National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Top 20 Snowiest/Snowless Octobers 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 2.9 1980 0.0 1899 4.4 1989 0.0 1932 5.0 1967 0.0 1931
2 2.7 1989 0.0 1907 2.8 1997 0.0 1940 5.0 1933 0.0 1939
3 2.7 1925 0.0 1915 2.6 1967 0.0 1948 2.9 1997 0.0 1947
4 1.4 1930 0.0 1923 2.5 1925 0.0 1956 2.0 1992 0.0 1955
5 1.0 1943 0.0 1931 2.3 2006 0.0 1964 1.4 2016 0.0 1963
6 0.7 1932 0.0 1939 1.8 1992 0.0 1972 1.2 1943 0.0 1971
7 0.4 1992 0.0 1947 1.1 2023 0.0 1980 1.0 1936 0.0 1979
8 0.4 1993 0.0 1955 1.0 1936 0.0 1988 0.5 2023 0.0 1987
9 0.4 1909 0.0 1963 0.8 1993 0.0 1996 0.4 1934 0.0 1995
10 0.3 1936 0.0 1971 0.8 1962 0.0 2004 0.4 1925 0.0 2003
11 0.3 1880 0.0 1979 0.7 2014 0.0 2020 0.3 2006 0.0 2011
12 0.2 2023 0.0 1987 0.5 1987 0.0 1933 0.3 1917 0.0 2019
13 0.2 2006 0.0 1995 0.5 1923 0.0 1941 0.2 2012 0.0 1916
14 0.1 1997 0.0 2003 0.4 2019 0.0 1949 0.2 1989 0.0 1924
15 0.1 1981 0.0 1891 0.3 2012 0.0 1957 0.2 1923 0.0 1932
16 0.1 1895 0.0 2011 0.1 2017 0.0 1965 0.0 1931 0.0 1940
17 0.0 1899 0.0 2019 0.1 1952 0.0 1973 0.0 1939 0.0 1948
18 0.0 1907 0.0 1892 0.0 1932 0.0 1981 0.0 1947 0.0 1956
19 0.0 1915 0.0 1900 0.0 1940 0.0 2005 0.0 1955 0.0 1964
20 0.0 1923 0.0 1908 0.0 1948 0.0 2013 0.0 1963 0.0 1972
* 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.