Weather Records on 13 December 1972

991 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 December 1972. Highest significance: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU.

Key Facts for 13 December 1972

On 13 December 1972, 991 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
177 were record highs and 396 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 973 daily.
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij set a daily record precipitation of 85.3 mm (3.4 in) on 13 December 1972.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

991 stations

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

Weather records on 13 December 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Aux Basques	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Houghton Lake 6 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stratton	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Redmond 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Beulah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fauquier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fauquier	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wind River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stave Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moro	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coquitlam Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Romeo 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Owyhee Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wheatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Grove 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

991 records

Records set or tied on 13 December 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 215, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 181, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 130, Deepest snow cover 107.

Records on 13 December 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	215
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	181
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	130
Deepest snow cover	107

Records on 13 December 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 16, daily 973.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

786 broken records

Margins by which the 786 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 December 1972

Top 20 records on 13 December 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 December 1972	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1972	Minocqua, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 December 1972	Milford, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Port Aux Basques, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Houghton Lake 6 WSW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	51 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Stratton, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Redmond 2 W, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Beulah, US	daily low max	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	73 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Williamston 3NE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Pendleton, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Mc Minnville, US	daily low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	50 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Vale, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Standish 4NE, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Phelps, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Jacksonville 2E, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Horton, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Bloomingdale, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1972	Charlevoix, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	62 years	42 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

1796 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1972. 1972 had 991 records.

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

Records on 12-13 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1802	1
1808	2
1814	2
1825	2
1831	1
1835	2
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1852	2
1855	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	2
1870	2
1871	1
1873	1
1878	6
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1885	1
1887	1
1890	1
1891	9
1892	1
1893	4
1894	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	5
1901	4
1902	13
1903	13
1904	8
1905	3
1906	7
1907	11
1908	6
1909	23
1910	45
1911	72
1912	42
1913	23
1914	35
1915	51
1916	207
1917	144
1918	87
1919	52
1920	55
1921	65
1922	84
1923	206
1924	139
1925	160
1926	228
1927	566
1928	227
1929	303
1930	52
1931	525
1932	385
1933	422
1934	186
1935	168
1936	242
1937	375
1938	89
1939	159
1940	426
1941	324
1942	312
1943	244
1944	426
1945	355
1946	455
1947	306
1948	450
1949	321
1950	290
1951	226
1952	431
1953	222
1954	345
1955	479
1956	477
1957	566
1958	855
1959	297
1960	981
1961	898
1962	1,365
1963	442
1964	398
1965	811
1966	653
1967	743
1968	593
1969	545
1970	221
1971	567
1972	991
1973	625
1974	291
1975	1,038
1976	411
1977	685
1978	446
1979	1,072
1980	536
1981	912
1982	740
1983	1,121
1984	1,172
1985	1,642
1986	381
1987	675
1988	906
1989	1,355
1990	649
1991	1,734
1992	1,113
1993	960
1994	1,094
1995	1,634
1996	833
1997	1,126
1998	1,221
1999	964
2000	2,914
2001	1,092
2002	602
2003	1,131
2004	493
2005	589
2006	957
2007	720
2008	1,583
2009	1,016
2010	1,776
2011	833
2012	837
2013	451
2014	1,046
2015	2,363
2016	397
2017	749
2018	380
2019	520
2020	445
2021	420
2022	1,122
2023	486
2024	296
2025	1,343

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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 2026-10-14 (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	689
50 to 100	62
100 to 150	22
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1