Weather Records on 22 August 1972

436 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1972. Highest significance: Pesqueira, BR.

Key Facts for 22 August 1972

On 22 August 1972, 436 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
202 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 421 daily.
Pesqueira set a daily record precipitation of 25.2 mm (1.0 in) on 22 August 1972.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

436 stations

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

Weather records on 22 August 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pesqueira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hobson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vologda	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Registro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis St Louis UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Campsie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gary	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Niceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aitkin 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.6 C (90.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Gabriel de Brandon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rodeo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mbarara	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El Sauz	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kostroma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.3 C (97.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ceara-Mirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sorel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dikson	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

436 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 96, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 130.

Records on 22 August 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	96
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	130
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1972 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 10, daily 421.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

348 broken records

Margins by which the 348 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1972

Top 20 records on 22 August 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1972	Pesqueira, BR	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1972	Hobson, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Bay City, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	66 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Columbus, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Saint Charles, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Vologda, RU	all-time high max	38.6 C (101.5 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Cloquet, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Bergland Dam, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Registro, BR	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Santa Paula, US	monthly high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Grand Rapids Forestry Lab, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Superior, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Parnu, EE	daily high min	18.2 C (64.8 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low max	12.4 C (54.3 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Norton 9SSE, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	St Louis St Louis UNIV, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1972	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	71 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

1802 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1972. 1972 had 436 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 22 August 1972
Margin	Records
0 to 10	304
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	3