Weather Records on 29 November 1972

367 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 November 1972. Highest significance: Cameron Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 29 November 1972

On 29 November 1972, 367 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
73 were record highs and 95 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 358 daily.
Cameron Downs set a daily record precipitation of 61.0 mm (2.4 in) on 29 November 1972.
Across 161 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

367 stations

367 station records on 29 November 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 November 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Eromanga - Webber St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tallyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Howitt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moselle Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weltevreden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
West Quarter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spearman	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Comongin North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hooker	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dotswood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
South Comongin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Abisko	Sweden	Record snow depth	63.0 cm (24.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Utah Lake Lehi	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laersdrift (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goombie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lerida	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cotija	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gruver	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lansdowne Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quilpie Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Alfred Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Isparta	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

367 records

Records set or tied on 29 November 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 29 November 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 29 November 1972 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 358.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 220.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 November 1972

Top 20 records on 29 November 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 November 1972	Cameron Downs, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1972	Eromanga - Webber St, AU	monthly rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	65 of 100 (Major)
29 November 1972	Tallyabra, AU	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Kyabra, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Mt Howitt, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Moselle Downs Station, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Stonehenge, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Toliness Station, AU	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Sellheim, AU	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Weltevreden, ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	77 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Goodwell Rsch STN, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	West Quarter, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Liberal, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	41 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Forestburg 5 S, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	73 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Perryton, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Charleston Intl AP, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Spearman, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Pretoria-New Cemetry, ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 November 1972	Comongin North, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	37 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

1797 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1972. 1972 had 367 records.

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

Records on 11-29 in each year
Year	Records
1797	2
1806	1
1807	2
1808	1
1815	2
1817	1
1822	1
1825	2
1827	2
1828	2
1836	1
1838	1
1849	2
1850	2
1851	1
1871	2
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	3
1893	4
1896	1
1897	2
1898	4
1899	7
1900	5
1901	3
1902	8
1903	19
1904	7
1905	44
1906	27
1907	8
1908	14
1909	25
1910	28
1911	14
1912	15
1913	44
1914	32
1915	51
1916	61
1917	46
1918	15
1919	66
1920	70
1921	31
1922	31
1923	86
1924	59
1925	85
1926	92
1927	649
1928	88
1929	665
1930	439
1931	217
1932	413
1933	669
1934	612
1935	176
1936	87
1937	231
1938	288
1939	281
1940	321
1941	485
1942	428
1943	187
1944	198
1945	342
1946	294
1947	371
1948	618
1949	655
1950	586
1951	173
1952	815
1953	244
1954	320
1955	1,121
1956	379
1957	327
1958	927
1959	565
1960	426
1961	289
1962	611
1963	539
1964	797
1965	241
1966	807
1967	391
1968	526
1969	596
1970	851
1971	1,107
1972	367
1973	747
1974	497
1975	1,617
1976	2,199
1977	1,266
1978	612
1979	811
1980	665
1981	674
1982	795
1983	1,457
1984	642
1985	2,683
1986	817
1987	1,070
1988	629
1989	636
1990	924
1991	1,304
1992	669
1993	816
1994	1,023
1995	1,225
1996	1,308
1997	1,338
1998	2,529
1999	946
2000	882
2001	2,082
2002	1,080
2003	752
2004	1,227
2005	1,288
2006	1,998
2007	538
2008	1,004
2009	652
2010	1,659
2011	1,335
2012	927
2013	528
2014	1,138
2015	720
2016	692
2017	358
2018	803
2019	973
2020	271
2021	1,202
2022	648
2023	787
2024	465
2025	756

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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	274
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1