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Top 20 Wettest/Driest Januaries 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 5.25 2024 0.23 1961 4.02 2006 0.07 1945 4.04 1998 0.24 1945
2 5.02 1932 0.28 1921 3.90 2013 0.26 2003 3.74 1993 0.29 1919
3 4.96 1874 0.42 2003 3.56 1947 0.32 1961 3.55 1932 0.38 1921
4 4.38 1950 0.45 1945 3.36 2020 0.41 1940 3.50 1950 0.40 1934
5 4.31 1916 0.52 2022 3.21 1950 0.45 1921 3.43 2005 0.44 2022
6 4.27 1929 0.57 1981 3.17 1951 0.46 1971 3.26 2013 0.46 1961
7 4.12 2020 0.57 1902 3.13 2017 0.48 1958 3.19 1967 0.46 1933
8 3.95 1913 0.64 1963 3.10 2024 0.51 1966 3.11 1914 0.50 2003
9 3.92 1993 0.68 1966 3.07 1932 0.56 1984 3.09 1999 0.50 1942
10 3.87 1907 0.69 2001 3.05 1998 0.57 1977 3.06 1978 0.54 1981
11 3.85 1930 0.69 1980 2.93 2005 0.59 1981 3.00 2006 0.59 1980
12 3.74 1965 0.76 2010 2.89 1999 0.62 2022 2.97 1962 0.62 1984
13 3.64 1937 0.78 1984 2.89 1975 0.63 1963 2.92 1974 0.68 1977
14 3.45 2013 0.80 1958 2.80 1993 0.63 1934 2.91 1969 0.74 1920
15 3.43 1982 0.84 1983 2.61 1974 0.70 1986 2.79 1965 0.75 1926
16 3.40 2005 0.87 1938 2.60 1965 0.78 1970 2.72 1982 0.77 2021
17 3.36 2002 0.91 1919 2.60 1949 0.82 1922 2.71 1959 0.77 2009
18 3.34 1904 0.92 1891 2.53 2014 0.83 2010 2.67 1951 0.78 1912
19 3.32 1898 0.94 1894 2.52 1959 0.91 1925 2.64 1975 0.79 1986
20 3.26 1974 0.97 1875 2.49 2008 0.93 1936 2.63 1997 0.81 1964
* 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.