Weather Records on 20 September 1972

582 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 September 1972. Highest significance: Garibaldi, CA.

Key Facts for 20 September 1972

On 20 September 1972, 582 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
139 were record highs and 214 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 571 daily.
Garibaldi set a daily record precipitation of 65.8 mm (2.6 in) on 20 September 1972.
Across 156 earlier years (1812 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

582 stations

582 station records on 20 September 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 September 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Garibaldi	Canada	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cowichan Bay Cherry Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tunnel Camp	Canada	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sarlyk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kasumkent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Marais	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waseca	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kleinfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calamocha-Vor	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Burquitlam Vancouver Golf Cour	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Motte (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnigan Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cultus Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wind River	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chemainus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pachena Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coquitlam Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iron River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whitesand Dam	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sterlitamak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alouette Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blackdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record low maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver City Hall	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Avangard Zernosovho	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater Power House	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Island Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

582 records

Records set or tied on 20 September 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 146, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 209, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 20 September 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	146
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	209
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 20 September 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 571.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

473 broken records

Margins by which the 473 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 September 1972

Top 20 records on 20 September 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 September 1972	Garibaldi, CA	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
20 September 1972	Cowichan Bay Cherry Point, CA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Tunnel Camp, CA	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Sarlyk, RU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Kasumkent, RU	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Cloquet, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Grand Marais, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Waseca, CA	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Cumberland, CA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Nanaimo Departure Bay, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Daroca, ES	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Kleinfontein, ZA	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Rainier Paradise Rs, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Calamocha-Vor, ES	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Bayfield 6 N, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	River Jordan, CA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Two Harbors, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	Burquitlam Vancouver Golf Cour, CA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
20 September 1972	La Motte (Bos), ZA	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	42 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 582 records.

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

Records on 09-20 in each year
Year	Records
1812	1
1837	1
1840	1
1844	1
1848	2
1851	1
1852	1
1854	2
1855	1
1856	2
1859	2
1860	1
1862	1
1870	1
1871	2
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	8
1891	4
1893	5
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	16
1898	4
1899	1
1900	2
1901	3
1902	3
1903	3
1904	12
1905	8
1906	22
1907	11
1908	24
1909	10
1910	8
1911	21
1912	34
1913	48
1914	28
1915	239
1916	28
1917	100
1918	59
1919	55
1920	64
1921	40
1922	52
1923	249
1924	329
1925	330
1926	129
1927	169
1928	144
1929	373
1930	102
1931	564
1932	270
1933	223
1934	349
1935	201
1936	133
1937	385
1938	506
1939	312
1940	591
1941	582
1942	436
1943	419
1944	466
1945	406
1946	766
1947	460
1948	454
1949	268
1950	435
1951	267
1952	434
1953	479
1954	628
1955	625
1956	985
1957	514
1958	410
1959	489
1960	352
1961	384
1962	707
1963	290
1964	482
1965	1,180
1966	414
1967	449
1968	617
1969	604
1970	591
1971	884
1972	582
1973	569
1974	771
1975	527
1976	375
1977	776
1978	1,216
1979	767
1980	567
1981	979
1982	911
1983	1,958
1984	895
1985	730
1986	743
1987	856
1988	698
1989	968
1990	743
1991	1,835
1992	718
1993	1,031
1994	788
1995	1,374
1996	1,077
1997	1,282
1998	1,157
1999	923
2000	908
2001	821
2002	845
2003	910
2004	1,156
2005	960
2006	732
2007	645
2008	648
2009	715
2010	1,497
2011	650
2012	549
2013	595
2014	577
2015	439
2016	778
2017	920
2018	1,020
2019	835
2020	630
2021	565
2022	786
2023	482
2024	596
2025	877
2026	682

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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 50	465
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1