Weather Records on 11 September 1972

507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 September 1972. Highest significance: Greenfield, US.

Key Facts for 11 September 1972

On 11 September 1972, 507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
75 were record highs and 182 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 499 daily.
Greenfield set a monthly record daily precipitation of 152.4 mm (6.0 in) on 11 September 1972.
Across 164 earlier years (1809 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

507 stations

507 station records on 11 September 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 September 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Creston 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pella 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bliss 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Melo Peixoto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guttenberg L&D 10	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fellsmere 7 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cartwright	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mayhill Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seneca	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Salto Do Itarare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Brejo Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

507 records

Records set or tied on 11 September 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 94, Heaviest daily rainfall 250.

Records on 11 September 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	94
Heaviest daily rainfall	250
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 11 September 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 6, daily 499.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

421 broken records

Margins by which the 421 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 September 1972

Top 20 records on 11 September 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 September 1972	Greenfield, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	76 years	76 of 100 (Major)
11 September 1972	Denison, US	monthly rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Guthrie Ctr, US	monthly rain	137.4 mm (5.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Cumberland, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Harlan, US	all-time rain	198.9 mm (7.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Schuyler, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Corning, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Creston 2 SW, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Atlantic 1 NE, US	all-time rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	50 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Audubon, US	monthly rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Goshen 3SW, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Plymouth Pwr Substn, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Indianola 1SW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Pella 1S, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Perry, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Bliss 4 NW, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	76 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Jokkmokk, SE	daily high min	11.2 C (52.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 September 1972	Fremont, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	36 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

1809 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1809 to 1972. 1972 had 507 records.

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

Records on 09-11 in each year
Year	Records
1809	1
1814	3
1818	1
1830	1
1836	1
1838	3
1839	1
1848	1
1850	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	1
1860	2
1861	1
1863	2
1865	3
1866	1
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	4
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	4
1894	2
1895	4
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	15
1903	13
1904	4
1905	5
1906	10
1907	9
1908	20
1909	12
1910	19
1911	9
1912	25
1913	22
1914	52
1915	160
1916	17
1917	88
1918	62
1919	52
1920	158
1921	52
1922	78
1923	44
1924	290
1925	260
1926	137
1927	300
1928	127
1929	206
1930	136
1931	868
1932	210
1933	276
1934	144
1935	410
1936	567
1937	324
1938	288
1939	561
1940	891
1941	210
1942	234
1943	335
1944	446
1945	341
1946	262
1947	611
1948	424
1949	450
1950	462
1951	247
1952	549
1953	392
1954	363
1955	479
1956	539
1957	470
1958	748
1959	488
1960	423
1961	524
1962	480
1963	359
1964	1,195
1965	414
1966	392
1967	478
1968	835
1969	685
1970	474
1971	464
1972	507
1973	612
1974	430
1975	644
1976	920
1977	406
1978	911
1979	596
1980	474
1981	347
1982	862
1983	1,243
1984	888
1985	844
1986	1,221
1987	595
1988	1,019
1989	1,301
1990	840
1991	843
1992	672
1993	809
1994	713
1995	619
1996	1,030
1997	808
1998	1,821
1999	1,073
2000	1,469
2001	826
2002	1,059
2003	1,022
2004	740
2005	1,163
2006	1,132
2007	947
2008	916
2009	774
2010	965
2011	1,051
2012	687
2013	1,207
2014	1,100
2015	683
2016	677
2017	916
2018	763
2019	806
2020	1,235
2021	851
2022	617
2023	1,034
2024	889
2025	917
2026	615

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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	368
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1