Weather Records on 13 July 1972

861 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 July 1972. Highest significance: Fredericksburg Np, US.

Key Facts for 13 July 1972

On 13 July 1972, 861 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
271 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 143 monthly and 704 daily.
Fredericksburg Np set a daily record precipitation of 122.2 mm (4.8 in) on 13 July 1972.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

861 stations

861 station records on 13 July 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 July 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Myrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pedra Bela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cravinhos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Aguai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tajshet	Russia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Chibarro (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Pinhal (Eloy Chaves)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Carmem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Carmo Do Paranaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Araujos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Guacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Barbacena	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa de Viterbo (Cmef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Monte Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz Das Palmeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pirassununga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.8 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Baixa (Usina Amalia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Claro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cresciumal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Campolide	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sitio Sao Geraldo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cristina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Paraiso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Couro Do Cervo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Guatapara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caconde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.3 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rive	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira Paulista (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Pirajibu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Itapecerica da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel Arcanjo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kondoma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carangola	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Porciuncula	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Do Costa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Acude	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Taquaracu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Entre Rios de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Chapadao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Itirapina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cordeiropolis (Emsa)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Aterradinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tejupa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.2 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Itumirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen 20NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barroso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Agulhas Negras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

861 records

Records set or tied on 13 July 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 146, Lowest daily minimum 71, Heaviest daily rainfall 476.

Records on 13 July 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	146
Lowest daily minimum	71
Heaviest daily rainfall	476
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 July 1972 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 143, daily 704.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

745 broken records

Margins by which the 745 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 July 1972

Top 20 records on 13 July 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 July 1972	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1972	Cedar Lake, US	monthly rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1972	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1972	Myrup, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1972	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1972	Darrington Rs, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1972	Pedra Bela, BR	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1972	Cravinhos, BR	monthly rain	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1972	Aguai, BR	monthly rain	78.1 mm (3.1 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 July 1972	Tajshet, RU	all-time rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1972	Usina Chibarro (Cpfl), BR	monthly rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1972	Usina Pinhal (Eloy Chaves), BR	monthly rain	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1972	Vila Carmem, BR	monthly rain	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1972	Carmo Do Paranaiba, BR	monthly rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1972	Araujos, BR	monthly rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1972	Guacui, BR	monthly rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1972	Usina Barbacena, BR	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1972	Santa Rosa de Viterbo (Cmef), BR	monthly rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1972	Fazenda Monte Alegre, BR	monthly rain	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 July 1972	Santa Cruz Das Palmeiras, BR	monthly rain	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	14 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

1795 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1972. 1972 had 861 records.

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

Records on 07-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1824	1
1832	1
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1860	1
1861	1
1862	1
1866	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1882	1
1884	3
1885	1
1887	1
1888	7
1889	6
1890	3
1891	4
1892	2
1893	5
1894	2
1895	11
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1900	2
1901	7
1902	7
1903	8
1904	9
1905	5
1906	17
1907	22
1908	11
1909	7
1910	16
1911	47
1912	79
1913	21
1914	50
1915	17
1916	45
1917	22
1918	160
1919	79
1920	30
1921	81
1922	34
1923	104
1924	147
1925	229
1926	426
1927	195
1928	146
1929	123
1930	443
1931	351
1932	349
1933	653
1934	445
1935	304
1936	999
1937	264
1938	188
1939	382
1940	891
1941	599
1942	282
1943	433
1944	302
1945	637
1946	318
1947	245
1948	407
1949	333
1950	849
1951	393
1952	730
1953	700
1954	1,044
1955	378
1956	436
1957	321
1958	324
1959	451
1960	470
1961	513
1962	615
1963	726
1964	1,023
1965	479
1966	649
1967	654
1968	427
1969	676
1970	410
1971	517
1972	861
1973	489
1974	569
1975	1,474
1976	650
1977	581
1978	437
1979	562
1980	1,127
1981	795
1982	513
1983	887
1984	817
1985	488
1986	918
1987	1,105
1988	898
1989	635
1990	1,762
1991	888
1992	1,293
1993	1,374
1994	1,340
1995	1,350
1996	957
1997	793
1998	1,274
1999	1,356
2000	978
2001	800
2002	1,546
2003	934
2004	686
2005	1,039
2006	1,179
2007	756
2008	672
2009	807
2010	1,192
2011	1,216
2012	1,283
2013	548
2014	540
2015	692
2016	667
2017	594
2018	435
2019	443
2020	668
2021	778
2022	686
2023	705
2024	908
2025	707
2026	1,124

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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 2026-10-14 (14 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	601
20 to 40	110
40 to 60	29
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1