Weather Records on 2 July 1972

660 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1972. Highest significance: Mount Narryer, AU.

Key Facts for 2 July 1972

On 2 July 1972, 660 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
133 were record highs and 192 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 613 daily.
Mount Narryer set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 2 July 1972.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

660 stations

660 station records on 2 July 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mount Narryer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Brickhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wydgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dartmoor	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Canna 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Thundelarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ljusback	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Farmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gould	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Muralgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Latham East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Caron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hamelin Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burnerbinmah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sunderland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balmaha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carey Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manfred	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mellenbye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Anketell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Piranhas (Marechal Floriano)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ruhnu	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mullewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peedamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bullardoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Denham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Peaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Noongall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Urella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Meedo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murgoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dalgaranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Naraling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Aetna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Garber	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Illgiddy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riverside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Subiaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woolgorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Vernon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Callagiddy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carbla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Edah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.9 C (62.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mindalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tenindewa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

660 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 334, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 2 July 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	334
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 46, daily 613.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

538 broken records

Margins by which the 538 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1972

Top 20 records on 2 July 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1972	Mount Narryer, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1972	Brickhouse, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1972	Wydgee, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1972	Dartmoor, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Canna 1, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Thundelarra, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Ljusback, SE	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Mount Farmer, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Mount Gould, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Muralgarra, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Latham East, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Den Helder-1, NL	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	104 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Chester, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Caron, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Hamelin Pool, AU	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Burnerbinmah, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Yalgoo, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Sunderland, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Balmaha, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1972	Carey Downs, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	47 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 660 records.

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

Records on 07-02 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	1
1811	1
1816	2
1825	1
1826	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1856	1
1860	1
1863	1
1871	3
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	4
1901	12
1902	7
1903	9
1904	11
1905	30
1906	14
1907	26
1908	12
1909	34
1910	50
1911	32
1912	100
1913	19
1914	69
1915	33
1916	26
1917	22
1918	45
1919	38
1920	208
1921	234
1922	59
1923	223
1924	394
1925	112
1926	108
1927	183
1928	75
1929	162
1930	263
1931	526
1932	283
1933	500
1934	315
1935	252
1936	641
1937	434
1938	399
1939	191
1940	436
1941	535
1942	643
1943	359
1944	428
1945	425
1946	321
1947	313
1948	283
1949	372
1950	312
1951	309
1952	391
1953	553
1954	567
1955	633
1956	520
1957	1,058
1958	344
1959	386
1960	547
1961	343
1962	402
1963	666
1964	445
1965	440
1966	889
1967	610
1968	887
1969	468
1970	667
1971	334
1972	660
1973	628
1974	577
1975	605
1976	718
1977	450
1978	1,173
1979	773
1980	1,191
1981	770
1982	1,017
1983	904
1984	632
1985	756
1986	1,423
1987	791
1988	1,445
1989	962
1990	1,350
1991	1,123
1992	1,702
1993	641
1994	901
1995	1,110
1996	728
1997	1,101
1998	984
1999	1,066
2000	583
2001	1,240
2002	1,228
2003	1,111
2004	639
2005	648
2006	775
2007	932
2008	808
2009	1,083
2010	1,262
2011	1,066
2012	1,072
2013	1,471
2014	580
2015	1,096
2016	584
2017	504
2018	858
2019	401
2020	500
2021	861
2022	893
2023	559
2024	578
2025	1,293
2026	1,174

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Data for records on 1972-07-02: 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	407
10 to 20	77
20 to 30	36
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1