Weather Records on 13 June 1972

486 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 June 1972. Highest significance: Bottineau, US.

Key Facts for 13 June 1972

On 13 June 1972, 486 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 202 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 472 daily.
Bottineau set a daily record precipitation of 63.8 mm (2.5 in) on 13 June 1972.
Across 164 earlier years (1819 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

486 stations

486 station records on 13 June 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 June 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Sveg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Peotone	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eckman 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Flin Flon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sagaredzo	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cnory	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Spitak	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Angamacutiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ceduna AMO	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Araci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anahuac	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McCook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lomba Alta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corrales	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Skjomen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

486 records

Records set or tied on 13 June 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 99, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 103, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 13 June 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	99
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	103
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 June 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 472.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

405 broken records

Margins by which the 405 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 June 1972

Top 20 records on 13 June 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 June 1972	Bottineau, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 June 1972	Sveg, SE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	95 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Peotone, US	monthly rain	201.2 mm (7.9 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Irara, BR	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Clayton Muni Air Pk, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Eckman 2 SE, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Ruhnu, LV	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Lost River, CA	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Osceola, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Flin Flon, CA	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Sarna, SE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	75 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Escada, BR	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	11 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Sagaredzo, GE	daily rain	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Rolla 1NE, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Wytheville, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	69 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	126 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Upham 3 N, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Beulah 1 W, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1972	Richardton Abbey, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	41 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

1819 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1819 to 1972. 1972 had 486 records.

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

Records on 06-13 in each year
Year	Records
1819	1
1822	1
1834	1
1838	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1857	3
1858	1
1863	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1880	2
1882	5
1883	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	6
1890	1
1891	6
1892	9
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	4
1898	3
1899	3
1900	3
1901	10
1902	4
1903	21
1904	6
1905	8
1906	15
1907	24
1908	6
1909	16
1910	23
1911	20
1912	35
1913	19
1914	19
1915	31
1916	52
1917	93
1918	31
1919	61
1920	253
1921	46
1922	91
1923	89
1924	160
1925	129
1926	174
1927	345
1928	197
1929	256
1930	188
1931	132
1932	282
1933	415
1934	117
1935	186
1936	342
1937	287
1938	388
1939	413
1940	451
1941	454
1942	898
1943	572
1944	499
1945	580
1946	361
1947	645
1948	264
1949	486
1950	476
1951	655
1952	1,019
1953	787
1954	352
1955	744
1956	868
1957	288
1958	595
1959	318
1960	276
1961	586
1962	367
1963	436
1964	329
1965	474
1966	499
1967	678
1968	637
1969	1,082
1970	528
1971	356
1972	486
1973	608
1974	576
1975	416
1976	631
1977	555
1978	547
1979	1,034
1980	689
1981	1,074
1982	999
1983	806
1984	766
1985	1,339
1986	594
1987	1,003
1988	607
1989	888
1990	661
1991	813
1992	1,044
1993	709
1994	742
1995	854
1996	683
1997	1,074
1998	1,637
1999	1,066
2000	1,095
2001	1,726
2002	940
2003	1,073
2004	628
2005	1,566
2006	1,168
2007	643
2008	856
2009	788
2010	1,424
2011	702
2012	683
2013	1,218
2014	525
2015	629
2016	612
2017	897
2018	581
2019	936
2020	935
2021	1,176
2022	1,357
2023	662
2024	749
2025	658
2026	784

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Data for records on 1972-06-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	375
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1