February has been an active month with regards to snowfall across southeast Michigan. As of February 27th...31.7 inches of snow has fallen at Detroit Metro Airport...31.6 inches of snow has fallen at Flint and 27.6 inches has fallen at the Tri Cities. These totals make for the snowiest February at Flint and the 2nd snowiest in the Tri Cities and at Detroit Metro Airport. February has been an active month during the last several years...with 3 out of the 4 previous Februaries registering in the top 10 snowiest at Detroit Metro Airport and Flint. The following are the top 10 snowiest Februaries for these 3 cities with 2011 highlighted:
Top 10 Snowiest Februaries in Southeast Lower Michigan |
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Rank | Detroit Area* | Flint Bishop** | Saginaw Area*** | ||||||||||
Snowiest | Snowiest | Snowiest | |||||||||||
Total | Year | Total | Year | Total | Year | ||||||||
1 | 38.4 | 1908 | 31.6 | 2011 | 34.2 | 2008 | |||||||
2 | 31.7 | 2011 | 29.4 | 2008 | 27.6 | 2011 | |||||||
3 | 28.4 | 1881 | 21.2 | 2010 | 26.0 | 1908 | |||||||
4 | 28.0 | 1900 | 20.8 | 1990 | 23.4 | 1935 | |||||||
5 | 27.6 | 1926 | 20.6 | 1986 | 20.3 | 1965 | |||||||
6 | 27.0 | 2010 | 20.1 | 1994 | 20.0 | 1912 | |||||||
7 | 24.2 | 2008 | 19.7 | 1965 | 19.8 | 1985 | |||||||
8 | 20.8 | 1986 | 19.6 | 1988 | 19.6 | 1988 | |||||||
9 | 19.6 | 1898 | 18.3 | 1946 | 18.9 | 1903 | |||||||
10 | 19.2 | 2003 | 17.2 | 1960 | 18.4 | 1990 | |||||||
* Detroit Area snowfall records date back to fall of 1880. ** Flint Bishop snowfall records date back to January 1921. *** Saginaw Area snowfall records date back to January 1900. |