Michigan Annual Rainfall see below for individual cities 


 

Michigan city precipitation totals

City

Avg Annual Precip

Avg Snow Annual

 Avg. days of Precip
Alpena 28.40 84.3 146
Detroit 32.89 41.4 136
Flint 31.61 45.5 136
Grand Rapids 37.13 73.5 134
Houghton Lake 28.43 74.0 143
Lansing 31.53 49.0 140
Marquette 36.31 144.5 166
Muskegon 32.88 95.1 144
Sault Ste Marie 34.67 117.0 166
State Average - 32.84 inches, 32nd wettest in U.S. 

Michigan Precipitation Records 

  • Driest location ranked by least annual precipitation: Mio, north central Michigan, 26.73"
  • Wettest location ranked by highest annual precipitation: Dowagiac, southwestern Michigan, 40.06"
  • Snowiest location ranked by highest annual snowfall: Herman, Upper Peninsula, Michigan, 235.8"
  • State precipitation record for 24 hours - Bloomingdale, southwestern Michigan, 9/1/1914, 9.78"
  • State precipitation record for 1 year - Detroit, southeastern Michigan, 1855, 71.19"
  • State snowfall record for 24 hours - Baldwin, 11/13/1960, northwestern Michigan, 11/30/1960, 33.5" 
  • State snow record for 1 season - Delaware, northern Upper Peninsula, Michigan, 1978-1979, 391.9" 

Precipitation data for other U.S. states
Data source: National Data Climatic Center