24-Hour Rain Totals: Aurora Leads Kane County With 2.53 Inches

24-Hour Rain Totals: Aurora Leads Kane County With 2.53 Inches

The 24-hour rain totals in Kane County — generally observed between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. today (Wednesday, May 1, 2019) — show Aurora leading the Kane County area, with 2.53 inches.

Sugar Grove reported 1.67 inches, Batavia 1.58 inches and Geneva 1.49 inches.

Around the area, Burr Ridge in DuPage County reported the highest total: 2.81 inches.

Top Kane County Rain Totals

Photo from St. Charles on Wednesday, May 1.

  • Aurora — 2.53 inches (DuPage)
  • Aurora — 2.45 inches (Kane)
  • Sugar Grove — 1.67 inches
  • Batavia — 1.58 inches
  • Geneva — 1.49 inches
  • Elburn — 1.25 inches
  • St.  Charles — 1.21 inches
  • Elgin — 1.13 inches
  • Gilberts — 0.95 inches

Kane County Forecast

  • Today: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 70. South southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.
  • Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 63. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
  • Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 46. North wind around 10 mph.
  • Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. North northeast wind around 10 mph.
  • Friday Night: A slight chance of showers between 1am and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Regional Rain Totals

Illinois                                       Rain
  Location (County):                           fall (inches)

  Burr Ridge 2SW (Du Page).....................2.81
  Darien (Du Page).............................2.79
  Sheridan 3SSE (La Salle).....................2.74
  Plainfield 5SW (Kendall).....................2.68
  St Anne (Kankakee)...........................2.68
  Kankakee (Kankakee)..........................2.65
  Morris 5NNW (Grundy).........................2.63
  Minooka (Grundy).............................2.61
  Naperville 4SSW (Will).......................2.60
  Montgomery 1SSE (Kendall)....................2.57
  Momence (Kankakee)...........................2.55
  Glen Ellyn 1WSW (Du Page)....................2.54
  Aurora 4SE (Du Page).........................2.53
  Ottawa 2N (La Salle).........................2.51
  Downers Grove 0.4NNE (Du Page)...............2.48
  Wheaton 2NNE (Du Page).......................2.48
  Aurora 4SE (Du Page).........................2.47
  Plainfield 2SSE (Will).......................2.46
  Beecher 3ENE (Will)..........................2.46
  Aurora (Kane)................................2.45
  Ottawa 1NW (La Salle)........................2.44
  Palos Park 1SW (Cook)........................2.42
  Homewood (Cook)..............................2.42
  Lisle 1SE (Du Page)..........................2.41
  Morris (Grundy)..............................2.40
  Lisle Morton Arb (Du Page)...................2.40
  Plainfield (Will)............................2.39
  La Grange Park 1SSW (Cook)...................2.38
  Monee (Will).................................2.38
  Chatsworth (Livingston)......................2.37
  Dwight (Livingston)..........................2.36
  Pontiac 1ESE (Livingston)....................2.36
  Oak Park 1NNE (Cook).........................2.35
  Beecher 3SSE (Will)..........................2.33
  Morris 6ESE (Grundy).........................2.32
  Chicago 6ESE (Cook)..........................2.29
  Oak Park 2S (Cook)...........................2.28
  Manhattan (Will).............................2.27
  Channahon 2SSE (Will)........................2.26
  Joliet 2n (Will).............................2.26
  Ottawa (La Salle)............................2.26
  Pontiac (Livingston).........................2.26
  Crete 3E (Will)..............................2.25
  Elmhurst 2SE (Du Page).......................2.24
  Roselle 1ESE (Du Page).......................2.23
  Joliet 3WNW (Will)...........................2.23
  Manhattan 2SE (Will).........................2.23
  Romeoville (Will)............................2.23
  Coal City 4NNW (Grundy)......................2.22
  Carbon Hill 3.1N (Grundy)....................2.22
  Park Forest (Cook)...........................2.22
  Mokena 1W (Will).............................2.21
  Midlothian (Cook)............................2.20
  Harwood Heights (Cook).......................2.20
  Lockport 1SE (Will)..........................2.20
  New Lenox 3E (Will)..........................2.20
  Botanic Gardens (Cook).......................2.19
  Countryside 1ENE (Cook)......................2.18
  Chebanse (Kankakee)..........................2.17
  La Salle (La Salle)..........................2.17
  Channahon 1NNE (Will)........................2.17
  Oak Lawn 2SE (Cook)..........................2.16
  Willow Springs (Cook)........................2.16
  Bourbonnais (Kankakee).......................2.15
  Elmhurst (Du Page)...........................2.15
  Pontiac 1SE (Livingston).....................2.14
  Flossmoor 1ESE (Cook)........................2.13
  Oak Park 1SW (Cook)..........................2.13
  Crete 3SSW (Will)............................2.13
  North Aurora 2NE (Kane)......................2.12
  New Lenox 2SE (Will).........................2.12
  Coal City 3N (Grundy)........................2.11
  Herscher 3E (Kankakee).......................2.11
  Coal City (Grundy)...........................2.10
  Watseka 6.9WNW (Iroquois)....................2.10
  Wilmington 6NW (Will)........................2.10
  Midway (Cook)................................2.10
  Midway Coop (Cook)...........................2.10
  Flossmoor (Cook).............................2.08
  Morris 2SSE (Grundy).........................2.08
  Streator 1WSW (La Salle).....................2.08
  Ohare Airport (Cook).........................2.06
  Westmont (Du Page)...........................2.06
  Oak Lawn (Cook)..............................2.04
  Elmwood Park 1ESE (Cook).....................2.04
  Villa Park 1NW (Du Page).....................2.04
  Brandon Road Lock & Dam (Will)...............2.04
  Bridgeview 1NNW (Cook).......................2.03
  Lansing (Cook)...............................2.03
  Chicago Ridge (Cook).........................2.02
  Elk Grove Village 1ESE (Cook)................2.01
  Westmont 1SSW (Du Page)......................2.00
  Park Ridge (Cook)............................1.98
  Peru 1ENE (La Salle).........................1.98
  Park Forest 1NNE (Cook)......................1.97
  Wilmington 3SE (Will)........................1.97
  Midlothian 1SE (Cook)........................1.96
  Kankakee (Kankakee)..........................1.95
  Park Forest 1SW (Cook).......................1.94
  Peotone (Will)...............................1.94
  Ashkum 5.6E (Iroquois).......................1.92
  Schaumburg 2E (Cook).........................1.91
  Somonauk 2NE (De Kalb).......................1.91
  Worth (Cook).................................1.88
  Chicago 6NNE (Cook)..........................1.85
  Gibson 2SW (Ford)............................1.85
  Plano (Kendall)..............................1.85
  Highwood 1S (Lake)...........................1.85
  Arlington Heights 1SW (Cook).................1.83
  Joliet (Will)................................1.81
  Emington 2SSE (Livingston)...................1.80
  North Utica 6N (La Salle)....................1.78
  Earlville 3S (La Salle)......................1.77
  Wheeling (Cook)..............................1.75
  Paxton (Ford)................................1.72
  Lincolnwood 2E (Cook)........................1.71
  Buckley (Iroquois)...........................1.71
  Riverwoods (Lake)............................1.71
  Gibson 3WNW (Ford)...........................1.70
  West Chicago (Du Page).......................1.69
  Chicago 5NE (Cook)...........................1.68
  Sugar Grove 1NE (Kane).......................1.67
  Mendota (La Salle)...........................1.67
  Elk Grove Village 2WSW (Cook)................1.64
  Batavia 1WNW (Kane)..........................1.58
  Mendota (La Salle)...........................1.58
  Batavia 1WSW (Kane)..........................1.56
  Lansing (Cook)...............................1.55
  Peru (La Salle)..............................1.52
  Palatine 1NNE (Cook).........................1.50
  Geneva 4WSW (Kane)...........................1.49
  Batavia 2WNW (Kane)..........................1.49
  Paxton (Ford)................................1.43
  Buffalo Grove 2N (Lake)......................1.42
  Batavia (Kane)...............................1.41
  Hoffman Estates 5W (Cook)....................1.41
  Aurora (Kane)................................1.40
  Earlville 5NNE (De Kalb).....................1.35
  Gibson 6NE (Ford)............................1.34
  Watseka (Iroquois)...........................1.32
  Hoffman Estates 2SE (Cook)...................1.28
  Elburn (Kane)................................1.25
  Barrington (Lake)............................1.24
  Elburn (Kane)................................1.24
  St. Charles 6NW (Kane).......................1.21
  Lake Bluff 1W (Lake).........................1.18
  Lake Zurich (Lake)...........................1.17
  Elgin (Kane).................................1.13
  Elgin 8WSW (Kane)............................1.12
  Mundelein (Lake).............................1.11
  Elgin 2W (Kane)..............................1.09
  Paw Paw (Lee)................................1.05
  Mundelein (Lake).............................1.01
  Gilberts (Kane)..............................0.95