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Top 20 Snowiest/Snowless Januaries in Southeast Lower Michigan
 
Rank Detroit Area* Flint Bishop** Saginaw Area***
Snowiest Snowless Snowiest Snowless Snowiest Snowless
Total Year Total Year Total Year Total Year Total Year Total Year
1 39.1 2014 0.4 1933 32.9 2014 0.0 1934 30.9 1967 0.1 1973
2 29.6 1978 0.9 1932 28.5 1976 0.2 1933 30.3 1978 0.4 1933
3 27.3 1999 0.9 1921 27.6 1967 0.5 1932 29.0 1999 0.9 1921
4 26.9 2005 1.1 1916 26.1 1979 0.8 1921 26.1 1979 1.0 1919
5 25.2 2009 1.4 1935 26.0 1959 1.2 1937 26.0 1997 1.5 1937
6 24.0 1987 1.4 1894 24.9 1999 1.3 1973 24.4 2004 1.7 1942
7 23.1 1893 1.5 1983 24.7 2004 2.0 1945 22.6 1914 1.8 1916
8 22.2 1910 1.5 1891 23.6 1978 3.1 1949 22.0 2011 2.0 1934
9 21.9 1929 1.6 1890 22.8 2008 3.1 1955 21.7 1918 2.3 1944
10 21.8 1914 1.7 1919 20.2 2018 3.1 1944 21.2 1947 2.5 1950
11 21.8 1881 1.9 1944 19.7 2005 3.4 1935 19.7 1943 2.8 1945
12 21.5 1895 2.4 1973 19.3 1982 3.8 1983 19.6 1976 2.9 1949
13 21.1 1939 2.6 1896 18.4 1995 4.1 1940 19.2 1962 2.9 1928
14 20.9 1985 2.8 1980 18.3 1930 4.9 1996 18.9 2008 3.1 1964
15 20.8 1997 2.9 1955 17.4 1943 5.1 2001 18.0 1982 3.4 1990
16 20.1 1904 3.3 1961 17.3 2011 5.2 1964 16.9 1959 3.4 1980
17 20.0 1982 3.4 2001 17.3 1997 5.2 1950 16.0 1929 3.5 1983
18 18.6 1918 3.4 1958 17.1 2009 5.3 1938 15.9 2005 4.0 1932
19 18.4 1992 3.6 1942 16.9 1987 5.5 1941 15.8 1985 4.1 1975
20 18.4 1943 3.7 1882 16.8 2019 5.5 1922 15.6 2014 4.4 2018
* Detroit Area snowfall records date back to January 1880.
** Flint Bishop snowfall records date back to January 1921.
*** Saginaw Area snowfall records date back to January 1912.