Weather Records on 12 September 1972

430 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 September 1972. Highest significance: Cumberland, US.

Key Facts for 12 September 1972

On 12 September 1972, 430 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 180 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 420 daily.
Cumberland set an all-time record daily precipitation of 209.3 mm (8.2 in) on 12 September 1972.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

430 stations

430 station records on 12 September 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 September 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	209.3 mm (8.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Strelkovoe	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Villa Ahumada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Timbauba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Butte 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Van Horn	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gospic	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	78.6 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.1 C (53.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whitesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Avalon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baixo Guandu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Piqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dudleys	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sihccajavri	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Falls 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weiser	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sharon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

430 records

Records set or tied on 12 September 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 81, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 12 September 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	81
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 September 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 420.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

340 broken records

Margins by which the 340 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 September 1972

Top 20 records on 12 September 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 September 1972	Cumberland, US	all-time rain	209.3 mm (8.2 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	25 years	74 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1972	Harlan, US	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1972	Strelkovoe, UA	all-time rain	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1972	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
12 September 1972	Saint Ignatius, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	Wallowa, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	Angus 1 N, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	Villa Ahumada, MX	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	Osceola, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	Timbauba, BR	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	Butte 5SE, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	Podor, SN	daily high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	114 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	Chariton 1 E, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	Candelaria, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	Van Horn, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	St. Petersburg, RU	daily high max	25.4 C (77.7 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	Gibson Dam, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	Oxford, GB	daily low max	13.2 C (55.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	112 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
12 September 1972	Carlsbad, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	40 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

1793 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1972. 1972 had 430 records.

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

Records on 09-12 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1809	1
1813	1
1814	2
1834	1
1837	2
1839	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	4
1859	2
1860	2
1865	2
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1869	1
1872	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	1
1891	4
1892	1
1893	4
1894	1
1895	5
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	11
1903	18
1904	7
1905	8
1906	24
1907	11
1908	12
1909	11
1910	4
1911	15
1912	20
1913	12
1914	49
1915	71
1916	21
1917	231
1918	42
1919	69
1920	49
1921	60
1922	136
1923	33
1924	177
1925	443
1926	89
1927	339
1928	155
1929	118
1930	198
1931	648
1932	199
1933	360
1934	176
1935	441
1936	515
1937	318
1938	332
1939	702
1940	891
1941	172
1942	337
1943	544
1944	393
1945	414
1946	302
1947	596
1948	292
1949	512
1950	578
1951	399
1952	575
1953	515
1954	313
1955	457
1956	389
1957	727
1958	783
1959	536
1960	772
1961	750
1962	407
1963	466
1964	836
1965	459
1966	416
1967	510
1968	428
1969	558
1970	619
1971	593
1972	430
1973	588
1974	575
1975	1,102
1976	539
1977	524
1978	952
1979	765
1980	511
1981	424
1982	993
1983	915
1984	700
1985	876
1986	787
1987	686
1988	997
1989	1,313
1990	1,001
1991	672
1992	767
1993	798
1994	550
1995	532
1996	1,014
1997	737
1998	1,770
1999	938
2000	1,188
2001	797
2002	883
2003	830
2004	653
2005	1,032
2006	963
2007	776
2008	1,213
2009	876
2010	939
2011	988
2012	639
2013	1,066
2014	1,374
2015	704
2016	748
2017	1,114
2018	595
2019	884
2020	566
2021	513
2022	739
2023	844
2024	1,009
2025	433
2026	627

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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 20	320
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1