Weather Records on 19 July 1972

699 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 July 1972. Highest significance: Oestersund-Froesoen, SE.

Key Facts for 19 July 1972

On 19 July 1972, 699 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
158 were record highs and 331 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 675 daily.
Oestersund-Froesoen set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 19 July 1972.
Across 164 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

699 stations

699 station records on 19 July 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 July 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Franshammar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Aquiles Serdan 46	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Meleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mahnomen	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dexter	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kellogg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blackleaf	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dacoma 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Darby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winifred	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Broadus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kenmare 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.0 C (89.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

699 records

Records set or tied on 19 July 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 204, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 210.

Records on 19 July 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	204
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 19 July 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 675.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

578 broken records

Margins by which the 578 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 69.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 July 1972

Top 20 records on 19 July 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 July 1972	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
19 July 1972	Intl Falls Intl AP, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Columbus, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Summit, US	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	W Palm Beach Intl AP, US	monthly rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Mine Centre, CA	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Franshammar, SE	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Aquiles Serdan 46, MX	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Meleiro, BR	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Fort Frances, CA	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Rapelje, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Caballo Dam, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	White Sulphur Springs, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Newkirk 5NE, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Fredonia, US	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Ada, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Mahnomen, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Huntley Exp STN, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Dexter, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
19 July 1972	Lima, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	57 years	44 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

1799 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1972. 1972 had 699 records.

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

Records on 07-19 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1805	1
1809	1
1811	1
1837	1
1838	1
1839	1
1843	1
1845	2
1848	1
1851	1
1859	2
1863	2
1864	1
1865	2
1867	1
1868	1
1870	1
1871	3
1873	2
1874	3
1878	2
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	5
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	2
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	3
1900	6
1901	4
1902	12
1903	4
1904	15
1905	20
1906	14
1907	19
1908	21
1909	17
1910	49
1911	14
1912	39
1913	48
1914	35
1915	140
1916	234
1917	177
1918	36
1919	34
1920	50
1921	55
1922	121
1923	224
1924	191
1925	153
1926	319
1927	96
1928	148
1929	232
1930	585
1931	269
1932	385
1933	258
1934	765
1935	268
1936	402
1937	227
1938	290
1939	285
1940	338
1941	424
1942	568
1943	276
1944	361
1945	308
1946	485
1947	613
1948	384
1949	762
1950	613
1951	545
1952	541
1953	330
1954	535
1955	343
1956	552
1957	348
1958	481
1959	393
1960	746
1961	402
1962	453
1963	502
1964	534
1965	755
1966	481
1967	560
1968	740
1969	610
1970	545
1971	636
1972	699
1973	538
1974	513
1975	441
1976	824
1977	898
1978	636
1979	964
1980	835
1981	915
1982	676
1983	1,011
1984	1,076
1985	569
1986	810
1987	1,608
1988	995
1989	1,081
1990	954
1991	803
1992	717
1993	847
1994	589
1995	893
1996	1,353
1997	856
1998	1,325
1999	878
2000	1,802
2001	905
2002	985
2003	1,192
2004	1,082
2005	1,049
2006	1,392
2007	1,181
2008	753
2009	1,844
2010	911
2011	1,266
2012	878
2013	1,061
2014	1,207
2015	735
2016	605
2017	495
2018	836
2019	651
2020	409
2021	779
2022	1,143
2023	884
2024	544
2025	600
2026	653

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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	490
10 to 20	54
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	3