Weather Records on 15 November 1972

603 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 November 1972. Highest significance: Central City, US.

Key Facts for 15 November 1972

On 15 November 1972, 603 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 593 daily.
Central City set a daily record snow depth of 22.9 cm (9.0 in) on 15 November 1972.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 464 records.

Record Map

603 stations

603 station records on 15 November 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 November 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Central City	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Creekside	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stapleton 5 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Jetport	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shelburne Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkio	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific Heights	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cartwright	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Dithmarschen Helse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hoxie	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mays Mill	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pindai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alliston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hartford Brainard Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzwilliam 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnatus	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cengcane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Copper Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beechwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Falls Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

603 records

Records set or tied on 15 November 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 159, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Heaviest daily snowfall 94, Deepest snow cover 77.

Records on 15 November 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	159
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	94
Deepest snow cover	77

Records on 15 November 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 593.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

502 broken records

Margins by which the 502 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 267.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 November 1972

Top 20 records on 15 November 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 November 1972	Central City, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
15 November 1972	Gloversville, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Creekside, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Keene, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	66 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Bellows Falls, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Stapleton 5 SSE, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Pembroke, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Chelsea, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Readsboro 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Portland Jetport, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Searsburg STN, US	monthly snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Shelburne Falls, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Tarkio, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Pacific Heights, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Cartwright, CA	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	6 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Newport, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	5 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Kr. Dithmarschen Helse, DE	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 November 1972	Keene, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	76 years	39 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

1794 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1972. 1972 had 603 records.

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

Records on 11-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1805	3
1823	1
1824	1
1835	2
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1859	1
1867	3
1869	1
1876	4
1877	3
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1882	4
1883	3
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	7
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	1
1897	6
1898	1
1899	2
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	8
1904	3
1905	22
1906	11
1907	9
1908	28
1909	22
1910	14
1911	35
1912	42
1913	18
1914	44
1915	33
1916	127
1917	369
1918	46
1919	74
1920	184
1921	56
1922	30
1923	67
1924	57
1925	154
1926	383
1927	469
1928	375
1929	279
1930	635
1931	626
1932	482
1933	714
1934	388
1935	175
1936	304
1937	239
1938	221
1939	374
1940	1,180
1941	569
1942	375
1943	278
1944	220
1945	195
1946	386
1947	637
1948	536
1949	244
1950	649
1951	486
1952	481
1953	855
1954	307
1955	1,850
1956	645
1957	448
1958	893
1959	861
1960	574
1961	679
1962	423
1963	482
1964	893
1965	633
1966	519
1967	607
1968	615
1969	1,184
1970	634
1971	657
1972	603
1973	693
1974	392
1975	478
1976	780
1977	412
1978	906
1979	623
1980	562
1981	591
1982	568
1983	1,083
1984	362
1985	1,299
1986	872
1987	759
1988	830
1989	1,113
1990	868
1991	684
1992	675
1993	1,962
1994	960
1995	1,717
1996	1,139
1997	1,951
1998	735
1999	1,049
2000	1,345
2001	1,560
2002	684
2003	567
2004	858
2005	1,132
2006	1,114
2007	647
2008	789
2009	830
2010	1,270
2011	705
2012	302
2013	403
2014	1,651
2015	672
2016	918
2017	437
2018	1,319
2019	507
2020	872
2021	816
2022	848
2023	504
2024	473
2025	1,236

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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	428
50 to 100	42
100 to 150	21
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	2