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Top 20 Wettest/Driest Summers 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 16.96 1896 3.58 1911 18.39 1937 3.76 1930 16.28 1928 3.54 1927
2 16.84 1980 4.06 1910 17.64 1975 4.36 1933 15.67 2012 3.80 1929
3 16.13 2013 4.10 1930 15.84 2021 4.56 1929 15.43 1975 4.16 1930
4 16.11 1987 4.85 1894 15.55 1956 4.73 1934 15.06 1995 4.17 1933
5 15.63 1880 4.87 1934 15.11 1992 4.82 1931 14.52 2017 4.42 1934
6 15.33 1915 4.92 1931 14.68 2009 5.00 1998 14.44 1914 4.45 1918
7 15.28 2021 4.99 1984 14.45 1945 5.01 1978 13.96 1994 4.62 1998
8 15.18 1903 5.01 1889 14.40 2000 5.74 1938 13.30 2021 4.69 1941
9 15.12 1902 5.33 1918 13.54 1986 5.85 1936 13.30 1996 4.75 1916
10 15.04 1878 5.39 1899 13.50 1957 5.93 2010 13.26 1913 5.19 1946
11 14.93 2000 5.44 1996 13.48 1968 6.01 1954 12.42 1915 5.66 1936
12 14.64 1909 5.64 1924 13.11 1989 6.03 1939 12.33 1987 5.71 1978
13 14.43 1966 5.72 1929 12.93 1950 6.12 1927 11.96 2015 5.74 1970
14 14.01 1925 5.74 1971 12.77 1949 6.26 1966 11.73 1940 5.77 2003
15 13.68 1937 5.75 1936 12.75 1994 6.29 1963 11.69 2007 5.89 1988
16 13.66 1877 5.82 1895 12.43 2018 6.30 1946 11.68 1950 6.03 1984
17 13.41 2020 5.90 1933 12.10 1961 6.40 1974 11.64 2008 6.04 1983
18 13.34 1920 5.92 1974 12.04 2014 6.47 2001 11.54 1945 6.06 1960
19 13.02 1875 6.38 1952 11.95 1959 6.52 1996 11.24 2018 6.24 2001
20 12.91 1892 6.39 1978 11.61 1932 6.62 1944 11.16 1981 6.32 1931
* 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.