Weather Records on 17 September 1972

556 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 September 1972. Highest significance: Adrian 2 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 17 September 1972

On 17 September 1972, 556 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
252 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 552 daily.
Adrian 2 NNE set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 17 September 1972.
Across 164 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

556 stations

556 station records on 17 September 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 September 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	40.4 C (104.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baldonnel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
S. Joaquim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayo A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehorse A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stevensville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Halle	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sumter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

556 records

Records set or tied on 17 September 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 110, Lowest daily maximum 139, Highest daily minimum 142, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 17 September 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	110
Lowest daily maximum	139
Highest daily minimum	142
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 September 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 552.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

431 broken records

Margins by which the 431 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 September 1972

Top 20 records on 17 September 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 September 1972	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1972	Hiram, US	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1972	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high min	15.3 C (59.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	102 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1972	Atlin, CA	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	4.5 cm (1.8 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1972	Presa Plutarco Elias Calles, MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1972	Podor, SN	daily high max	40.4 C (104.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	114 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1972	Altastenberg, DE	daily low max	4.3 C (39.7 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	82 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1972	Fond du Lac Wwtp, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1972	Bamberg, DE	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	82 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1972	Waialua 847, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1972	Nurnberg, DE	daily low max	10.9 C (51.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1972	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
17 September 1972	Baldonnel, CA	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1972	Regensburg, DE	daily low max	11.6 C (52.9 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	82 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1972	S. Joaquim, BR	daily rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1972	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	67 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1972	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1972	Mayo A, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1972	Whitehorse A, CA	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
17 September 1972	Fleming, US	daily high max	36.7 C (98.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	75 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

1796 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1972. 1972 had 556 records.

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

Records on 09-17 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1797	1
1805	1
1833	1
1834	1
1837	2
1845	1
1847	3
1848	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	2
1854	2
1859	1
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	1
1881	1
1882	2
1884	3
1885	3
1886	6
1888	2
1889	8
1891	1
1893	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	9
1897	4
1898	7
1899	1
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	28
1904	2
1905	17
1906	10
1907	15
1908	13
1909	7
1910	38
1911	15
1912	17
1913	28
1914	38
1915	48
1916	40
1917	255
1918	41
1919	21
1920	40
1921	66
1922	47
1923	159
1924	80
1925	338
1926	154
1927	420
1928	78
1929	168
1930	147
1931	564
1932	425
1933	415
1934	246
1935	321
1936	219
1937	463
1938	363
1939	294
1940	326
1941	328
1942	581
1943	513
1944	403
1945	614
1946	620
1947	680
1948	630
1949	292
1950	412
1951	359
1952	263
1953	344
1954	449
1955	649
1956	437
1957	405
1958	806
1959	1,210
1960	385
1961	657
1962	432
1963	297
1964	559
1965	1,394
1966	523
1967	331
1968	691
1969	352
1970	412
1971	898
1972	556
1973	638
1974	491
1975	478
1976	636
1977	641
1978	764
1979	804
1980	794
1981	1,155
1982	606
1983	862
1984	1,006
1985	448
1986	1,314
1987	926
1988	982
1989	863
1990	650
1991	1,407
1992	686
1993	950
1994	986
1995	1,145
1996	1,342
1997	1,057
1998	1,137
1999	1,102
2000	1,318
2001	895
2002	1,025
2003	586
2004	872
2005	1,042
2006	1,344
2007	752
2008	886
2009	871
2010	907
2011	1,116
2012	597
2013	1,253
2014	571
2015	953
2016	707
2017	455
2018	899
2019	774
2020	651
2021	345
2022	313
2023	646
2024	954
2025	634
2026	968

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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	420
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2