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Top 20 Wettest/Driest Aprils in Southeast Lower Michigan
 
Rank Detroit Area* Flint Bishop** Saginaw Area***
Wettest Driest Wettest Driest Wettest Driest
Total Year Total Year Total Year Total Year Total Year Total Year
1 6.89 1947 0.53 1899 6.44 2013 0.62 1942 7.33 2013 0.42 1940
2 6.17 1880 0.60 1902 5.90 1947 0.70 2004 6.83 1967 0.49 1946
3 5.82 2019 0.66 1915 5.73 1937 0.74 1946 5.96 2011 0.74 1942
4 5.65 1929 0.69 2004 5.63 1967 0.95 1931 5.93 1991 0.86 1935
5 5.61 2011 0.70 1875 5.59 1976 1.03 1978 5.89 2017 0.91 1938
6 5.51 1903 0.74 1946 5.47 2011 1.13 1935 5.61 2009 0.91 1924
7 5.29 2013 0.92 1971 5.42 2009 1.21 1997 5.47 1929 1.04 1931
8 5.29 1919 0.96 2008 5.21 1961 1.23 1982 5.34 1994 1.13 1978
9 5.23 1961 1.13 1882 5.19 2017 1.30 1955 5.15 1992 1.25 1998
10 5.13 1999 1.14 1889 5.06 1999 1.31 2005 4.82 1980 1.28 1971
11 5.03 2009 1.19 1887 5.01 1994 1.33 2012 4.81 1947 1.30 1914
12 5.03 1937 1.31 1895 4.98 1929 1.43 1998 4.43 1961 1.31 1923
13 4.97 1979 1.39 1874 4.55 1993 1.50 1989 4.19 1956 1.34 1944
14 4.92 1950 1.42 1973 4.32 1981 1.51 1938 3.84 1969 1.38 1915
15 4.73 1959 1.42 1925 4.31 1975 1.52 1925 3.72 1964 1.42 1989
16 4.73 1910 1.44 1888 4.25 1969 1.60 2008 3.72 1945 1.42 1930
17 4.65 1964 1.45 1942 4.25 1956 1.62 1971 3.71 1951 1.43 1916
18 4.61 1917 1.50 1988 4.07 1991 1.63 2015 3.70 1983 1.44 1934
19 4.48 2002 1.51 1898 4.05 1945 1.68 1968 3.67 1921 1.46 1932
20 4.44 1957 1.53 1883 3.87 1959 1.68 1965 3.58 1928 1.51 2005
* Detroit Area precipitation records date back to November 1874.
** Flint Bishop precipitation records date back to January 1921.
*** Saginaw Area precipitation records date back to January 1912.