Weather Records on 14 October 1972

463 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 October 1972. Highest significance: Goedemoed (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 14 October 1972

On 14 October 1972, 463 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
167 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 460 daily.
Goedemoed (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 38.0 mm (1.5 in) on 14 October 1972.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

463 stations

463 station records on 14 October 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 October 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goedemoed (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sumy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Imeny_T.G.Shevchenko	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Den Haag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Tamoio (Bela Vista)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kunda	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caplinger Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indaiatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kihnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Coke (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lubny	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nachiki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Carlos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kondoma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Konotop	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Blackleaf	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Campo Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mbulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kojnas	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winslow AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Hairyuzovo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

463 records

Records set or tied on 14 October 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 14 October 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 14 October 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 460.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

353 broken records

Margins by which the 353 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 October 1972

Top 20 records on 14 October 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 October 1972	Goedemoed (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1972	Sumy, UA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1972	Hillside, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1972	Imeny_T.G.Shevchenko, UA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1972	Den Haag, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	6 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1972	St Andrews, CA	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	87 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1972	Monterey, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1972	Rangely 1E, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	74 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1972	Usina Tamoio (Bela Vista), BR	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1972	Kunda, EE	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1972	Morgan 1 W, US	daily high max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	74 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1972	Caplinger Mills, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 October 1972	Seymour (Mag), ZA	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1972	Qacu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1972	Turi, EE	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	17 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1972	Eldorado Springs, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1972	Indaiatuba, BR	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1972	Inverell Comparison, AU	daily low min	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	62 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1972	Kihnu, EE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 October 1972	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	monthly rain	95.7 mm (3.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	30 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 463 records.

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

Records on 10-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1799	1
1809	1
1811	2
1817	1
1834	1
1836	1
1838	1
1849	1
1850	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	1
1862	2
1866	1
1871	2
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	2
1876	6
1877	2
1878	1
1881	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	6
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	3
1894	9
1895	6
1896	4
1897	3
1898	5
1899	7
1900	7
1901	6
1902	7
1903	6
1904	5
1905	10
1906	7
1907	11
1908	12
1909	13
1910	14
1911	8
1912	33
1913	37
1914	26
1915	80
1916	29
1917	47
1918	26
1919	36
1920	63
1921	107
1922	35
1923	90
1924	61
1925	237
1926	120
1927	167
1928	251
1929	286
1930	233
1931	338
1932	278
1933	231
1934	435
1935	305
1936	239
1937	1,219
1938	491
1939	268
1940	320
1941	413
1942	411
1943	358
1944	277
1945	419
1946	398
1947	667
1948	292
1949	697
1950	432
1951	319
1952	447
1953	318
1954	982
1955	540
1956	523
1957	491
1958	630
1959	747
1960	437
1961	578
1962	1,082
1963	573
1964	477
1965	252
1966	1,224
1967	259
1968	942
1969	1,507
1970	759
1971	645
1972	463
1973	553
1974	622
1975	991
1976	862
1977	954
1978	856
1979	1,056
1980	674
1981	1,155
1982	684
1983	889
1984	639
1985	816
1986	1,457
1987	1,078
1988	1,297
1989	587
1990	1,469
1991	817
1992	1,350
1993	1,223
1994	1,049
1995	1,277
1996	559
1997	1,098
1998	930
1999	957
2000	1,073
2001	1,431
2002	868
2003	771
2004	721
2005	755
2006	1,298
2007	610
2008	1,017
2009	2,473
2010	642
2011	695
2012	806
2013	503
2014	971
2015	991
2016	704
2017	1,048
2018	2,218
2019	616
2020	639
2021	1,230
2022	876
2023	468
2024	918
2025	853
2026	488

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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	301
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2