Weather Records on 9 May 1972

587 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 May 1972. Highest significance: Lexton, AU.

Key Facts for 9 May 1972

On 9 May 1972, 587 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
37 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 575 daily.
Lexton set a daily record precipitation of 39.1 mm (1.5 in) on 9 May 1972.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

587 stations

587 station records on 9 May 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 May 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lexton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Barkly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Stonington	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
La Rue	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Welbedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Corack East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Minyip (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Warmur West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morrl Morrl (Valley View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Ryde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moonambel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corona Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Herford	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale (Turretfield Research	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	219.2 mm (8.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rose Isle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Manchester 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

587 records

Records set or tied on 9 May 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 385, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 9 May 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	385
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 9 May 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 575.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

503 broken records

Margins by which the 503 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 May 1972

Top 20 records on 9 May 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 May 1972	Lexton, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1972	Delaware, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1972	Barkly, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1972	Navarre, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	64 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1972	Colfax, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	63 of 100 (Major)
9 May 1972	Stonington, US	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1972	La Rue, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1972	Bellefontaine, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1972	Cobar (Meryula), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1972	Welbedacht, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1972	Piqua, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1972	Prospect, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1972	Corack East, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1972	Landsborough, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1972	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1972	Minyip (Post Office), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1972	Warmur West, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1972	Morrl Morrl (Valley View), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1972	Eversley, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 May 1972	Cortland, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	46 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

1793 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1972. 1972 had 587 records.

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

Records on 05-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1806	1
1810	1
1823	1
1834	1
1838	1
1843	1
1845	2
1846	1
1848	1
1850	2
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	2
1865	2
1867	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	1
1875	2
1879	4
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	3
1885	3
1889	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	1
1895	2
1896	4
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	9
1902	8
1903	9
1904	14
1905	34
1906	41
1907	11
1908	16
1909	34
1910	45
1911	23
1912	23
1913	15
1914	43
1915	27
1916	26
1917	50
1918	49
1919	47
1920	56
1921	102
1922	45
1923	461
1924	262
1925	123
1926	196
1927	343
1928	302
1929	166
1930	526
1931	411
1932	132
1933	482
1934	750
1935	111
1936	622
1937	128
1938	171
1939	345
1940	237
1941	335
1942	180
1943	524
1944	412
1945	538
1946	278
1947	1,145
1948	379
1949	417
1950	660
1951	188
1952	348
1953	507
1954	489
1955	288
1956	722
1957	505
1958	355
1959	252
1960	748
1961	516
1962	435
1963	1,103
1964	503
1965	730
1966	994
1967	681
1968	545
1969	653
1970	372
1971	338
1972	587
1973	386
1974	699
1975	465
1976	714
1977	931
1978	649
1979	1,605
1980	1,030
1981	639
1982	523
1983	872
1984	892
1985	829
1986	1,253
1987	1,481
1988	594
1989	1,347
1990	850
1991	759
1992	1,476
1993	967
1994	573
1995	960
1996	1,260
1997	1,088
1998	1,182
1999	970
2000	1,114
2001	969
2002	1,489
2003	1,802
2004	926
2005	851
2006	738
2007	765
2008	693
2009	816
2010	764
2011	1,104
2012	686
2013	684
2014	754
2015	689
2016	917
2017	539
2018	879
2019	1,043
2020	1,673
2021	501
2022	1,308
2023	474
2024	792
2025	622
2026	309

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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	494
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1