Weather Records on 10 September 1972

477 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 September 1972. Highest significance: Sandhammaren, SE.

Key Facts for 10 September 1972

On 10 September 1972, 477 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 468 daily.
Sandhammaren set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.0 mm (1.7 in) on 10 September 1972.
Across 166 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 428 records.

Record Map

477 stations

477 station records on 10 September 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 September 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandhammaren	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Aachen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Bjuroklubb	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Ems	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Holzhausen A.D. Haide	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Budingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hilgenroth	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Limburg/Lahn-Offheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beckum-Unterberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bernkastel-Kues	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Deuselbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eutin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Anklam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Biedenkopf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Darmstadt-Botanischer Garten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trier	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gelnhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Remscheid-Lennep	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Giessen/Wettenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Botanischer Garten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nidderau-Windecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Esplanada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coppermine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Siegen (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canguaretama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koln-Bonn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Homberg/Ohm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pacatuba (Pacatiba)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iserlohn-Westig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ludenscheid (Zeppelin-Gymnasiu	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pogibi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waldems-Reinborn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Essen-Bredeney	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Salzuflen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sackville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Amistad 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Solingen-Hohenscheid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mangut	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

477 records

Records set or tied on 10 September 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 213, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 10 September 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	213
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 10 September 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 468.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

377 broken records

Margins by which the 377 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 September 1972

Top 20 records on 10 September 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 September 1972	Sandhammaren, SE	monthly rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	78 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1972	Aachen, DE	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	75 years	70 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1972	Bjuroklubb, SE	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1972	Orogrande, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 September 1972	Grindstone Island, CA	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Bad Ems, DE	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Holzhausen A.D. Haide, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Blankenrath, DE	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Budingen, DE	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Hilgenroth, DE	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Limburg/Lahn-Offheim, DE	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Beckum-Unterberg, DE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Bernkastel-Kues, DE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Deuselbach, DE	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Eutin, DE	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Anklam, DE	daily rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Biedenkopf, DE	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Darmstadt-Botanischer Garten, DE	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 September 1972	Harlan, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	47 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

1812 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1812 to 1972. 1972 had 477 records.

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

Records on 09-10 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1813	1
1814	2
1818	1
1838	2
1841	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1850	2
1854	3
1857	1
1858	1
1865	5
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	2
1883	3
1884	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	3
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	1
1897	7
1898	4
1899	10
1901	1
1902	10
1903	13
1904	5
1905	7
1906	23
1907	15
1908	15
1909	25
1910	26
1911	8
1912	62
1913	24
1914	43
1915	53
1916	15
1917	79
1918	33
1919	42
1920	132
1921	207
1922	78
1923	38
1924	335
1925	197
1926	68
1927	262
1928	109
1929	282
1930	161
1931	724
1932	258
1933	333
1934	247
1935	478
1936	336
1937	376
1938	369
1939	386
1940	410
1941	389
1942	271
1943	352
1944	470
1945	334
1946	295
1947	534
1948	432
1949	793
1950	394
1951	344
1952	476
1953	250
1954	271
1955	376
1956	834
1957	332
1958	435
1959	670
1960	376
1961	459
1962	798
1963	384
1964	710
1965	355
1966	330
1967	512
1968	846
1969	635
1970	582
1971	400
1972	477
1973	559
1974	522
1975	528
1976	1,041
1977	391
1978	883
1979	563
1980	716
1981	629
1982	687
1983	1,329
1984	824
1985	1,140
1986	960
1987	574
1988	783
1989	1,098
1990	782
1991	827
1992	745
1993	936
1994	816
1995	643
1996	1,003
1997	829
1998	1,832
1999	1,068
2000	1,088
2001	1,129
2002	1,298
2003	1,149
2004	652
2005	1,173
2006	1,110
2007	866
2008	975
2009	636
2010	1,273
2011	1,235
2012	793
2013	1,198
2014	894
2015	789
2016	1,085
2017	674
2018	1,030
2019	816
2020	2,105
2021	1,311
2022	633
2023	1,114
2024	933
2025	583
2026	832

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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 10 September 1972
Margin	Records
0 to 10	300
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2