National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Top 20 Wettest/Driest Mays 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 8.46 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.