1.0 SSE | 0.77 |
| IL-KK-28 | Chebanse 0.4 NNE | 0.76 |
| IL-WL-123 | Bolingbrook 1.4 W | 0.76 |
| IL-CK-232 | Lincolnwood 3.2 E | 0.75 |
| IL-GY-1 | Carbon Hill 3.1 N | 0.75 |
| IL-LV-4 | Chenoa 3.9 NNW | 0.75 |
| IL-TZ-1 | Morton 1.0 S | 0.74 |
| IL-WN-30 | Pecatonica 2.3 S | 0.74 |
| IL-KN-86 | Elgin 7.5 WSW | 0.72 |
| IL-LK-9 | Lake Villa 1.1 SSW | 0.72 |
| IL-LE-8 | Ashton 0.4 SSW | 0.71 |
| IL-LK-74 | Mundelein 1.6 WNW | 0.70 |
| IL-WL-72 | New Lenox 2.9 ENE | 0.69 |
| IL-LK-22 | Lake Forest 2.1 NNE | 0.68 |
| IL-MCD-5 | Macomb 0.6 WNW | 0.68 |
| IL-LK-70 | Fox Lake 2.4 SE | 0.67 |
| IL-WL-105 | Plainfield 2.9 NNW | 0.65 |
| IL-DP-75 | Naperville 1.1 NW | 0.64 |
| IL-MCH-59 | Harvard 0.3 E | 0.64 |
| IL-SP-6 | Freeport 2.0 NW | 0.64 |
| IL-WN-2 | Roscoe 1.6 ESE | 0.64 |
| IL-LK-54 | Mundelein 0.5 NNE | 0.62 |
| IL-MR-4 | Aledo 0.4 NE | 0.62 |
| IL-LK-86 | Mundelein 1.8 NW | 0.60 |
| IL-LK-13 | Lake Bluff 1.3 W | 0.59 |
| IL-MCL-2 | Arrowsmith 1.7 NNE | 0.59 |
| IL-MR-6 | Aledo 0.4 NE | 0.59 |
| IL-BU-8 | Tiskilwa 2.1 N | 0.58 |
| IL-DK-17 | De Kalb 1.8 NNE | 0.58 |
| IL-BN-14 | Capron 0.1 N | 0.57 |
| IL-KK-26 | Kankakee 3.2 SE | 0.55 |
| IL-CK-197 | Orland Hills 0.6 SE | 0.53 |
| IL-LK-42 | Gurnee 1.6 W | 0.53 |
| IL-LK-83 | Antioch 3.4 WSW | 0.53 |
| IL-WD-5 | Morrison 3.2 E | 0.53 |
| IL-LK-29 | Lake Bluff 1.4 W | 0.51 |
| IL-SP-8 | Winslow 4.3 ESE | 0.51 |
| IL-WD-14 | Sterling 4.9 WSW | 0.51 |
| IL-WL-63 | New Lenox 1.8 SE | 0.51 |
| IL-MCL-9 | Danvers 1.7 WNW | 0.50 |
| IL-SP-14 | Freeport 1.7 ESE | 0.50 |
| IL-DK-5 | Cortland 0.3 SSW | 0.49 |
| IL-MCH-33 | Woodstock 3.8 SW | 0.48 |
| IL-MCH-52 | Woodstock 0.8 SSW | 0.47 |
| IL-LK-3 | Beach Park 1.4 W | 0.45 |
| IL-LK-19 | Waukegan 2.2 N | 0.45 |
| IL-TZ-10 | Tremont 3.6 E | 0.45 |
| IL-LK-72 | Wadsworth 1.4 SSE | 0.44 |
| IL-MCL-23 | Normal 1.9 ESE | 0.44 |
| IL-IR-14 | Watseka 6.9 WNW | 0.43 |
| IL-OG-4 | Byron 3.2 N | 0.43 |
| IL-WN-14 | Rockford 3.3 NE | 0.43 |
| IL-BU-5 | Princeton 1.1 SE | 0.42 |
| IL-BU-9 | La Moille 0.2 NNE | 0.42 |
| IL-CK-64 | Homewood 0.1 ESE | 0.42 |
| IL-LK-8 | Gurnee 2.5 NE | 0.42 |
| IL-LK-84 | Waukegan 1.7 E | 0.40 |
| IL-LE-10 | Dixon 3.0 NNW | 0.39 |
| IL-WF-18 | El Paso 6.2 SW | 0.39 |
| IL-CK-170 | Flossmoor 0.5 SW | 0.38 |
| IL-HY-1 | Orion 4.1 NW | 0.38 |
| IL-MCL-18 | Bloomington 3.2 NE | 0.36 |
| IL-LE-5 | Sterling 4.3 NE | 0.35 |
| IL-MCL-17 | Bloomington 2.7 NE | 0.35 |
| IL-CR-11 | Milledgeville 0.4 ESE | 0.34 |
| IL-DP-78 | Naperville 2.4 SE | 0.34 |
| IL-MCL-32 | Danvers | 0.34 |
| IL-WN-8 | Rockford 0.7 NW | 0.34 |
| IL-KD-12 | Yorkville 1.1 W | 0.33 |
| IL-WL-113 | New Lenox 2.1 SE | 0.33 |
| IL-KK-34 | Bradley 1.1 SW | 0.32 |
| IL-WD-8 | Coleta 1.4 SSW | 0.32 |
| IL-IR-2 | Ashkum 5.6 E | 0.31 |
| IL-RI-10 | Moline 1.1 N | 0.31 |
| IL-CP-81 | Dewey 1.6 NNW | 0.30 |
| IL-LK-23 | Winthrop Harbor 0.2 SSE | 0.30 |
| IL-SP-17 | Pearl City 0.4 SW | 0.30 |
| IL-KK-22 | Bourbonnais 1.5 NNE | 0.29 |
| IL-KD-25 | Yorkville 1.8 SSE | 0.27 |
| IL-LK-27 | Winthrop Harbor 0.7 SSW | 0.27 |
| IL-LE-17 | Dixon 1.5 SW | 0.27 |
| IL-RI-3 | Moline 0.9 N | 0.27 |
| IL-RI-13 | Moline 0.7 NNE | 0.26 |
| IL-CR-12 | Mount Carroll 6.8 NNW | 0.25 |
| IL-HY-4 | Atkinson 2.6 NNE | 0.25 |
| IL-HY-8 | Geneseo 2.0 NW | 0.25 |
| IL-LG-32 | Lincoln 2.7 NNE | 0.22 |
| IL-OG-12 | Davis Junction 1.1 SW | 0.22 |
| IL-KD-7 | Plano 0.4 NNE | 0.20 |
| IL-WN-26 | Rockford 1.5 ENE | 0.20 |
| IL-KK-35 | Bourbonnais 2.9 E | 0.19 |
| IL-MCD-7 | Colchester 3.5 NE | 0.19 |