National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Top 20 Wettest/Driest Decembers 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 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 0.92 1976 3.34 1984 0.69 1913
12 4.07 2008 0.99 1913 2.90 1927 1.00 1989 3.31 1927 0.78 1997
13 4.00 1974 1.02 1962 2.81 2006 1.02 1941 3.24 1968 0.80 1922
14 3.93 1965 1.02 1939 2.79 2008 1.03 1926 3.22 1996 0.80 1912
15 3.79 1971 1.10 1930 2.79 1967 1.08 2002 3.10 2015 0.83 1934
16 3.78 1983 1.16 2002 2.78 1973 1.09 1921 2.99 1962 0.86 1989
17 3.77 1906 1.16 1998 2.75 1982 1.10 1930 2.97 2006 0.90 1917
18 3.66 1901 1.16 1888 2.70 1946 1.10 1922 2.96 2019 0.92 1941
19 3.65 2006 1.23 1890 2.68 1942 1.11 1961 2.93 1929 0.94 1915
20 3.59 1968 1.23 1880 2.64 1978 1.12 1945 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.