Weather Records on 14 July 1972

588 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 July 1972. Highest significance: Pericos, MX.

Key Facts for 14 July 1972

On 14 July 1972, 588 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
312 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 29 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 536 daily.
Pericos set an all-time record daily precipitation of 125.0 mm (4.9 in) on 14 July 1972.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

588 stations

588 station records on 14 July 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 July 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pericos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	48.3 C (118.9 F)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeiro Itapemiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tobermory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria de Itabira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Coyote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Groton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Murmansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kentfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barstow	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Speddingup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Celaya (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geelong Salines (Moolap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zhizhgin Mayak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Creek 2 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bremer Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Orland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gridino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

588 records

Records set or tied on 14 July 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 162, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 170.

Records on 14 July 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	162
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 July 1972 by timescale: all-time 29, monthly 23, daily 536.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

454 broken records

Margins by which the 454 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 July 1972

Top 20 records on 14 July 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 July 1972	Pericos, MX	all-time rain	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	64 of 100 (Major)
14 July 1972	Peppermint Grove, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Hollister 1 SW, US	all-time high max	48.3 C (118.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Colfax, US	all-time high max	45.0 C (113.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Osijek, HR	daily rain	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Teriberka, RU	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Cachoeiro Itapemiri, BR	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Kirensk, RU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Tobermory, CA	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Salamanca, MX	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Santa Maria de Itabira, BR	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Presa Coyote, MX	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Groton, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Boulder City, US	all-time high min	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	38 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	daily high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Murmansk, RU	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Kentfield, US	daily high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Napa State Hospital, US	monthly high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	67 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 July 1972	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	40 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

1802 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1972. 1972 had 588 records.

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

Records on 07-14 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1808	1
1824	1
1832	1
1840	2
1845	1
1856	1
1860	2
1864	2
1866	1
1875	1
1876	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1883	3
1884	3
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	3
1894	4
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	10
1899	6
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	21
1904	18
1905	11
1906	18
1907	13
1908	15
1909	7
1910	23
1911	28
1912	116
1913	21
1914	43
1915	17
1916	18
1917	55
1918	72
1919	44
1920	44
1921	105
1922	31
1923	127
1924	156
1925	138
1926	500
1927	212
1928	221
1929	87
1930	497
1931	430
1932	623
1933	378
1934	413
1935	278
1936	1,019
1937	282
1938	202
1939	367
1940	536
1941	548
1942	278
1943	364
1944	240
1945	466
1946	229
1947	379
1948	422
1949	436
1950	726
1951	335
1952	995
1953	518
1954	1,141
1955	1,058
1956	360
1957	368
1958	455
1959	349
1960	554
1961	441
1962	922
1963	535
1964	618
1965	256
1966	668
1967	1,124
1968	553
1969	595
1970	477
1971	436
1972	588
1973	652
1974	654
1975	1,054
1976	693
1977	544
1978	495
1979	559
1980	1,178
1981	708
1982	809
1983	930
1984	862
1985	720
1986	722
1987	1,035
1988	806
1989	640
1990	1,748
1991	860
1992	999
1993	1,432
1994	1,250
1995	1,459
1996	1,038
1997	723
1998	1,350
1999	1,536
2000	999
2001	870
2002	1,401
2003	1,037
2004	638
2005	758
2006	998
2007	862
2008	683
2009	920
2010	1,678
2011	1,093
2012	1,114
2013	539
2014	711
2015	622
2016	682
2017	674
2018	475
2019	415
2020	635
2021	788
2022	575
2023	724
2024	784
2025	756
2026	1,037

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 14 July 1972
Margin	Records
0 to 10	405
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2