Weather Records on 13 September 1972

396 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1972. Highest significance: Gonvick 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 13 September 1972

On 13 September 1972, 396 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 391 daily.
Gonvick 2 W set a daily record precipitation of 43.2 mm (1.7 in) on 13 September 1972.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 431 records.

Record Map

396 stations

396 station records on 13 September 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 September 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gonvick 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Outtrim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nyzhniohirsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Creekside	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record low maximum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sedalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Minonk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
McPherson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.4 C (27.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kayenta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alhandra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Monmouth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Willis 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

396 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 146.

Records on 13 September 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 September 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 391.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

293 broken records

Margins by which the 293 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 29.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1972

Top 20 records on 13 September 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1972	Gonvick 2 W, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1972	Outtrim, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	77 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1972	Bologna, IT	daily low min	9.6 C (49.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	157 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1972	Nyzhniohirsk, UA	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1972	Minot Exp STN, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1972	Inverloch, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1972	Red Lake Falls, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	11 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1972	Deland 1 SSE, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1972	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1972	Grand Meadow, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1972	Carrollton, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1972	Uccle, BE	daily low max	13.0 C (55.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	70 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1972	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1972	Lebanon 2W, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1972	Creekside, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1972	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1972	Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1972	Le Bourget, FR	daily low max	14.1 C (57.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	70 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1972	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	77 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
13 September 1972	Keosauqua, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	74 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 396 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	526
2013	967
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	945
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	492
2026	905

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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 5	224
5 to 10	34
10 to 15	19
15 to 20	7
20 to 25	7
25 to 30	2