Weather Records on 22 July 1972

715 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 July 1972. Highest significance: Long Prairie, US.

Key Facts for 22 July 1972

On 22 July 1972, 715 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
264 were record highs and 281 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 694 daily.
Long Prairie set an all-time record daily precipitation of 226.1 mm (8.9 in) on 22 July 1972.
Across 171 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

715 stations

715 station records on 22 July 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 July 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	275.3 mm (10.8 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Bad Bruckenau (A)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Foleyet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gutersloh	Germany	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Solomons	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gilserberg-Moischeid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Incy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Igarka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Nelson A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Denekamp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Fernando	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tamala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crandall Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dubois	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mahnomen	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bartlett Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carway	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

715 records

Records set or tied on 22 July 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 179, Highest daily minimum 212, Lowest daily minimum 102, Heaviest daily rainfall 170.

Records on 22 July 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	179
Highest daily minimum	212
Lowest daily minimum	102
Heaviest daily rainfall	170
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 July 1972 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 14, daily 694.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

529 broken records

Margins by which the 529 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 135.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 July 1972

Top 20 records on 22 July 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 July 1972	Long Prairie, US	all-time rain	226.1 mm (8.9 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	29 years	76 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1972	Ft Ripley, US	all-time rain	275.3 mm (10.8 in)	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	16 years	73 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1972	Bad Bruckenau (A), DE	all-time rain	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	71 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1972	Mora, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
22 July 1972	Hinckley, US	monthly rain	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	Cloquet, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	Caballo Dam, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	Foleyet, CA	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	Tantoyuca, MX	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	17 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	El Cuchillo, MX	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	Ostrov Sosnovez, RU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	Gutersloh, DE	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	Mission 4 W, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	Danbury, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	Chelsea, CA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	Solomons, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	Cambridge, US	all-time rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 July 1972	Gilserberg-Moischeid, DE	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	4 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

1793 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1972. 1972 had 715 records.

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

Records on 07-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1797	2
1806	2
1808	1
1809	1
1811	1
1813	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1844	1
1845	1
1850	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1880	2
1881	2
1883	1
1885	3
1886	5
1887	2
1889	5
1890	5
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	2
1896	5
1897	2
1898	4
1900	4
1901	12
1902	3
1903	10
1904	4
1905	12
1906	20
1907	11
1908	9
1909	7
1910	30
1911	26
1912	40
1913	38
1914	52
1915	28
1916	39
1917	34
1918	212
1919	36
1920	71
1921	172
1922	54
1923	107
1924	342
1925	268
1926	345
1927	329
1928	200
1929	267
1930	282
1931	367
1932	291
1933	307
1934	805
1935	250
1936	331
1937	368
1938	404
1939	345
1940	470
1941	236
1942	278
1943	392
1944	633
1945	280
1946	455
1947	1,196
1948	533
1949	419
1950	738
1951	384
1952	797
1953	404
1954	668
1955	618
1956	350
1957	544
1958	450
1959	581
1960	419
1961	519
1962	393
1963	504
1964	418
1965	543
1966	541
1967	295
1968	473
1969	454
1970	1,105
1971	449
1972	715
1973	981
1974	602
1975	335
1976	521
1977	478
1978	1,172
1979	646
1980	844
1981	1,551
1982	710
1983	1,025
1984	945
1985	712
1986	784
1987	1,234
1988	1,001
1989	838
1990	1,026
1991	810
1992	1,393
1993	1,193
1994	1,075
1995	1,241
1996	1,062
1997	1,106
1998	989
1999	756
2000	1,020
2001	1,183
2002	1,002
2003	1,536
2004	805
2005	1,197
2006	1,938
2007	1,190
2008	839
2009	1,294
2010	1,350
2011	1,940
2012	675
2013	604
2014	669
2015	661
2016	895
2017	509
2018	910
2019	513
2020	453
2021	558
2022	782
2023	676
2024	718
2025	877
2026	873

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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 20	494
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1