Weather Records on 4 June 1972

580 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 June 1972. Highest significance: Uaua, BR.

Key Facts for 4 June 1972

On 4 June 1972, 580 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 70 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 575 daily.
Uaua set a daily record precipitation of 28.5 mm (1.1 in) on 4 June 1972.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

580 stations

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

Weather records on 4 June 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Uaua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bai'tyk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Georgievsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Catole	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flora 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waikapu 390	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gudermes	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huetamo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iramuco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potter	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gabriels	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Dos Patos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coppermine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Truxton Canyon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Langara	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kendall 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
South Solitary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Steinkopf (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dolgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bingham Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Paso del Cuarenta I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Prudente de Morais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boissevain	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolet	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Chikoj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

580 records

Records set or tied on 4 June 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 373, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 4 June 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	373
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 4 June 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 575.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

496 broken records

Margins by which the 496 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 June 1972

Top 20 records on 4 June 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 June 1972	Uaua, BR	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	St Andrews, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Lancaster, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Bai'tyk, KG	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Georgievsk, RU	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Catole, BR	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Flora 5 NW, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Sertania (Alagoa de Baixo), BR	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Tenosique (Smn), MX	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Black Rock, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Waikapu 390, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Gudermes, RU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Plattsburgh AFB, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Kirov, RU	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	81 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	De Ruyter 4 N, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Salisbury, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Mitchell 5E, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Huetamo, MX	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 June 1972	Iramuco, MX	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	37 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

1796 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1972. 1972 had 580 records.

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

Records on 06-04 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1807	1
1808	1
1810	4
1822	1
1834	1
1840	1
1845	1
1849	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1863	1
1866	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	7
1874	1
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	4
1887	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	5
1897	1
1898	4
1899	2
1900	6
1901	3
1903	13
1904	4
1905	17
1906	6
1907	18
1908	26
1909	21
1910	45
1911	15
1912	20
1913	18
1914	36
1915	15
1916	33
1917	31
1918	27
1919	122
1920	74
1921	68
1922	106
1923	827
1924	140
1925	388
1926	269
1927	352
1928	391
1929	610
1930	175
1931	100
1932	164
1933	343
1934	435
1935	250
1936	216
1937	231
1938	226
1939	315
1940	260
1941	371
1942	320
1943	778
1944	482
1945	1,330
1946	457
1947	456
1948	369
1949	553
1950	518
1951	553
1952	382
1953	304
1954	549
1955	293
1956	698
1957	567
1958	346
1959	309
1960	385
1961	609
1962	592
1963	562
1964	452
1965	246
1966	465
1967	477
1968	516
1969	870
1970	722
1971	453
1972	580
1973	467
1974	501
1975	436
1976	522
1977	809
1978	756
1979	843
1980	884
1981	1,020
1982	1,245
1983	896
1984	700
1985	1,546
1986	896
1987	941
1988	1,468
1989	1,244
1990	997
1991	1,197
1992	947
1993	974
1994	627
1995	736
1996	991
1997	1,054
1998	2,389
1999	859
2000	986
2001	1,222
2002	1,217
2003	1,352
2004	1,007
2005	939
2006	957
2007	867
2008	1,285
2009	796
2010	984
2011	1,208
2012	862
2013	419
2014	657
2015	588
2016	1,099
2017	484
2018	539
2019	496
2020	662
2021	1,604
2022	488
2023	630
2024	756
2025	566
2026	518

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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 20	466
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1