Weather Records on 24 September 1972

480 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 September 1972. Highest significance: Celina, US.

Key Facts for 24 September 1972

On 24 September 1972, 480 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 229 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 442 daily.
Celina set a monthly record daily precipitation of 127.0 mm (5.0 in) on 24 September 1972.
Across 166 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 427 records.

Record Map

480 stations

480 station records on 24 September 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 September 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Celina	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kyrylivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	42.5 C (108.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cumikan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atlin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caron	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kubanskaya Ustevaya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Atoyac (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sequim	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prince	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Empress	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fowlerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iron River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macklin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mana 1026	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Palmiet, Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elk Point	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Elbow	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Annex Creek	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brookport Dam 52	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

480 records

Records set or tied on 24 September 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 143, Highest daily minimum 33, Lowest daily minimum 86, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 24 September 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	143
Highest daily minimum	33
Lowest daily minimum	86
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 24 September 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 38, daily 442.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

391 broken records

Margins by which the 391 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 September 1972

Top 20 records on 24 September 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 September 1972	Celina, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 September 1972	Vevay, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	87 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1972	Kyrylivka, UA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1972	Greensburg, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1972	Podor, SN	daily high max	42.5 C (108.5 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	114 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1972	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1972	Kiev, UA	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1972	Arcadia, US	monthly low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1972	Vanceburg, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1972	Medicine Hat A, CA	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1972	Waverly, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1972	Cumikan, RU	daily rain	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1972	Greenfield, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1972	Atlin, CA	monthly low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
24 September 1972	Barkerville, CA	monthly low max	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1972	Caron, CA	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1972	Kubanskaya Ustevaya, RU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1972	Richmond, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1972	Atoyac (Smn), MX	monthly low min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
24 September 1972	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	33 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

1803 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1972. 1972 had 480 records.

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

Records on 09-24 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1835	1
1836	1
1842	1
1847	1
1852	2
1854	2
1857	2
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1870	3
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	1
1877	3
1878	2
1881	5
1884	1
1885	2
1887	1
1889	5
1890	1
1891	2
1892	5
1893	1
1894	2
1895	7
1896	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	3
1902	10
1903	8
1904	9
1905	7
1906	5
1907	20
1908	23
1909	31
1910	8
1911	11
1912	49
1913	9
1914	23
1915	159
1916	253
1917	87
1918	7
1919	26
1920	69
1921	23
1922	49
1923	70
1924	175
1925	146
1926	630
1927	194
1928	603
1929	137
1930	488
1931	463
1932	354
1933	424
1934	367
1935	449
1936	329
1937	237
1938	355
1939	331
1940	319
1941	319
1942	918
1943	413
1944	334
1945	475
1946	425
1947	704
1948	422
1949	554
1950	778
1951	580
1952	425
1953	346
1954	269
1955	577
1956	427
1957	370
1958	725
1959	414
1960	487
1961	680
1962	360
1963	715
1964	329
1965	624
1966	410
1967	394
1968	433
1969	278
1970	1,046
1971	485
1972	480
1973	1,208
1974	1,204
1975	1,116
1976	556
1977	814
1978	619
1979	577
1980	633
1981	604
1982	702
1983	1,128
1984	1,565
1985	771
1986	1,207
1987	729
1988	740
1989	1,668
1990	969
1991	519
1992	1,250
1993	1,055
1994	842
1995	1,251
1996	676
1997	1,238
1998	945
1999	933
2000	1,966
2001	1,097
2002	885
2003	863
2004	600
2005	1,256
2006	1,306
2007	1,244
2008	633
2009	866
2010	1,340
2011	770
2012	545
2013	514
2014	764
2015	770
2016	732
2017	1,402
2018	497
2019	516
2020	754
2021	457
2022	395
2023	689
2024	778
2025	576
2026	389

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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	317
10 to 20	43
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2