National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Top 20 Wettest/Driest Septembers 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 7.52 1986 0.39 1877 10.86 1986 0.29 2002 16.16 1986 0.41 2002
2 6.71 2000 0.56 1908 8.68 1950 0.32 1979 8.15 1945 0.44 2017
3 6.50 1902 0.56 1889 8.64 2008 0.33 1969 7.49 1981 0.73 2004
4 6.46 2018 0.58 1956 8.29 1985 0.54 1955 6.02 1985 0.75 2024
5 6.28 2016 0.62 1995 7.65 1981 0.61 2013 5.80 1997 0.80 1948
6 6.28 2011 0.65 2004 6.61 1947 0.63 1991 5.74 1983 0.83 1969
7 6.24 1879 0.67 1874 6.24 2000 0.66 1956 5.66 1987 0.83 1956
8 6.06 1990 0.68 1969 5.95 1933 0.76 2004 5.64 1977 0.84 1917
9 5.99 2008 0.75 1909 5.62 2021 0.84 2017 5.61 1970 0.91 1991
10 5.90 1936 0.78 1960 5.57 1987 0.94 1957 5.53 1996 1.03 2013
11 5.67 1926 0.81 1941 5.47 2005 1.01 2024 5.50 1978 1.09 2009
12 5.55 1992 0.90 1991 5.14 1945 1.05 1995 5.33 1950 1.09 1920
13 5.55 1961 0.91 2017 4.99 1932 1.11 2023 5.12 2005 1.10 2023
14 5.47 1981 0.94 1979 4.88 1934 1.18 2009 4.91 1957 1.24 1955
15 5.43 2021 0.99 2022 4.79 1925 1.19 1953 4.87 1988 1.33 1989
16 4.71 2014 1.02 1897 4.75 1980 1.28 1998 4.84 1965 1.37 1940
17 4.69 1959 1.15 1895 4.70 1936 1.40 1941 4.80 1942 1.42 1938
18 4.64 1921 1.18 1913 4.66 1993 1.46 2007 4.77 1922 1.50 1972
19 4.54 1925 1.20 2013 4.59 1977 1.49 1938 4.59 1927 1.51 1916
20 4.47 1915 1.22 2024 4.57 1978 1.59 1946 4.55 2008 1.51 1914
* 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.