Weather Records on 21 June 1972

934 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 June 1972. Highest significance: Bolivar, US.

Key Facts for 21 June 1972

On 21 June 1972, 934 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
146 were record highs and 380 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 859 daily.
Bolivar set an all-time record daily precipitation of 152.4 mm (6.0 in) on 21 June 1972.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

934 stations

934 station records on 21 June 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 June 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bolivar	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Arvida	Canada	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Harrisburg Capital City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Riverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Floyd 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Rapide Blanc	Canada	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Olean	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
St Gabriel de Brandon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Notre Dame du Laus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ovid 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Big Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
The Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hope	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Quantico 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jaicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Caroleen	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jucurutu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot 1 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Damascus	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles de Mandeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Purcellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	209.8 mm (8.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Penn Yan	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton Forge 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Lyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
La Tuque	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elkin	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Portage des Roches	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Timberville 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vienna	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Graham 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kershaw 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

934 records

Records set or tied on 21 June 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 188, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 192, Heaviest daily rainfall 406, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 21 June 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	188
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	192
Heaviest daily rainfall	406
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 June 1972 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 62, daily 859.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

747 broken records

Margins by which the 747 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 June 1972

Top 20 records on 21 June 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 June 1972	Bolivar, US	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	74 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1972	Geelong Salines (Moolap), AU	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	72 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1972	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1972	Arvida, CA	all-time rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1972	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	94 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1972	Harrisburg Capital City AP, US	all-time rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	64 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1972	Riverton, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1972	Floyd 2 NE, US	monthly rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1972	Rapide Blanc, CA	all-time rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1972	Olean, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1972	Haskinville, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 June 1972	St Gabriel de Brandon, CA	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1972	Notre Dame du Laus, CA	monthly rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1972	Ovid 4 S, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1972	Big Meadows, US	monthly rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	23 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1972	Huberdeau, CA	all-time rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1972	Statesville 2 NNE, US	all-time rain	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1972	Buchanan, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1972	The Pines, AU	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
21 June 1972	Port Hope, CA	monthly rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	82 years	57 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

1802 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1972. 1972 had 934 records.

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

Records on 06-21 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1803	2
1805	1
1814	1
1821	3
1828	1
1831	1
1839	2
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1861	3
1865	1
1868	1
1869	4
1870	3
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1895	6
1896	3
1897	3
1898	6
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	20
1903	15
1904	7
1905	14
1906	19
1907	15
1908	20
1909	19
1910	36
1911	12
1912	14
1913	34
1914	24
1915	40
1916	80
1917	97
1918	77
1919	32
1920	42
1921	85
1922	43
1923	229
1924	124
1925	333
1926	162
1927	146
1928	139
1929	84
1930	177
1931	340
1932	180
1933	645
1934	223
1935	247
1936	642
1937	475
1938	396
1939	250
1940	674
1941	401
1942	340
1943	439
1944	426
1945	709
1946	386
1947	637
1948	392
1949	391
1950	329
1951	347
1952	502
1953	761
1954	501
1955	271
1956	534
1957	932
1958	627
1959	356
1960	471
1961	956
1962	176
1963	667
1964	458
1965	400
1966	467
1967	789
1968	654
1969	687
1970	614
1971	394
1972	934
1973	683
1974	598
1975	996
1976	746
1977	476
1978	368
1979	857
1980	677
1981	889
1982	658
1983	752
1984	913
1985	516
1986	601
1987	940
1988	1,834
1989	856
1990	847
1991	1,067
1992	1,679
1993	939
1994	777
1995	978
1996	1,075
1997	1,037
1998	1,746
1999	994
2000	1,212
2001	658
2002	828
2003	1,034
2004	697
2005	1,090
2006	774
2007	1,085
2008	580
2009	1,060
2010	852
2011	1,340
2012	1,151
2013	571
2014	434
2015	707
2016	877
2017	954
2018	577
2019	969
2020	519
2021	1,132
2022	774
2023	987
2024	679
2025	1,536
2026	736

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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 2026-10-13 (13 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	635
20 to 40	76
40 to 60	27
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	1