Top 20 Wettest/Driest Mays 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 | 8.46 | 2004 | 0.43 | 1920 | 8.19 | 2004 | 0.34 | 1988 | 9.95 | 1912 | 0.53 | 1939 | |
2 | 8.05 | 1943 | 0.58 | 1934 | 7.61 | 2011 | 0.59 | 1934 | 8.11 | 2004 | 0.76 | 1934 | |
3 | 7.84 | 1892 | 0.87 | 1988 | 7.59 | 1945 | 0.76 | 1925 | 6.99 | 1942 | 0.80 | 2023 | |
4 | 6.97 | 1947 | 0.90 | 1877 | 7.25 | 2014 | 0.79 | 1994 | 6.84 | 1945 | 0.80 | 1988 | |
5 | 6.35 | 2018 | 0.92 | 2023 | 7.04 | 2012 | 0.92 | 1958 | 6.29 | 1996 | 0.81 | 1977 | |
6 | 6.20 | 1991 | 0.97 | 1939 | 6.80 | 1956 | 0.93 | 1965 | 6.17 | 1983 | 0.84 | 1958 | |
7 | 6.11 | 1945 | 0.97 | 1936 | 6.34 | 2000 | 0.95 | 1977 | 5.91 | 2020 | 0.89 | 1992 | |
8 | 6.03 | 1956 | 1.16 | 1958 | 6.07 | 1943 | 0.99 | 1998 | 5.85 | 2006 | 1.03 | 1925 | |
9 | 5.88 | 1968 | 1.16 | 1955 | 5.97 | 1932 | 1.02 | 1967 | 5.74 | 1927 | 1.12 | 1979 | |
10 | 5.83 | 1875 | 1.18 | 1994 | 5.50 | 1974 | 1.02 | 1936 | 5.22 | 1956 | 1.16 | 1995 | |
11 | 5.62 | 1876 | 1.21 | 1925 | 5.41 | 1924 | 1.08 | 2023 | 5.18 | 2000 | 1.18 | 1961 | |
12 | 5.58 | 1927 | 1.24 | 1993 | 5.36 | 2020 | 1.25 | 1961 | 5.17 | 2013 | 1.20 | 1949 | |
13 | 5.53 | 2015 | 1.26 | 1962 | 5.35 | 2001 | 1.31 | 1966 | 5.15 | 1997 | 1.25 | 1966 | |
14 | 5.47 | 1983 | 1.33 | 1992 | 5.27 | 2006 | 1.37 | 1954 | 4.89 | 1989 | 1.26 | 1937 | |
15 | 5.42 | 1932 | 1.36 | 1986 | 5.01 | 1927 | 1.40 | 2005 | 4.84 | 1943 | 1.29 | 1975 | |
16 | 5.38 | 2011 | 1.39 | 1954 | 4.84 | 2007 | 1.55 | 1941 | 4.73 | 1986 | 1.34 | 1941 | |
17 | 5.31 | 2010 | 1.50 | 1893 | 4.75 | 1957 | 1.56 | 1926 | 4.69 | 1933 | 1.44 | 1920 | |
18 | 5.23 | 1997 | 1.55 | 1903 | 4.64 | 1969 | 1.58 | 1979 | 4.51 | 1926 | 1.47 | 1950 | |
19 | 5.11 | 2000 | 1.63 | 1967 | 4.60 | 1947 | 1.59 | 2008 | 4.37 | 1916 | 1.47 | 1936 | |
20 | 5.11 | 1883 | 1.65 | 1898 | 4.32 | 1959 | 1.61 | 1986 | 4.30 | 1946 | 1.48 | 1971 | |
* 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. |