Weather Records on 7 September 1972

534 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 September 1972. Highest significance: Inverloch, AU.

Key Facts for 7 September 1972

On 7 September 1972, 534 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
58 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 527 daily.
Inverloch set a daily record precipitation of 42.9 mm (1.7 in) on 7 September 1972.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

534 stations

534 station records on 7 September 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 September 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Botanischer Garten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Masindi	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren (Brechin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon (Samuel Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Erica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lecompton	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lang Lang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gisborne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brighton (Dendy Park Bowling C	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mirboo North Water Board	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yinnar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Loch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mitcham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wairuna Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stradbroke West (Inglenook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Callignee South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bentleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yannathan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hobbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonia Loyola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boronia 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mohall	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fumina South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

534 records

Records set or tied on 7 September 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 307, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 7 September 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	307
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 7 September 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 527.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

432 broken records

Margins by which the 432 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 September 1972

Top 20 records on 7 September 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 September 1972	Inverloch, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	70 of 100 (Major)
7 September 1972	Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Outtrim, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	81 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Korumburra, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Manhattan, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Koln-Botanischer Garten, DE	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Masindi, UG	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Narre Warren (Brechin), AU	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Croydon (Samuel Street), AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Erica, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Garfield, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Blue Rapids, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Fish Creek, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Porto, BR	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Koln-Bonn, DE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Lecompton, US	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Lang Lang, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Gisborne, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 September 1972	Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn, DE	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	45 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 534 records.

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

Records on 09-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	2
1816	1
1833	1
1845	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1868	1
1870	1
1871	4
1872	3
1873	1
1877	4
1878	1
1879	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	2
1891	7
1892	3
1894	8
1895	7
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1899	3
1900	1
1901	6
1902	3
1903	7
1904	8
1905	20
1906	8
1907	5
1908	26
1909	11
1910	15
1911	20
1912	39
1913	20
1914	29
1915	28
1916	39
1917	44
1918	35
1919	184
1920	375
1921	80
1922	98
1923	125
1924	232
1925	303
1926	117
1927	147
1928	130
1929	355
1930	108
1931	400
1932	478
1933	287
1934	566
1935	275
1936	370
1937	260
1938	348
1939	634
1940	226
1941	451
1942	415
1943	591
1944	519
1945	482
1946	356
1947	625
1948	353
1949	705
1950	704
1951	342
1952	301
1953	446
1954	390
1955	405
1956	752
1957	498
1958	570
1959	583
1960	763
1961	312
1962	729
1963	448
1964	463
1965	672
1966	365
1967	535
1968	417
1969	696
1970	917
1971	648
1972	534
1973	674
1974	709
1975	423
1976	763
1977	674
1978	1,165
1979	583
1980	613
1981	622
1982	684
1983	1,235
1984	1,396
1985	1,459
1986	1,062
1987	956
1988	1,266
1989	553
1990	900
1991	957
1992	1,257
1993	720
1994	523
1995	1,093
1996	982
1997	799
1998	1,262
1999	1,087
2000	1,320
2001	1,068
2002	1,169
2003	768
2004	865
2005	708
2006	1,105
2007	1,171
2008	1,210
2009	713
2010	1,147
2011	1,452
2012	699
2013	981
2014	491
2015	637
2016	868
2017	966
2018	723
2019	743
2020	1,352
2021	794
2022	2,096
2023	1,116
2024	1,216
2025	711
2026	760

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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	343
10 to 20	55
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1