National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Top 20 Snowiest/Snowless Decembers in Southeast Lower Michigan
 
Rank Detroit Area* Flint Bishop** Saginaw Area***
Snowiest Snowless Snowiest Snowless Snowiest Snowless
Total Year Total Year Total Year Total Year Total Year Total Year
1 34.9 1974 0.0 1889 35.3 2000 0.1 1943 40.2 2000 0.0 1943
2 27.4 1929 0.1 2023 29.1 2008 0.6 2014 39.1 2008 0.9 2014
3 25.1 2000 0.1 2014 27.7 1929 1.1 1939 26.7 1929 1.0 1993
4 24.0 1951 0.4 1894 24.9 1951 1.4 1921 24.0 1951 1.0 1939
5 22.5 2017 0.5 2018 23.3 2017 1.8 2023 22.6 2007 1.5 1941
6 22.5 1895 0.9 1943 22.2 2005 2.2 1955 21.9 1972 1.8 2018
7 21.4 2008 1.2 1998 21.3 1974 2.2 1936 20.1 1989 2.1 2023
8 20.8 1886 1.3 2015 21.1 1975 2.4 1967 19.9 1947 2.4 1912
9 20.1 1910 1.3 1931 20.2 2016 2.5 2015 19.7 1968 2.7 1923
10 19.9 1983 1.4 1982 20.0 1983 2.5 1979 19.5 1978 2.8 1948
11 19.8 2005 1.4 1888 19.9 1970 2.6 1928 19.3 1954 2.8 2006
12 19.8 1975 1.6 1965 18.3 1973 3.2 1931 18.9 2013 2.8 1928
13 17.3 1981 1.6 1936 18.3 1972 3.4 1998 18.5 2005 2.9 1958
14 16.8 2016 1.9 1993 17.6 1976 3.5 1993 18.1 1980 3.0 1960
15 16.6 1977 2.0 1939 17.1 2007 3.6 1982 18.0 1937 3.4 1961
16 16.6 1893 2.0 1918 16.9 2013 3.7 1948 17.7 1996 3.4 1979
17 16.4 1973 2.0 1900 16.7 1991 3.8 2018 16.7 2004 3.4 1922
18 16.1 1884 2.3 1979 13.8 1980 4.0 1941 16.6 2016 3.6 1969
19 16.0 1898 2.4 2006 13.7 2004 4.3 2006 16.3 1962 3.6 1950
20 15.5 2013 2.6 1971 13.2 1985 4.4 2011 14.2 1995 4.1 2020
* Detroit Area snowfall records date back to January 1880.
** Flint Bishop snowfall records date back to January 1921.
*** Saginaw Area snowfall records date back to January 1912.