Weather Records on 9 September 1972

464 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 September 1972. Highest significance: Kerkwerve, NL.

Key Facts for 9 September 1972

On 9 September 1972, 464 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
115 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 455 daily.
Kerkwerve set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 9 September 1972.
Across 162 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 461 records.

Record Map

464 stations

464 station records on 9 September 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 September 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Amiens-Glisy	France	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Red Deer	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Red Deer A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
House	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nalcik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Olds	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oostvoorne	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gvarv	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Leiden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Intosh 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schellingwoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boskoop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Goose A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Langvattnet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laranjeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ripley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bravo	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tovdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bandelier Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sackville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paysandu	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Juan del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

464 records

Records set or tied on 9 September 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 9 September 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 9 September 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 455.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

372 broken records

Margins by which the 372 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 September 1972

Top 20 records on 9 September 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 September 1972	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Amiens-Glisy, FR	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Red Deer, CA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Red Deer A, CA	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Abbeville, FR	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Kailua 446, US	all-time high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Lacombe Cda, CA	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	House, US	all-time rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Nalcik, RU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Olds, CA	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Oostvoorne, NL	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Gvarv, NO	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Leiden, NL	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	0.1 C (32.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	94 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Mc Intosh 4 NW, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Everett, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Amsterdam, NL	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 September 1972	Schellingwoude, NL	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	28 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

1806 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1972. 1972 had 464 records.

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

Records on 09-09 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1836	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1850	1
1854	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	3
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1883	3
1884	4
1886	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	4
1894	3
1895	7
1897	3
1898	5
1899	6
1900	1
1901	4
1902	5
1903	14
1904	9
1905	8
1906	24
1907	9
1908	5
1909	9
1910	17
1911	27
1912	48
1913	12
1914	69
1915	48
1916	16
1917	44
1918	40
1919	74
1920	145
1921	92
1922	115
1923	58
1924	232
1925	248
1926	168
1927	246
1928	108
1929	362
1930	211
1931	558
1932	302
1933	433
1934	256
1935	461
1936	297
1937	242
1938	416
1939	429
1940	294
1941	763
1942	357
1943	596
1944	719
1945	355
1946	366
1947	465
1948	307
1949	1,407
1950	426
1951	338
1952	511
1953	344
1954	283
1955	608
1956	742
1957	390
1958	419
1959	736
1960	492
1961	383
1962	847
1963	400
1964	488
1965	326
1966	366
1967	367
1968	440
1969	603
1970	584
1971	498
1972	464
1973	517
1974	689
1975	555
1976	773
1977	410
1978	702
1979	878
1980	829
1981	1,011
1982	814
1983	958
1984	1,304
1985	1,269
1986	1,026
1987	676
1988	836
1989	983
1990	762
1991	882
1992	620
1993	886
1994	892
1995	937
1996	809
1997	837
1998	1,667
1999	1,013
2000	811
2001	1,647
2002	1,355
2003	786
2004	1,603
2005	1,068
2006	917
2007	948
2008	1,161
2009	792
2010	1,049
2011	1,328
2012	681
2013	974
2014	590
2015	806
2016	1,210
2017	661
2018	876
2019	953
2020	2,579
2021	1,458
2022	1,094
2023	1,222
2024	1,146
2025	520
2026	815

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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 9 September 1972
Margin	Records
0 to 10	303
10 to 20	49
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2