Weather Records on 11 October 1972

708 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 October 1972. Highest significance: Henichesk, UA.

Key Facts for 11 October 1972

On 11 October 1972, 708 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
138 were record highs and 243 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 692 daily.
Henichesk set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 11 October 1972.
Across 165 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

708 stations

708 station records on 11 October 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 October 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stereguscij	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Quintana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kherson	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Candido Rodrigues	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pedra Bela	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vinhedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Baixa (Usina Amalia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vila Carmem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte Guatapara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jaborandi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Urmi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhni Sirohozy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yevpatoriia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Amalia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Garca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.8 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mahnomen	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ibitiuva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Manuel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jundiai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Estacao Experimental	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Chantebled	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Itajobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pedro Leopoldo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Das Palmeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Sofia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salto Grande (Cpfl)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Piracicaba (Cpef)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeirao Bonito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marilia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Piracicaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jaboticatubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prudente de Morais - A	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Icem (Usina Marimbondo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Lucia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corumbatai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pompeia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.5 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Neran	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Araujos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ribeirao Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rancharia (Mc Fadden)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.1 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Searsville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osage City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

708 records

Records set or tied on 11 October 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 92, Lowest daily minimum 161, Heaviest daily rainfall 314, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 11 October 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	92
Lowest daily minimum	161
Heaviest daily rainfall	314
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 11 October 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 16, daily 692.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

583 broken records

Margins by which the 583 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 October 1972

Top 20 records on 11 October 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 October 1972	Henichesk, UA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Ada, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Pleasant Valley, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Stereguscij, UA	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily low min	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Yalta, UA	daily rain	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Quintana, BR	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Aunet, NO	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Kherson, UA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Candido Rodrigues, BR	daily rain	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Pedra Bela, BR	monthly rain	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Vinhedo, BR	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Colonia Baixa (Usina Amalia), BR	daily rain	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Vila Carmem, BR	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Ponte Guatapara, BR	daily rain	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Jaborandi, BR	daily rain	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Urmi, RU	monthly rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Nizhni Sirohozy, UA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
11 October 1972	Yevpatoriia, UA	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	41 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

1793 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1972. 1972 had 708 records.

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

Records on 10-11 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1801	1
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1807	1
1811	1
1814	2
1839	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	4
1861	1
1864	2
1867	2
1869	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	4
1877	3
1879	2
1880	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	4
1888	2
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	4
1900	1
1901	8
1902	14
1903	10
1904	20
1905	17
1906	52
1907	10
1908	11
1909	17
1910	31
1911	14
1912	21
1913	48
1914	40
1915	14
1916	25
1917	48
1918	32
1919	76
1920	140
1921	92
1922	35
1923	231
1924	149
1925	196
1926	137
1927	176
1928	713
1929	259
1930	656
1931	396
1932	235
1933	200
1934	862
1935	245
1936	243
1937	242
1938	438
1939	249
1940	201
1941	190
1942	537
1943	414
1944	247
1945	284
1946	770
1947	405
1948	736
1949	835
1950	450
1951	538
1952	472
1953	408
1954	672
1955	434
1956	894
1957	258
1958	795
1959	1,027
1960	333
1961	610
1962	857
1963	570
1964	927
1965	202
1966	279
1967	643
1968	312
1969	1,032
1970	859
1971	521
1972	708
1973	1,325
1974	356
1975	559
1976	565
1977	655
1978	426
1979	1,260
1980	478
1981	776
1982	1,141
1983	542
1984	552
1985	977
1986	961
1987	1,603
1988	621
1989	571
1990	1,617
1991	1,055
1992	527
1993	883
1994	726
1995	975
1996	842
1997	1,809
1998	750
1999	996
2000	1,782
2001	962
2002	1,000
2003	1,191
2004	593
2005	1,044
2006	840
2007	610
2008	1,369
2009	2,594
2010	964
2011	1,176
2012	696
2013	666
2014	620
2015	1,032
2016	378
2017	1,101
2018	1,517
2019	1,760
2020	680
2021	873
2022	244
2023	858
2024	842
2025	711
2026	897

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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	480
20 to 40	86
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1