Weather Records on 28 June 1972

503 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 June 1972. Highest significance: Waynesboro, US.

Key Facts for 28 June 1972

On 28 June 1972, 503 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
220 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 487 daily.
Waynesboro set a daily record precipitation of 77.0 mm (3.0 in) on 28 June 1972.
Across 158 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

503 stations

503 station records on 28 June 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 June 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alikdjer	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Udskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mazanovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (Woolga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Svobodnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Privolskaya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cumikan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Blanca (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nora	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Elkwood 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bremer Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brady	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fokstua	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Badiraguato (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Big Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haleyville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

503 records

Records set or tied on 28 June 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 188.

Records on 28 June 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 June 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

400 broken records

Margins by which the 400 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 June 1972

Top 20 records on 28 June 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 June 1972	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	New Hampton, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Watersmeet, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Alikdjer, RU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Udskoe, RU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Blytheville, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Mazanovo, RU	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Port Lincoln (Woolga), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Knoxville AP, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily high max	29.6 C (85.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	117 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Dadeville, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Russellville, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Svobodnyj, RU	daily rain	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Dresden Wahnsdorf, DE	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Ripley, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Estevan Point, CA	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Privolskaya, RU	monthly rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Cumikan, RU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Haparanda, SE	monthly high max	30.8 C (87.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	58 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 June 1972	Orebro, SE	daily high min	18.0 C (64.4 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	80 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

1815 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1972. 1972 had 503 records.

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

Records on 06-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1823	1
1824	1
1827	1
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1841	1
1857	1
1860	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1867	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1884	1
1887	3
1888	4
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	4
1893	5
1895	1
1896	2
1898	3
1899	2
1900	2
1901	19
1902	8
1903	2
1904	12
1905	19
1906	24
1907	12
1908	10
1909	26
1910	51
1911	30
1912	21
1913	57
1914	50
1915	64
1916	99
1917	20
1918	46
1919	69
1920	146
1921	68
1922	45
1923	222
1924	105
1925	168
1926	335
1927	256
1928	176
1929	146
1930	195
1931	843
1932	218
1933	475
1934	594
1935	332
1936	556
1937	378
1938	591
1939	333
1940	256
1941	454
1942	570
1943	422
1944	386
1945	489
1946	401
1947	818
1948	435
1949	316
1950	340
1951	420
1952	685
1953	293
1954	427
1955	369
1956	582
1957	636
1958	749
1959	647
1960	290
1961	405
1962	333
1963	672
1964	328
1965	363
1966	394
1967	398
1968	1,286
1969	961
1970	897
1971	629
1972	503
1973	696
1974	953
1975	611
1976	661
1977	397
1978	797
1979	542
1980	1,754
1981	870
1982	737
1983	1,336
1984	448
1985	1,223
1986	657
1987	615
1988	1,224
1989	736
1990	1,006
1991	1,389
1992	1,306
1993	753
1994	1,209
1995	959
1996	1,094
1997	860
1998	1,271
1999	1,348
2000	1,297
2001	712
2002	1,020
2003	748
2004	965
2005	995
2006	1,051
2007	1,086
2008	554
2009	839
2010	1,186
2011	1,051
2012	1,204
2013	934
2014	695
2015	1,257
2016	424
2017	595
2018	711
2019	685
2020	915
2021	1,472
2022	853
2023	619
2024	694
2025	454
2026	1,942

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Data for records on 1972-06-28: 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 2026-10-17 (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 10	343
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	2