Weather Records on 9 October 1972

371 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 October 1972. Highest significance: Tuba City, US.

Key Facts for 9 October 1972

On 9 October 1972, 371 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
104 were record highs and 150 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 367 daily.
Tuba City set a daily record precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 9 October 1972.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

371 stations

371 station records on 9 October 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 October 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjeville (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poncitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indiana (Cima)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
High River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Peppermint Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haileybury	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Schelm	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bremer Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buhta Providenja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kananaskis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huberdeau	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nicolet	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chapala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Rietvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Podor	Senegal	Record high maximum temperature	42.5 C (108.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amos	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salvatierra	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pendzhikent	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trostberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tallering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kananaskis	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseru	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nalbarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redwood City	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wondinong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saragt	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meeline Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muzi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

371 records

Records set or tied on 9 October 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 9 October 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 9 October 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 367.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

295 broken records

Margins by which the 295 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 168.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 October 1972

Top 20 records on 9 October 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 October 1972	Tuba City, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1972	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
9 October 1972	Fernie, CA	daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	53 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1972	Oranjeville (Skl), ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1972	Poncitlan, MX	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1972	Indiana (Cima), BR	daily rain	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1972	High River, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	70 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 October 1972	Santa Cruz, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1972	Hambantota, LK	daily high min	25.7 C (78.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	74 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1972	Peppermint Grove, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1972	Haileybury, CA	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1972	Big Creek, CA	daily low min	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	53 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1972	Manati 2 E, PR	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	67 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1972	Winburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1972	Schelm, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1972	Bremer Bay, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1972	Coleman, CA	daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1972	Buhta Providenja, RU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1972	Beaver Mines, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
9 October 1972	Kananaskis, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	13 years	26 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 371 records.

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

Records on 10-09 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1834	1
1837	1
1846	2
1847	1
1854	2
1858	1
1861	1
1864	2
1865	3
1866	1
1867	2
1869	1
1870	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	2
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1889	1
1890	1
1891	1
1893	5
1895	7
1896	4
1897	1
1898	3
1899	5
1900	5
1901	2
1902	3
1903	15
1904	8
1905	14
1906	29
1907	6
1908	19
1909	34
1910	20
1911	16
1912	23
1913	57
1914	22
1915	25
1916	126
1917	65
1918	16
1919	68
1920	36
1921	217
1922	40
1923	72
1924	95
1925	272
1926	123
1927	107
1928	290
1929	196
1930	276
1931	298
1932	271
1933	187
1934	298
1935	208
1936	569
1937	405
1938	462
1939	877
1940	119
1941	570
1942	330
1943	442
1944	144
1945	539
1946	317
1947	277
1948	438
1949	1,531
1950	618
1951	347
1952	658
1953	343
1954	341
1955	643
1956	468
1957	256
1958	639
1959	1,432
1960	397
1961	622
1962	508
1963	474
1964	841
1965	349
1966	489
1967	347
1968	538
1969	389
1970	1,805
1971	423
1972	371
1973	1,454
1974	513
1975	552
1976	1,448
1977	586
1978	589
1979	914
1980	627
1981	653
1982	1,579
1983	548
1984	579
1985	1,724
1986	556
1987	850
1988	1,060
1989	679
1990	1,714
1991	707
1992	1,050
1993	1,043
1994	772
1995	1,139
1996	1,047
1997	2,113
1998	622
1999	1,017
2000	3,177
2001	855
2002	701
2003	1,386
2004	665
2005	807
2006	640
2007	1,450
2008	473
2009	1,772
2010	1,311
2011	1,046
2012	706
2013	562
2014	652
2015	780
2016	463
2017	1,457
2018	1,290
2019	964
2020	738
2021	751
2022	696
2023	643
2024	963
2025	503
2026	691

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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 25	280
25 to 50	6
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2