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Top 20 Wettest/Driest Months 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 8.76 Jul-1878 0.04 Feb-1877 11.18 Aug-1937 0.07 Jan-1945 16.16 Sep-1986 0.18 Oct-1952
2 8.46 May-2004 0.13 Oct-2005 11.04 Aug-1975 0.13 Oct-1923 10.76 Jun-2017 0.18 Nov-1939
3 8.33 Aug-1926 0.15 Aug-2019 10.86 Sep-1986 0.16 Jul-1939 9.95 May-1912 0.21 Feb-1969
4 8.31 Jun-1892 0.15 Feb-1969 9.35 Jul-1992 0.17 Feb-1969 9.43 Aug-2012 0.24 Feb-1947
5 8.05 May-1943 0.16 Aug-1894 8.68 Aug-1956 0.21 Nov-1938 9.04 Aug-1995 0.24 Jan-1945
6 7.84 May-1892 0.19 Nov-1904 8.68 Sep-1950 0.25 Mar-1958 9.01 Aug-1975 0.27 Aug-1927
7 7.83 Aug-1975 0.19 Aug-1889 8.64 Sep-2008 0.25 Feb-1934 8.15 Sep-1945 0.28 Oct-1956
8 7.80 Oct-1954 0.22 Feb-1895 8.55 Jul-2000 0.26 Jan-2003 8.11 May-2004 0.29 Jan-1919
9 7.66 Jul-2011 0.23 Jan-1961 8.29 Sep-1985 0.27 Feb-1963 8.02 Aug-2018 0.31 Mar-1981
10 7.55 Jul-1902 0.27 Aug-2008 8.19 May-2004 0.29 Feb-2007 7.78 Oct-1954 0.32 Feb-1964
11 7.52 Sep-1986 0.28 Jan-1921 7.92 Jul-1957 0.29 Sep-2002 7.49 Sep-1981 0.33 Dec-1939
12 7.51 Aug-1940 0.30 Oct-1892 7.73 Jul-1932 0.32 Aug-2010 7.33 Apr-2013 0.34 Feb-1963
13 7.29 Aug-1877 0.38 Feb-1947 7.69 Aug-2018 0.32 Sep-1979 7.15 Aug-1914 0.35 Dec-1958
14 7.07 Aug-1959 0.38 Mar-1910 7.65 Sep-1981 0.32 Jan-1961 6.99 May-1942 0.36 Nov-1936
15 7.04 Jun-1987 0.39 Sep-1877 7.61 May-2011 0.33 Sep-1969 6.92 Jun-1996 0.38 Jul-1930
16 7.03 Jul-1937 0.40 Nov-1917 7.59 May-1945 0.33 Oct-2005 6.84 May-1945 0.38 Oct-1924
17 6.99 Jul-1915 0.42 Jan-2003 7.25 May-2014 0.33 Oct-1944 6.83 Apr-1967 0.38 Jan-1921
18 6.97 Jun-1902 0.42 Dec-1900 7.04 May-2012 0.34 May-1988 6.83 Jul-1950 0.39 Feb-1984
19 6.97 May-1947 0.43 Aug-1996 6.93 Aug-1961 0.34 Feb-1979 6.73 Aug-2007 0.40 Dec-1960
20 6.97 Jun-1896 0.43 Dec-1943 6.80 May-1956 0.37 Feb-1958 6.72 Aug-1987 0.40 Jan-1934
* 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.