Weather Records on 1 January 1972

357 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 January 1972. Highest significance: Lovell, US.

Key Facts for 1 January 1972

On 1 January 1972, 357 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
96 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 352 daily.
Lovell set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 1 January 1972.
Across 161 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 489 records.

Record Map

357 stations

357 station records on 1 January 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 January 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lovell	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hobson	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridger 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mountain View	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alldays	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Maravatio	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Powell	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tatum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hosston	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Denver	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Allende (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mabel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shannon Hec	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Price	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kismet Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Huelva	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stamps	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Farnham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yorktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kosch-Agach	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

357 records

Records set or tied on 1 January 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 140, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 1 January 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 1 January 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 352.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

293 broken records

Margins by which the 293 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 January 1972

Top 20 records on 1 January 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 January 1972	Lovell, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1972	Inukjuak Ua, CA	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1972	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high min	1.8 C (35.2 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	87 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1972	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1972	Sandberg, US	monthly snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1972	St Andrews, CA	daily low min	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	83 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1972	Hobson, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1972	Red Lodge, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1972	Pitea, SE	daily high min	1.9 C (35.4 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1972	Bridger 2 N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1972	Monticello Muni AP, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1972	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high max	6.2 C (43.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	87 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 January 1972	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	83 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1972	Umea, SE	daily high min	3.0 C (37.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	73 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1972	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1972	Karesuando, SE	daily high max	4.0 C (39.2 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	68 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1972	Morgan 1 W, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1972	Mountain View, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	58 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1972	Alldays, ZA	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 January 1972	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	68 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1798 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1972. 1972 had 357 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-01 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1800	2
1805	1
1806	2
1825	1
1834	1
1843	3
1853	1
1854	2
1855	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	1
1868	2
1871	4
1875	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	5
1890	3
1891	2
1893	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	9
1903	1
1904	6
1905	19
1906	15
1907	18
1908	5
1909	17
1910	10
1911	25
1912	34
1913	48
1914	22
1915	63
1916	31
1917	50
1918	134
1919	62
1920	57
1921	121
1922	59
1923	141
1924	357
1925	133
1926	149
1927	112
1928	760
1929	55
1930	310
1931	211
1932	291
1933	50
1934	364
1935	213
1936	302
1937	627
1938	352
1939	425
1940	306
1941	792
1942	661
1943	419
1944	272
1945	459
1946	183
1947	595
1948	954
1949	451
1950	516
1951	367
1952	1,343
1953	197
1954	493
1955	287
1956	306
1957	218
1958	295
1959	424
1960	958
1961	719
1962	491
1963	586
1964	1,319
1965	520
1966	1,138
1967	272
1968	1,010
1969	955
1970	919
1971	811
1972	357
1973	805
1974	1,883
1975	405
1976	855
1977	1,042
1978	696
1979	3,085
1980	408
1981	854
1982	938
1983	736
1984	1,582
1985	1,102
1986	466
1987	1,227
1988	1,086
1989	553
1990	367
1991	707
1992	1,002
1993	788
1994	522
1995	666
1996	1,360
1997	2,601
1998	964
1999	770
2000	701
2001	1,432
2002	795
2003	1,024
2004	638
2005	1,227
2006	1,184
2007	1,540
2008	663
2009	680
2010	816
2011	1,498
2012	1,216
2013	703
2014	545
2015	786
2016	570
2017	594
2018	2,118
2019	865
2020	523
2021	589
2022	2,410
2023	1,652
2024	370
2025	333
2026	848

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	279
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1