National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Top 20 Wettest/Driest Years 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 47.70 2011 20.49 1963 45.38 1975 18.08 1963 43.36 1928 17.56 1934
2 47.69 1880 21.06 1889 44.74 1950 19.42 1934 41.64 1996 19.24 1930
3 45.44 1881 21.58 1934 41.69 1947 19.93 1930 39.85 1986 19.48 1939
4 43.81 2018 21.73 1958 40.95 2011 20.08 1958 39.84 1997 21.26 1946
5 43.40 1878 22.79 1971 40.62 1985 20.24 1936 38.90 1990 21.33 1979
6 42.64 1990 23.16 1933 40.08 2000 20.54 1966 37.99 1950 21.69 1936
7 42.15 2000 23.44 1941 39.67 1945 22.14 1998 37.93 1945 21.89 1960
8 40.80 1959 23.86 1953 39.50 1937 22.25 2002 37.75 2017 22.14 2002
9 40.65 1909 24.31 2022 38.94 1932 22.43 1960 37.47 2006 22.60 1944
10 40.40 1876 24.39 1924 38.46 2006 23.27 1955 37.34 1995 23.14 1920
11 40.08 1985 24.65 1944 38.03 1972 23.29 1962 37.14 1951 23.25 2003
12 39.99 2021 24.98 1910 37.82 1959 23.44 2022 36.98 1912 23.32 1941
13 39.90 2013 25.04 1895 37.65 2021 23.69 1978 36.61 1965 23.96 1963
14 39.83 1957 25.39 1946 37.54 1986 23.97 1953 35.96 1942 24.05 1978
15 39.46 1950 25.74 1894 37.40 2019 24.05 1938 35.75 1985 24.59 1923
16 39.26 1926 25.94 1930 36.96 1949 24.07 1939 35.74 1991 24.61 1931
17 39.24 2006 26.23 1955 36.87 1992 24.19 1946 35.52 1959 24.71 1924
18 38.73 2020 26.27 1984 36.41 2018 24.21 1944 34.95 1926 25.05 1916
19 38.28 1987 26.41 1899 35.77 1921 24.50 1941 34.92 1992 25.22 2010
20 38.08 1932 26.43 1874 35.71 2017 24.59 1964 34.50 1975 25.35 1917
* 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.