Weather Records on 12 November 1972

716 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 November 1972. Highest significance: Whiteriver 1 SW, US.

Key Facts for 12 November 1972

On 12 November 1972, 716 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 703 daily.
Whiteriver 1 SW set a daily record snow depth of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 12 November 1972.
Across 156 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

716 stations

716 station records on 12 November 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 November 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Farm Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Annanvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cotswold	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling Crossing Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Samford Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malibay(?)	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pinos Altos	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beerwah Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maleny Denning Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orderville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manti	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Diversion Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Huachuca	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bald Knob	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kandanga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Campestre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Friend 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Porciuncula	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.8 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooloolabin Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Little Yabba Sfr 274	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sapulpa 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

716 records

Records set or tied on 12 November 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 444, Heaviest daily snowfall 89, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 12 November 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	444
Heaviest daily snowfall	89
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 12 November 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 703.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

647 broken records

Margins by which the 647 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 November 1972

Top 20 records on 12 November 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 November 1972	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1972	Escalante, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1972	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 November 1972	Eumundi - Crescent Rd, AU	daily rain	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Eagle Farm Racecourse, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Imbil Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Annanvale, AU	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Goodwell Rsch STN, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Cotswold, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Tacoma, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Mooloolah Post Office, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Independence, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Wateranga, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Holyoke, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	78 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Sterling Crossing Forest, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Samford Csiro, AU	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Quemado, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
12 November 1972	Kenilworth Township, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	62 years	46 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

1802 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1972. 1972 had 716 records.

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

Records on 11-12 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1804	1
1823	1
1835	3
1848	1
1849	1
1859	1
1862	2
1864	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	2
1872	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	2
1881	7
1882	3
1885	1
1886	3
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1893	2
1894	6
1895	20
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1899	1
1901	6
1902	20
1903	7
1904	10
1905	14
1906	15
1907	6
1908	9
1909	30
1910	34
1911	56
1912	21
1913	51
1914	18
1915	20
1916	217
1917	29
1918	16
1919	85
1920	198
1921	141
1922	61
1923	99
1924	355
1925	203
1926	224
1927	193
1928	99
1929	203
1930	191
1931	442
1932	237
1933	267
1934	292
1935	458
1936	418
1937	227
1938	529
1939	171
1940	806
1941	294
1942	173
1943	178
1944	398
1945	500
1946	428
1947	532
1948	156
1949	891
1950	458
1951	489
1952	312
1953	413
1954	393
1955	807
1956	243
1957	282
1958	290
1959	605
1960	629
1961	348
1962	233
1963	273
1964	790
1965	362
1966	517
1967	400
1968	1,185
1969	670
1970	872
1971	566
1972	716
1973	1,029
1974	559
1975	580
1976	1,236
1977	767
1978	1,278
1979	686
1980	860
1981	805
1982	1,338
1983	1,116
1984	738
1985	1,727
1986	1,839
1987	1,480
1988	941
1989	1,385
1990	971
1991	1,150
1992	1,247
1993	1,145
1994	1,025
1995	1,856
1996	1,235
1997	1,334
1998	1,214
1999	1,762
2000	1,796
2001	772
2002	1,057
2003	1,100
2004	847
2005	1,017
2006	827
2007	617
2008	680
2009	1,124
2010	1,229
2011	572
2012	1,008
2013	703
2014	1,192
2015	711
2016	609
2017	446
2018	1,277
2019	2,525
2020	1,086
2021	895
2022	1,516
2023	437
2024	396
2025	734

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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	585
50 to 100	44
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	5
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1