Weather Records on 3 September 1972

691 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 September 1972. Highest significance: Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR.

Key Facts for 3 September 1972

On 3 September 1972, 691 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 387 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 688 daily.
Cruz Do Espirito Santo set a daily record precipitation of 65.3 mm (2.6 in) on 3 September 1972.
Across 170 earlier years (1811 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

691 stations

691 station records on 3 September 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 September 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Segreganset	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boston	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zaragoza Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fall River	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Katberg (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.8 C (33.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ste Rose du Degelis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bandelier Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tortosa - Observatorio del Ebr	Spain	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jequie	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pinos Altos	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aroostook	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Neosho	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wappapello Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Van Horn	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mill Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greencastle 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

691 records

Records set or tied on 3 September 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 320, Highest daily minimum 40, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 203, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 3 September 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	320
Highest daily minimum	40
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 3 September 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 688.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

578 broken records

Margins by which the 578 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 79.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 September 1972

Top 20 records on 3 September 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 September 1972	Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Brockton, US	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Zamora, ES	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Rockport 1 ESE, US	all-time rain	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Hyannis, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Segreganset, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Boston, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	San Carlos Rsvr, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Zaragoza Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Estancia 4N, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	E Wareham, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Fall River, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Katberg (Bos), ZA	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Karlshamn, SE	daily low min	0.8 C (33.4 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Clifton, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Brockville, CA	daily low max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Pirie (Bos), ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 September 1972	Minsk, BY	daily low min	1.2 C (34.2 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	76 years	38 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

1811 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1811 to 1972. 1972 had 691 records.

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

Records on 09-03 in each year
Year	Records
1811	1
1823	1
1835	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	1
1847	2
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	2
1861	1
1862	1
1865	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1880	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	4
1892	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	3
1898	8
1899	1
1900	3
1901	3
1902	3
1903	4
1904	12
1905	22
1906	14
1907	13
1908	10
1909	22
1910	28
1911	87
1912	76
1913	21
1914	14
1915	20
1916	32
1917	20
1918	135
1919	68
1920	65
1921	116
1922	51
1923	134
1924	189
1925	290
1926	225
1927	67
1928	302
1929	431
1930	120
1931	429
1932	411
1933	270
1934	587
1935	453
1936	342
1937	774
1938	336
1939	656
1940	213
1941	406
1942	451
1943	286
1944	282
1945	404
1946	524
1947	1,515
1948	453
1949	281
1950	654
1951	455
1952	823
1953	846
1954	350
1955	492
1956	482
1957	315
1958	539
1959	380
1960	462
1961	996
1962	415
1963	295
1964	422
1965	472
1966	387
1967	901
1968	378
1969	516
1970	566
1971	570
1972	691
1973	766
1974	2,122
1975	530
1976	795
1977	542
1978	635
1979	755
1980	517
1981	518
1982	699
1983	947
1984	838
1985	983
1986	735
1987	666
1988	1,224
1989	723
1990	773
1991	782
1992	1,127
1993	1,226
1994	1,249
1995	1,409
1996	683
1997	1,274
1998	1,333
1999	1,520
2000	1,722
2001	799
2002	605
2003	1,259
2004	704
2005	727
2006	1,512
2007	1,032
2008	1,183
2009	801
2010	1,204
2011	1,252
2012	944
2013	694
2014	535
2015	760
2016	833
2017	1,122
2018	680
2019	644
2020	756
2021	493
2022	1,587
2023	969
2024	851
2025	533
2026	1,240

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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	513
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	2