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Top 20 Wettest/Driest Januaries 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 5.25 2024 0.23 1961 4.02 2006 0.07 1945 4.04 1998 0.24 1945
2 5.02 1932 0.28 1921 3.90 2013 0.26 2003 3.74 1993 0.29 1919
3 4.96 1874 0.42 2003 3.56 1947 0.32 1961 3.55 1932 0.38 1921
4 4.38 1950 0.45 1945 3.36 2020 0.41 1940 3.50 1950 0.40 1934
5 4.31 1916 0.52 2022 3.21 1950 0.45 1921 3.43 2005 0.44 2022
6 4.27 1929 0.57 1981 3.17 1951 0.46 1971 3.26 2013 0.46 2025
7 4.12 2020 0.57 1902 3.13 2017 0.48 1958 3.19 1967 0.46 1961
8 3.95 1913 0.64 1963 3.10 2024 0.51 1966 3.11 1914 0.46 1933
9 3.92 1993 0.68 1966 3.07 1932 0.56 1984 3.09 1999 0.50 2003
10 3.87 1907 0.69 2001 3.05 1998 0.57 1977 3.06 1978 0.50 1942
11 3.85 1930 0.69 1980 2.93 2005 0.59 1981 3.00 2006 0.54 1981
12 3.74 1965 0.76 2010 2.89 1999 0.62 2022 2.97 1962 0.59 1980
13 3.64 1937 0.78 1984 2.89 1975 0.63 1963 2.92 1974 0.62 1984
14 3.45 2013 0.80 1958 2.80 1993 0.63 1934 2.91 1969 0.68 1977
15 3.43 1982 0.84 1983 2.61 1974 0.70 1986 2.79 1965 0.74 1920
16 3.40 2005 0.87 1938 2.60 1965 0.78 1970 2.72 1982 0.75 1926
17 3.36 2002 0.91 1919 2.60 1949 0.82 1922 2.71 1959 0.77 2021
18 3.34 1904 0.92 1891 2.53 2014 0.83 2010 2.67 1951 0.77 2009
19 3.32 1898 0.94 1894 2.52 1959 0.85 2025 2.64 1975 0.78 1912
20 3.26 1974 0.97 1875 2.49 2008 0.91 1925 2.63 1997 0.79 1986
* 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.