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Top 20 Wettest/Driest Octobers 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 7.80 1954 0.13 2005 6.59 2001 0.13 1923 7.78 1954 0.18 1952
2 6.76 2001 0.30 1892 6.33 2019 0.33 2005 7.49 2019 0.28 1956
3 6.52 1881 0.47 1924 5.52 1941 0.33 1944 5.57 1990 0.38 1924
4 5.67 1890 0.50 1964 5.45 2021 0.38 1956 5.33 1962 0.46 1975
5 5.50 1949 0.51 1963 4.72 1921 0.57 1982 5.29 1951 0.48 1982
6 5.45 1880 0.56 1895 4.69 2017 0.58 1963 5.29 1941 0.64 1944
7 5.25 2021 0.61 1956 4.21 1954 0.59 1952 5.08 2006 0.68 1963
8 4.98 1919 0.63 1953 4.20 1929 0.61 1964 4.96 1932 0.72 1938
9 4.96 1951 0.73 1944 4.13 1932 0.63 1938 4.76 1933 0.75 1915
10 4.87 1967 0.78 1915 4.06 1990 0.81 1935 4.73 1929 0.78 1978
11 4.83 1957 0.78 1874 3.98 1940 0.87 1948 4.45 2017 0.99 2003
12 4.77 1893 0.81 1974 3.96 1933 0.88 1966 4.45 1969 0.99 1964
13 4.72 1877 0.83 1879 3.95 1951 0.95 1924 4.28 1942 1.01 1948
14 4.61 1959 0.86 1904 3.73 1972 1.05 1930 4.19 2009 1.02 1946
15 4.45 1955 0.94 1938 3.69 2018 1.06 1965 4.11 1957 1.06 1931
16 4.41 2019 1.01 1982 3.66 1928 1.23 1953 4.04 1928 1.18 1939
17 4.35 1925 1.01 1971 3.65 1957 1.25 1958 4.03 1993 1.22 1923
18 4.30 1911 1.04 1886 3.59 2006 1.26 2008 4.01 2001 1.23 2000
19 4.20 1906 1.05 1889 3.53 1942 1.27 2002 3.99 1998 1.26 1999
20 4.14 1991 1.06 2022 3.52 1991 1.28 1934 3.99 1959 1.26 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.