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Top 20 Wettest/Driest Augusts 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 8.33 1926 0.16 1894 11.18 1937 0.32 2010 9.43 2012 0.27 1927
2 7.83 1975 0.19 1889 11.04 1975 0.41 1927 9.04 1995 0.63 1969
3 7.51 1940 0.27 2008 8.68 1956 0.45 1969 9.01 1975 0.68 1957
4 7.29 1877 0.43 1996 7.69 2018 0.54 1930 8.02 2018 0.68 1930
5 7.07 1959 0.52 1929 6.93 1961 0.65 1929 7.15 1914 0.81 1954
6 6.87 1987 0.59 2010 5.86 1921 0.68 1996 6.73 2007 0.93 1982
7 6.61 2007 0.60 1902 5.70 2023 0.81 1976 6.72 1987 1.00 2003
8 6.53 1956 0.62 1907 5.56 1989 0.93 2005 6.25 1940 1.00 1929
9 6.50 2023 0.62 1899 5.47 2009 1.08 1931 6.18 2023 1.04 1935
10 6.32 2014 0.72 1982 5.35 1968 1.19 1957 5.95 1913 1.13 1933
11 6.09 1980 0.84 1931 5.29 1986 1.26 1948 5.88 2016 1.15 1984
12 6.04 1875 0.90 1930 5.28 1942 1.38 1962 5.66 1955 1.25 1916
13 5.99 2020 0.90 1883 5.26 1959 1.51 2002 5.51 1938 1.29 1996
14 5.98 2013 1.06 1969 5.15 2021 1.54 2001 5.50 2015 1.30 1971
15 5.87 1964 1.06 1927 5.09 2007 1.62 1971 5.46 1981 1.37 2005
16 5.62 2016 1.07 1936 5.03 1987 1.64 1938 5.34 1926 1.37 1980
17 5.51 1880 1.11 1910 4.94 1926 1.65 1936 5.28 1915 1.41 1948
18 5.27 1888 1.12 1943 4.90 2016 1.76 1973 5.19 1977 1.43 1934
19 5.17 2021 1.20 2018 4.83 1995 1.76 1928 5.18 1972 1.46 1970
20 5.12 1961 1.29 1918 4.57 1972 1.81 1923 5.05 1956 1.51 1998
* 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.