Record or Near Record Snowfall in February 2011

February has been an active month with regards to snowfall across southeast Michigan. As of February 27th...31.7 inches of snow has fallen at Detroit Metro Airport...31.6 inches of snow has fallen at Flint and 27.6 inches has fallen at the Tri Cities. These totals make for the snowiest February at Flint and the 2nd snowiest in the Tri Cities and at Detroit Metro Airport. February has been an active month during the last several years...with 3 out of the 4 previous Februaries registering in the top 10 snowiest at Detroit Metro Airport and Flint. The following are the top 10 snowiest Februaries for these 3 cities with 2011 highlighted:

Top 10 Snowiest Februaries in Southeast Lower Michigan
Rank	Detroit Area*		Flint Bishop**		Saginaw Area***
	Snowiest		Snowiest		Snowiest
	Total	Year	Total	Year	Total	Year
1	38.4	1908	31.6	2011	34.2	2008
2	31.7	2011	29.4	2008	27.6	2011
3	28.4	1881	21.2	2010	26.0	1908
4	28.0	1900	20.8	1990	23.4	1935
5	27.6	1926	20.6	1986	20.3	1965
6	27.0	2010	20.1	1994	20.0	1912
7	24.2	2008	19.7	1965	19.8	1985
8	20.8	1986	19.6	1988	19.6	1988
9	19.6	1898	18.3	1946	18.9	1903
10	19.2	2003	17.2	1960	18.4	1990
* Detroit Area snowfall records date back to fall of 1880. Flint Bishop snowfall records date back to January 1921. * Saginaw Area snowfall records date back to January 1900.