Weather Records on 24 July 1972

528 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1972. Highest significance: Holzhausen A.D. Haide, DE.

Key Facts for 24 July 1972

On 24 July 1972, 528 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
179 were record highs and 127 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 516 daily.
Holzhausen A.D. Haide set a daily record precipitation of 59.3 mm (2.3 in) on 24 July 1972.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

528 stations

528 station records on 24 July 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Holzhausen A.D. Haide	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Limburg/Lahn-Offheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Farmingdale 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Giessen/Wettenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arteaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Peru 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Bell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottetown Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Patchogue 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jersey City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Trier	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pericos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scarsdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Berthierville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Remscheid-Lennep	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montemorelos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anahuac	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarkson	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Covert	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cody	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco de Los Romo (Sm	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tarko-Sale	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nongoma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

528 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 29, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 150, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 222.

Records on 24 July 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	29
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	150
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 1972 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 8, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

420 broken records

Margins by which the 420 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1972

Top 20 records on 24 July 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1972	Holzhausen A.D. Haide, DE	daily rain	59.3 mm (2.3 in)	48.9 mm (1.9 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Ashville 4 W, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	73 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Limburg/Lahn-Offheim, DE	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Gordon 6N, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Schierke, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Farmingdale 4 N, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	101 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Giessen/Wettenberg, DE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Santiago, MX	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Arteaga (Smn), MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Newton, US	all-time high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Peru 2 WSW, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Fairview, CA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Williams, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	55 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Concord, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	79 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Dannemora, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Silver Bell, US	monthly low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1972	Charlottetown Cda, CA	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	60 years	35 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 528 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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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	399
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1