Weather Records on 19 October 1972

2,304 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 October 1972. Highest significance: Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 19 October 1972

On 19 October 1972, 2,304 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
154 were record highs and 1,508 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 141 monthly and 2,157 daily.
Double Island Point Lighthouse set a monthly record daily precipitation of 174.2 mm (6.9 in) on 19 October 1972.
Across 159 earlier years (1806 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 19 October 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 October 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Double Island Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Durango	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenix Indian School	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Blue	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tacoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne (Lorne Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Megan (the Mount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Payson Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Stanley Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Coopernook State For	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Fork 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowraville (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kelvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rodeo	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenix AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bellbrook (East Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canungra Finch Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,304 records

Records set or tied on 19 October 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 756, Highest daily minimum 104, Lowest daily minimum 752, Heaviest daily rainfall 476, Heaviest daily snowfall 138, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 19 October 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	756
Highest daily minimum	104
Lowest daily minimum	752
Heaviest daily rainfall	476
Heaviest daily snowfall	138
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 19 October 1972 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 141, daily 2,157.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,982 broken records

Margins by which the 1,982 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 139.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 October 1972

Top 20 records on 19 October 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 October 1972	Double Island Point Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	79 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
19 October 1972	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1972	Durango, US	all-time rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	66 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1972	South Grafton Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1972	Bowie, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	61 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1972	Ipswich, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	60 of 100 (Major)
19 October 1972	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1972	Casa Grande Nm, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1972	Harwood Island (Harwood Sugar, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1972	Phoenix Indian School, US	monthly rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1972	Blue, US	all-time rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1972	Porterville, US	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1972	Hillsboro, US	monthly rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1972	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1972	Nambucca Heads Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1972	Franklin Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1972	Tacoma, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1972	Copmanhurst Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1972	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	58 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
19 October 1972	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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

1806 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1972. 1972 had 2,304 records.

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

Records on 10-19 in each year
Year	Records
1806	2
1808	1
1811	2
1812	1
1826	1
1835	2
1843	1
1845	1
1849	1
1851	1
1854	1
1856	1
1862	1
1864	1
1866	2
1870	1
1874	5
1875	1
1877	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1885	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	2
1891	6
1893	1
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	10
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	6
1903	4
1904	32
1905	26
1906	24
1907	13
1908	20
1909	14
1910	40
1911	14
1912	15
1913	16
1914	25
1915	25
1916	61
1917	114
1918	24
1919	23
1920	82
1921	88
1922	110
1923	89
1924	153
1925	194
1926	141
1927	340
1928	157
1929	131
1930	635
1931	236
1932	327
1933	497
1934	288
1935	432
1936	409
1937	476
1938	400
1939	264
1940	864
1941	237
1942	270
1943	523
1944	295
1945	377
1946	297
1947	1,056
1948	855
1949	903
1950	1,126
1951	231
1952	253
1953	1,004
1954	490
1955	475
1956	490
1957	348
1958	527
1959	365
1960	546
1961	319
1962	341
1963	796
1964	585
1965	495
1966	988
1967	464
1968	522
1969	532
1970	374
1971	933
1972	2,304
1973	745
1974	922
1975	436
1976	1,386
1977	353
1978	440
1979	1,237
1980	659
1981	494
1982	855
1983	930
1984	1,724
1985	974
1986	505
1987	511
1988	646
1989	1,891
1990	732
1991	882
1992	1,145
1993	1,044
1994	746
1995	814
1996	829
1997	1,025
1998	790
1999	709
2000	1,039
2001	630
2002	1,018
2003	1,448
2004	1,569
2005	980
2006	1,023
2007	1,282
2008	407
2009	1,207
2010	567
2011	742
2012	981
2013	467
2014	1,077
2015	767
2016	1,013
2017	500
2018	516
2019	518
2020	1,032
2021	599
2022	1,675
2023	1,136
2024	859
2025	498

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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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	1,788
20 to 40	137
40 to 60	39
60 to 80	11
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2