Weather Records on 9 July 1972

606 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 July 1972. Highest significance: Groton, US.

Key Facts for 9 July 1972

On 9 July 1972, 606 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
119 were record highs and 304 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 575 daily.
Groton set a daily record precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 9 July 1972.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

606 stations

606 station records on 9 July 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 July 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Denmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hatteras	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kalgan River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keg River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Imeny_T.G.Shevchenko	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bocholt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.3 C (68.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ubinskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	87.3 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kayenta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello 5 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Homberg/Ohm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
North Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnoshelye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Culym	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petrozawodsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage Angliers	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Campi	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Novomirgorod	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Onega	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

606 records

Records set or tied on 9 July 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 148, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 156, Heaviest daily rainfall 183.

Records on 9 July 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	148
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	156
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 July 1972 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 15, daily 575.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

493 broken records

Margins by which the 493 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 July 1972

Top 20 records on 9 July 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 July 1972	Groton, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
9 July 1972	Denmark, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Vajda-Guba, RU	all-time high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Illalangi, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Koebenhavn - Meteorologisk Ins, DK	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Hatteras, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	77 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Kalgan River, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Inverloch, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Keg River, CA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Imeny_T.G.Shevchenko, UA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Grassmere, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Wonthaggi, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Bocholt, DE	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Tallahassee, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Kandalaksa, RU	all-time high min	20.3 C (68.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Cresco 1 NE, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Teriberka, RU	all-time high max	34.5 C (94.1 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 July 1972	Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed), RU	all-time high min	19.7 C (67.5 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	46 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

1793 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1972. 1972 had 606 records.

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

Records on 07-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1815	3
1826	1
1828	2
1837	1
1845	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	1
1867	4
1868	1
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	4
1879	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	3
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	4
1897	2
1898	4
1899	5
1900	10
1901	10
1902	8
1903	15
1904	31
1905	28
1906	4
1907	10
1908	16
1909	16
1910	19
1911	26
1912	28
1913	42
1914	54
1915	42
1916	43
1917	19
1918	60
1919	33
1920	28
1921	73
1922	145
1923	90
1924	140
1925	135
1926	242
1927	123
1928	115
1929	250
1930	436
1931	202
1932	216
1933	444
1934	339
1935	433
1936	1,128
1937	274
1938	196
1939	345
1940	319
1941	273
1942	324
1943	252
1944	415
1945	371
1946	436
1947	684
1948	377
1949	433
1950	522
1951	502
1952	694
1953	450
1954	479
1955	513
1956	438
1957	385
1958	472
1959	483
1960	332
1961	564
1962	253
1963	1,029
1964	425
1965	444
1966	428
1967	216
1968	645
1969	619
1970	471
1971	406
1972	606
1973	588
1974	1,013
1975	567
1976	740
1977	617
1978	882
1979	721
1980	970
1981	1,009
1982	598
1983	1,039
1984	783
1985	1,228
1986	843
1987	882
1988	1,109
1989	965
1990	770
1991	1,295
1992	1,126
1993	1,454
1994	1,151
1995	939
1996	1,690
1997	930
1998	1,403
1999	952
2000	1,055
2001	965
2002	1,127
2003	906
2004	824
2005	1,373
2006	965
2007	949
2008	1,188
2009	1,165
2010	1,477
2011	1,047
2012	904
2013	478
2014	806
2015	1,221
2016	631
2017	638
2018	555
2019	602
2020	614
2021	1,198
2022	674
2023	833
2024	1,530
2025	696
2026	508

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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 10	434
10 to 20	47
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1