The meteorlogical end to the 2011-2012 winter ended on February 29. All three months of the winter season, December, January, and February, at all three climate sites in Southeast Michigan, Detroit, Flint and Saginaw reached the top twenty warmest. The end result was a winter that was the warmest since the 2001-2002 winter and one that places in the top six warmest winters on record. Despite the warm conditions, there have been enough small snowfalls that all three sites will remain out of the top twenty snowless winters.
December | January | February | Winter | |
Detroit | 12th Warmest | 17th Warmest | 12th Warmest |
36.9 1881-82 Warmest 35.7 1931-32 2nd 35.1 1889-90 3rd 33.8 2001-02 t-4th 33.8 1997-98 t-4th 33.0 2011-12 6th |
Flint | 9th Warmest | 10th Warmest | 7th Warmest |
33.4 1931-32 Warmest 32.2 1982-83 2nd 31.7 2001-02 3rd 31.3 1997-98 4th 31.2 2011-12 5th |
Saginaw | 8th Warmest | 12th Warmest | 6th Warmest |
33.3 1931-32 Warmest 30.9 1997-98 2nd 30.6 2011-12 3rd 30.5 2001-02 4th |