Top 20 Wettest/Driest Decembers in Southeast Lower Michigan |
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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 | 5.19 | 1967 | 0.42 | 1900 | 4.66 | 1971 | 0.44 | 1969 | 5.33 | 1972 | 0.33 | 1939 | |
2 | 4.83 | 1878 | 0.43 | 1943 | 4.03 | 1975 | 0.44 | 1943 | 4.83 | 1971 | 0.35 | 1958 | |
3 | 4.79 | 1929 | 0.44 | 1960 | 4.01 | 1972 | 0.49 | 1960 | 4.67 | 1965 | 0.40 | 1960 | |
4 | 4.73 | 1895 | 0.59 | 1958 | 3.76 | 1984 | 0.51 | 1993 | 4.19 | 1949 | 0.42 | 1943 | |
5 | 4.62 | 1907 | 0.60 | 1874 | 3.75 | 1949 | 0.58 | 1958 | 3.85 | 1982 | 0.49 | 1919 | |
6 | 4.62 | 1879 | 0.78 | 1993 | 3.57 | 1931 | 0.61 | 1962 | 3.77 | 2008 | 0.55 | 1993 | |
7 | 4.60 | 1987 | 0.79 | 1976 | 3.41 | 2000 | 0.77 | 1997 | 3.77 | 1959 | 0.62 | 1969 | |
8 | 4.60 | 1957 | 0.85 | 1995 | 3.33 | 1940 | 0.77 | 1939 | 3.71 | 1920 | 0.62 | 1930 | |
9 | 4.53 | 1966 | 0.88 | 1917 | 3.24 | 1951 | 0.79 | 1963 | 3.43 | 1980 | 0.67 | 1976 | |
10 | 4.37 | 1990 | 0.93 | 1896 | 3.03 | 1929 | 0.80 | 1955 | 3.36 | 1967 | 0.69 | 1981 | |
11 | 4.17 | 1881 | 0.97 | 1919 | 2.95 | 1980 | 0.83 | 2022 | 3.34 | 1984 | 0.69 | 1913 | |
12 | 4.07 | 2008 | 0.99 | 1913 | 2.90 | 1927 | 0.92 | 1976 | 3.31 | 1927 | 0.78 | 1997 | |
13 | 4.00 | 1974 | 1.02 | 1962 | 2.81 | 2006 | 1.00 | 1989 | 3.24 | 1968 | 0.80 | 1922 | |
14 | 3.93 | 1965 | 1.02 | 1939 | 2.79 | 2008 | 1.02 | 1941 | 3.22 | 1996 | 0.80 | 1912 | |
15 | 3.79 | 1971 | 1.10 | 1930 | 2.79 | 1967 | 1.03 | 1926 | 3.10 | 2015 | 0.83 | 1934 | |
16 | 3.78 | 1983 | 1.16 | 1998 | 2.78 | 1973 | 1.08 | 2002 | 2.99 | 1962 | 0.86 | 1989 | |
17 | 3.77 | 1906 | 1.16 | 2002 | 2.75 | 1982 | 1.09 | 1921 | 2.97 | 2006 | 0.90 | 1917 | |
18 | 3.66 | 1901 | 1.16 | 1888 | 2.70 | 1946 | 1.10 | 1930 | 2.96 | 2019 | 0.92 | 1941 | |
19 | 3.65 | 2006 | 1.23 | 1890 | 2.68 | 2024 | 1.10 | 1922 | 2.93 | 1929 | 0.94 | 1915 | |
20 | 3.59 | 1968 | 1.23 | 1880 | 2.68 | 1942 | 1.11 | 1961 | 2.90 | 1990 | 0.97 | 1935 | |
* 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. |