Weather Records on 22 October 1972

780 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 October 1972. Highest significance: Gympie, AU.

Key Facts for 22 October 1972

On 22 October 1972, 780 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
74 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 763 daily.
Gympie set a daily record precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 22 October 1972.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

780 stations

780 station records on 22 October 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 October 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vicosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Onor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaceburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lucan	Canada	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlesville Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vjazemskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pilvo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cushing	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Troickoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Thomas	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ternej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	81.9 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coalgate 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand River Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tivjaku	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record snow depth	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fife Lake 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Point Isl du Boi	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atoka	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

780 records

Records set or tied on 22 October 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 502, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 22 October 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	502
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 22 October 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 763.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

713 broken records

Margins by which the 713 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 October 1972

Top 20 records on 22 October 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 October 1972	Gympie, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	65 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1972	Mayaguez City, PR	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	68 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 October 1972	Tahlequah, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Vicosa, BR	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Timovskoe, RU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	50 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Onor, RU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Appleton City, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Wallaceburg, CA	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Lucan, CA	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Natchez, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Bartlesville Muni AP, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	19 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Eufaula 6 SSW, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Perkins, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Georgetown, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Vjazemskaja, RU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Pilvo, RU	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 October 1972	Columbus, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	48 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 780 records.

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

Records on 10-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1802	1
1810	3
1826	1
1840	1
1842	1
1843	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	6
1883	1
1884	3
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	15
1892	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	5
1896	1
1897	2
1898	8
1900	3
1901	7
1902	3
1903	8
1904	17
1905	13
1906	12
1907	14
1908	24
1909	6
1910	9
1911	43
1912	22
1913	59
1914	20
1915	57
1916	226
1917	74
1918	27
1919	62
1920	172
1921	78
1922	50
1923	105
1924	142
1925	265
1926	97
1927	227
1928	133
1929	417
1930	401
1931	272
1932	209
1933	484
1934	599
1935	874
1936	681
1937	348
1938	133
1939	602
1940	498
1941	576
1942	339
1943	208
1944	299
1945	547
1946	282
1947	754
1948	292
1949	481
1950	400
1951	581
1952	602
1953	615
1954	372
1955	457
1956	324
1957	885
1958	345
1959	524
1960	393
1961	523
1962	203
1963	909
1964	294
1965	433
1966	362
1967	316
1968	300
1969	966
1970	714
1971	626
1972	780
1973	569
1974	910
1975	742
1976	1,194
1977	624
1978	678
1979	1,826
1980	547
1981	943
1982	979
1983	712
1984	1,798
1985	797
1986	1,049
1987	944
1988	999
1989	1,353
1990	1,042
1991	718
1992	1,151
1993	654
1994	631
1995	1,399
1996	1,743
1997	1,072
1998	853
1999	721
2000	1,070
2001	774
2002	1,419
2003	2,006
2004	1,371
2005	1,090
2006	1,296
2007	1,060
2008	846
2009	826
2010	723
2011	691
2012	914
2013	845
2014	603
2015	600
2016	652
2017	720
2018	488
2019	589
2020	1,664
2021	412
2022	955
2023	567
2024	911
2025	566

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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	677
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1