Weather Records on 8 July 1972

982 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1972. Highest significance: Mutual, US.

Key Facts for 8 July 1972

On 8 July 1972, 982 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 495 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 13 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 946 daily.
Mutual set an all-time record daily precipitation of 231.9 mm (9.1 in) on 8 July 1972.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

982 stations

982 station records on 8 July 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	231.9 mm (9.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Soledade (Ibiapinopolis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bodocongo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Bento Do Una	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ibate	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Achikulak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Beicht	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tejupa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orrville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Egito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grauna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rancharia (Mc Fadden)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Budgeree East (Claremont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macucos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Piracicaba (Cpef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Claro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiuna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa de Viterbo (Cmef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira da Graca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reboly	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Chantebled	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Itirapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Serra Caiada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Baldonnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lynway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Pirajibu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zhizhgin Mayak	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Bern 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oriente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

982 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 393, Heaviest daily rainfall 360.

Records on 8 July 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	393
Heaviest daily rainfall	360
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1972 by timescale: all-time 13, monthly 23, daily 946.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

822 broken records

Margins by which the 822 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1972

Top 20 records on 8 July 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1972	Mutual, US	all-time rain	231.9 mm (9.1 in)	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	25 years	72 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1972	Soledade (Ibiapinopolis), BR	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	66 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1972	Bodocongo, BR	monthly rain	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Sao Bento Do Una, BR	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Stuart, US	monthly rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Laurel, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Ibate, BR	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Achikulak, RU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Lumpkin 2 SE, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Pedro Beicht, BR	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Waynesboro 2 W, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	75 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Tejupa, BR	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Ribeirao Bonito, BR	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Orrville, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Colina, BR	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Sao Jose Do Egito, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Mena, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Sulphur Springs, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1972	Monticello Muni AP, US	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	84 years	45 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 982 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

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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	763
20 to 40	53
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1