Late Season Snow Stats

How unusual is it to see measurable snow across Southeast Michigan during late April and May? It is relatively uncommon, but certainly not unheard of. Below are a few tables that illustrate some of our late winter snow storm stats.

List of biggest late April (15th to 30th) and May snow storms for each climate site:

Detroit Area (since 1874)		Flint Area (since 1921)		Saginaw Area (since 1912)
Snow Total	Date	Snow Total	Date	Snow Total	Date
6.0"	May 9, 1923	12.0"	May 9, 1923	9.0"	May 9, 1923
5.0"	May 21-22, 1883	8.0"	April 23-25, 2005	6.0"	April 23-24, 2005
4.5"	April 17, 1921	7.0"	April 16-17, 1983	5.1"	April 24, 1980
4.3"	April 23-24, 2005	4.2"	April 16-17, 1961	4.5"	May 3, 1935
3.5"	April 20-21, 2021	3.3"	April 18-19, 1947	4.0"	May 2-3, 1929
3.5"	April 19-20, 1943	3.0"	April 27, 1950	3.6"	April 18-19, 1947
3.4"	April 17, 2020	2.7"	April 24, 1980	3.0"	April 14-15, 2018
3.4"	April 17, 1983	2.5"	April 19-20, 1943	3.0"	April 17, 1965
3.2"	April 14-15, 2014	2.3"	April 17, 1965	2.4"	April 15-16, 1949
3.0"	April 16-17, 1961 & April 29, 1909	2.0"	April 21, 1924	2.3"	April 16, 1943

Percentage of years with measurable snowfall after April 15:

Detroit Area (since 1874)	Flint Area (since 1921)	Saginaw Area (since 1912)
32%	41%	33%

Last snowfall stats at each climate site:

	Detroit Area (since 1874)	Flint Area (since 1921)	Saginaw Area (since 1912)
Earliest last measurable snowfall	February 25, 1878 (0.2")	February 20, 1945 (0.5")	February 11, 1981 (1.0")
Average last measurable snowfall	April 7	April 10	April 6
Latest last measurable snowfall	May 22, 1883 (2.7")	May 26, 1961 (0.5")	May 20, 2002 (0.2")

Page last updated: 4/22/2022