Weather Records on 23 July 1972

640 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 July 1972. Highest significance: Vlamingh Head, AU.

Key Facts for 23 July 1972

On 23 July 1972, 640 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
278 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 630 daily.
Vlamingh Head set a daily record precipitation of 26.9 mm (1.1 in) on 23 July 1972.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

640 stations

640 station records on 23 July 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 July 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vlamingh Head	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Ile - le Talut	France	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barooga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oostvoorne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hof (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kangela, Mtubatuba	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amiens-Glisy	France	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arcade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henley Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sayre 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Cuchillo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chokpar	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ishpeming	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bellefonte 4 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scranton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chidlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McCook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Peru	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Binnu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zhytomyr	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

640 records

Records set or tied on 23 July 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 61, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 223.

Records on 23 July 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	61
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	223
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 July 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 630.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

487 broken records

Margins by which the 487 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 July 1972

Top 20 records on 23 July 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 July 1972	Vlamingh Head, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
23 July 1972	Hinckley, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Maple Plain, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	5 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Belle Ile - le Talut, FR	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Barooga, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Oostvoorne, NL	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Hastings Dam 2, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Danbury, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	69 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Richmond-Natal (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Hof (Stadt), DE	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Teterow, DE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Tantoyuca, MX	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Bajandaj, RU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	State College, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Rio Grande City, US	daily low max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Cumberland, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Kangela, Mtubatuba, ZA	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
23 July 1972	Amiens-Glisy, FR	monthly rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	37 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 640 records.

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

Records on 07-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1804	1
1810	1
1811	2
1832	1
1835	1
1836	2
1838	1
1845	1
1846	2
1851	1
1852	1
1855	2
1856	1
1859	1
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1867	1
1868	5
1870	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1879	2
1880	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	5
1890	4
1894	3
1895	7
1896	4
1898	9
1899	5
1900	8
1901	10
1902	6
1903	4
1904	18
1905	11
1906	19
1907	9
1908	15
1909	27
1910	54
1911	37
1912	43
1913	36
1914	59
1915	35
1916	34
1917	42
1918	96
1919	26
1920	40
1921	221
1922	113
1923	104
1924	158
1925	173
1926	266
1927	308
1928	146
1929	174
1930	214
1931	334
1932	232
1933	432
1934	898
1935	329
1936	403
1937	319
1938	354
1939	277
1940	494
1941	292
1942	265
1943	245
1944	350
1945	239
1946	531
1947	1,240
1948	610
1949	453
1950	500
1951	422
1952	788
1953	660
1954	545
1955	585
1956	402
1957	513
1958	633
1959	606
1960	568
1961	937
1962	465
1963	490
1964	373
1965	368
1966	368
1967	347
1968	480
1969	436
1970	935
1971	648
1972	640
1973	798
1974	578
1975	359
1976	425
1977	570
1978	1,064
1979	648
1980	703
1981	1,030
1982	594
1983	1,324
1984	980
1985	711
1986	1,239
1987	1,164
1988	1,124
1989	868
1990	1,033
1991	1,050
1992	1,469
1993	1,466
1994	1,215
1995	827
1996	1,227
1997	1,088
1998	885
1999	846
2000	1,225
2001	1,242
2002	875
2003	1,649
2004	1,148
2005	997
2006	1,757
2007	1,262
2008	1,057
2009	1,069
2010	1,627
2011	1,907
2012	822
2013	648
2014	783
2015	559
2016	760
2017	517
2018	873
2019	786
2020	514
2021	506
2022	707
2023	629
2024	798
2025	917
2026	788

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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	430
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1