Weather Records on 23 April 1972

332 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 April 1972. Highest significance: Apodi, BR.

Key Facts for 23 April 1972

On 23 April 1972, 332 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 328 daily.
Apodi set a daily record precipitation of 90.8 mm (3.6 in) on 23 April 1972.
Across 167 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

332 stations

332 station records on 23 April 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 April 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Apodi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aracati	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Barron (Franklin Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mabuiag Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Homer AP	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jaguaruana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ishpeming	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moa Island Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winter	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dmanisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Piracuruca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Joao Dias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Taboleiro Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia 2SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Martins	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.1 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cotija	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wenatchee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flambeau Rsvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Phelps	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bananeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record snow depth	127.0 cm (50.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Little Port Walter	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka WFO Woodley Is	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Morada Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bobo-Dioulasso	Burkina Faso	Record low maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goode Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Camocim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Luiz Do Quitunde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kooskia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pau Dos Ferros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kutaisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

332 records

Records set or tied on 23 April 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 23 April 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 23 April 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 328.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

251 broken records

Margins by which the 251 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 April 1972

Top 20 records on 23 April 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 April 1972	Apodi, BR	daily rain	90.8 mm (3.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1972	Major Isidoro (Sertaozinho), BR	daily rain	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1972	Aracati, BR	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1972	Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1972	Batalha, BR	daily rain	97.1 mm (3.8 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1972	Lady Barron (Franklin Parade), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1972	Mabuiag Island, AU	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	3 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1972	Homer AP, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	35.5 cm (14.0 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1972	Jaguaruana, BR	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1972	Ishpeming, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1972	Hayward Rs, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	62 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 April 1972	Waterville, US	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	75 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1972	Park Falls Dnr HQ, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	61 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1972	Moa Island Mission, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1972	Tambe (Itambe), BR	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1972	Arlington, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	71 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1972	Winter, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1972	Dmanisi, GE	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1972	Piracuruca, BR	daily rain	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1972	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 years	30 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

1800 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1972. 1972 had 332 records.

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

Records on 04-23 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1809	1
1812	1
1817	3
1838	1
1840	1
1842	1
1851	1
1852	2
1854	1
1855	5
1857	2
1859	1
1861	1
1865	1
1868	2
1870	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	4
1886	4
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	1
1899	6
1900	4
1901	9
1902	12
1903	20
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	12
1908	14
1909	28
1910	35
1911	21
1912	29
1913	40
1914	71
1915	41
1916	35
1917	37
1918	92
1919	66
1920	75
1921	81
1922	45
1923	132
1924	111
1925	506
1926	124
1927	562
1928	302
1929	103
1930	487
1931	506
1932	231
1933	361
1934	272
1935	152
1936	342
1937	321
1938	177
1939	339
1940	319
1941	277
1942	473
1943	819
1944	678
1945	364
1946	649
1947	242
1948	401
1949	401
1950	577
1951	426
1952	500
1953	300
1954	548
1955	654
1956	581
1957	623
1958	649
1959	442
1960	1,648
1961	884
1962	389
1963	801
1964	958
1965	660
1966	386
1967	1,183
1968	816
1969	705
1970	1,209
1971	508
1972	332
1973	518
1974	486
1975	411
1976	386
1977	979
1978	523
1979	554
1980	1,460
1981	1,124
1982	1,191
1983	1,031
1984	971
1985	1,011
1986	1,541
1987	676
1988	1,051
1989	1,469
1990	1,077
1991	638
1992	592
1993	1,256
1994	666
1995	1,464
1996	1,520
1997	1,024
1998	1,446
1999	1,198
2000	1,003
2001	1,435
2002	971
2003	557
2004	610
2005	940
2006	839
2007	847
2008	775
2009	920
2010	1,040
2011	1,190
2012	1,796
2013	1,655
2014	362
2015	511
2016	542
2017	474
2018	684
2019	668
2020	564
2021	562
2022	692
2023	980
2024	583
2025	410
2026	503

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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	241
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1