Weather Records on 21 July 1972

1,046 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 July 1972. Highest significance: Coleman, DE.

Key Facts for 21 July 1972

On 21 July 1972, 1,046 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
335 were record highs and 505 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 1,016 daily.
Coleman set an all-time record daily precipitation of 103.1 mm (4.1 in) on 21 July 1972.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 463 records.

Record Map

1,046 stations

1,046 station records on 21 July 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 July 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coleman	Germany	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Olonec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Onida 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kolezma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moccasin Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
House	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shreveport	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
East Anaconda	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pomona/Fairplex	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Lost Rvr Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kayenta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mayen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rubcovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jaen (Instituto)	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McCall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Virginia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,046 records

Records set or tied on 21 July 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 396, Highest daily minimum 281, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 206.

Records on 21 July 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	396
Highest daily minimum	281
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 21 July 1972 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 23, daily 1,016.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

842 broken records

Margins by which the 842 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 July 1972

Top 20 records on 21 July 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 July 1972	Coleman, DE	all-time rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1972	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
21 July 1972	Murdo, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Rheinstetten, DE	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Olonec, RU	daily rain	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Onida 4 NW, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Wessington Springs, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Britton, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Bancroft, CA	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	86 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Kolezma, RU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Moccasin Exp STN, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Stuttgart, DE	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	House, US	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Shreveport, US	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	San Fernando, MX	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Claremont Pomona Clg, US	daily low max	23.3 C (73.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Montello 2NE, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	9.5 C (17.1 F)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Twin Falls 2 NNE, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
21 July 1972	Alexandria Chandler Fld, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 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

1794 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1972. 1972 had 1,046 records.

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

Records on 07-21 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1797	1
1813	2
1832	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1844	2
1854	1
1859	3
1865	3
1868	3
1872	1
1876	1
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1888	2
1889	3
1890	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	2
1900	6
1901	13
1902	12
1903	10
1904	8
1905	13
1906	13
1907	12
1908	25
1909	18
1910	12
1911	37
1912	52
1913	41
1914	48
1915	81
1916	72
1917	136
1918	130
1919	51
1920	33
1921	55
1922	48
1923	132
1924	286
1925	202
1926	401
1927	191
1928	205
1929	360
1930	521
1931	549
1932	322
1933	208
1934	965
1935	236
1936	322
1937	253
1938	638
1939	415
1940	318
1941	226
1942	318
1943	253
1944	716
1945	300
1946	398
1947	795
1948	403
1949	603
1950	662
1951	427
1952	657
1953	351
1954	656
1955	582
1956	490
1957	447
1958	531
1959	940
1960	651
1961	388
1962	263
1963	470
1964	457
1965	748
1966	626
1967	313
1968	334
1969	636
1970	1,241
1971	475
1972	1,046
1973	871
1974	536
1975	380
1976	477
1977	708
1978	1,155
1979	964
1980	926
1981	1,352
1982	588
1983	1,234
1984	764
1985	554
1986	791
1987	1,025
1988	1,015
1989	973
1990	914
1991	812
1992	1,562
1993	866
1994	773
1995	1,247
1996	1,141
1997	849
1998	1,674
1999	814
2000	1,230
2001	889
2002	990
2003	1,250
2004	694
2005	1,420
2006	1,479
2007	1,145
2008	989
2009	1,306
2010	1,148
2011	1,414
2012	815
2013	526
2014	762
2015	704
2016	645
2017	433
2018	942
2019	755
2020	363
2021	574
2022	866
2023	816
2024	873
2025	881
2026	874

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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 2026-10-13 (13 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 10	788
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1