Weather Records on 13 November 1972

1,035 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 November 1972. Highest significance: Wray, US.

Key Facts for 13 November 1972

On 13 November 1972, 1,035 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,007 daily.
Wray set a daily record snowfall of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 13 November 1972.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

1,035 stations

1,035 station records on 13 November 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 November 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Imperial	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Scott City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Paxton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wymore	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cheshunt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Central City	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Central City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Benkelman 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kit Carson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
St Catharines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dalton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bird City 10S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Scott City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hill City Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stapleton 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Holly	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce City	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,035 records

Records set or tied on 13 November 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 660, Heaviest daily snowfall 171, Deepest snow cover 54.

Records on 13 November 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	660
Heaviest daily snowfall	171
Deepest snow cover	54

Records on 13 November 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 1,007.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

943 broken records

Margins by which the 943 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

13 November 1972

Top 20 records on 13 November 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 November 1972	Wray, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Mullen 3S, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Imperial, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Holyoke, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Scott City, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Paxton, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Wymore, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	70 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Cheshunt, AU	monthly rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Houston, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Oakley 4W, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Wakeeney, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Hickman, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Hoxie, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Central City, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Central City, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Benkelman 1N, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	77 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Miller, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	66 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Tarkio, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 November 1972	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
13 November 1972	Audubon, US	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	48 years	58 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

1795 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1972. 1972 had 1,035 records.

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

Records on 11-13 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1823	2
1825	1
1826	1
1835	2
1848	1
1852	1
1855	1
1856	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	2
1866	4
1869	3
1870	1
1873	4
1874	2
1876	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	2
1883	1
1886	2
1888	1
1890	3
1893	1
1894	5
1895	4
1896	3
1897	4
1898	2
1899	2
1900	2
1901	8
1902	17
1903	6
1904	14
1905	13
1906	29
1907	13
1908	9
1909	33
1910	11
1911	62
1912	30
1913	112
1914	43
1915	26
1916	162
1917	66
1918	10
1919	162
1920	88
1921	100
1922	49
1923	178
1924	188
1925	240
1926	129
1927	93
1928	213
1929	426
1930	346
1931	528
1932	357
1933	252
1934	225
1935	317
1936	292
1937	335
1938	429
1939	266
1940	1,131
1941	321
1942	116
1943	144
1944	759
1945	606
1946	566
1947	241
1948	171
1949	440
1950	321
1951	516
1952	246
1953	465
1954	282
1955	1,493
1956	262
1957	395
1958	644
1959	873
1960	397
1961	540
1962	212
1963	360
1964	618
1965	442
1966	388
1967	467
1968	818
1969	620
1970	433
1971	425
1972	1,035
1973	657
1974	658
1975	763
1976	1,219
1977	570
1978	1,014
1979	500
1980	524
1981	884
1982	1,086
1983	1,057
1984	678
1985	1,636
1986	2,629
1987	722
1988	641
1989	1,107
1990	1,155
1991	984
1992	831
1993	1,582
1994	1,091
1995	1,248
1996	1,076
1997	1,330
1998	1,168
1999	2,053
2000	1,597
2001	818
2002	609
2003	867
2004	804
2005	1,071
2006	897
2007	525
2008	768
2009	1,065
2010	1,631
2011	695
2012	507
2013	718
2014	1,591
2015	623
2016	629
2017	266
2018	1,144
2019	2,622
2020	577
2021	474
2022	1,145
2023	566
2024	364
2025	1,238

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Data for records on 1972-11-13: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	807
50 to 100	72
100 to 150	40
150 to 200	14
200 to 250	7
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1