Weather Records on 4 January 1972

728 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1972. Highest significance: Hvar, HR.

Key Facts for 4 January 1972

On 4 January 1972, 728 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 719 daily.
Hvar set a daily record precipitation of 71.5 mm (2.8 in) on 4 January 1972.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

728 stations

728 station records on 4 January 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dapto Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rhenostervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
W Blocton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bernalillo	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Montevallo	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton Lock 3	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Albertville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crandall 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Ludgero	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Holly Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coongan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ackerman	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karval	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Theodore Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rodessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skarda	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

728 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 318, Heaviest daily snowfall 160, Deepest snow cover 35.

Records on 4 January 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	160
Deepest snow cover	35

Records on 4 January 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 719.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

586 broken records

Margins by which the 586 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1972

Top 20 records on 4 January 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1972	Hvar, HR	daily rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1972	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1972	Ocosingo, MX	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	62 of 100 (Major)
4 January 1972	Dapto West (Stane Dykes), AU	daily rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Belzoni, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Cloudcroft, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Orogrande, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Dapto Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Flora 5 NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	74 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Mescalero, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Rhenostervlei, ZA	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Taylorsville, US	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	W Blocton, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Bernalillo, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Montevallo, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Albion Park Post Office, AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Heilbron (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Talladega, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Riverton Lock 3, US	daily rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1972	Canton 4N, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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

1795 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1972. 1972 had 728 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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 100	574
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1