Weather Records on 2 November 1972

746 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 November 1972. Highest significance: Ainsworth, US.

Key Facts for 2 November 1972

On 2 November 1972, 746 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 690 daily.
Ainsworth set an all-time record daily snowfall of 63.5 cm (25.0 in) on 2 November 1972.
Across 159 earlier years (1805 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

746 stations

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

Weather records on 2 November 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
De Soto	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wolsey	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chamberlain	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Flambeau Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ladysmith 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Caetano Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bulwer (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Watersmeet	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ortonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wagner	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Impendle (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parkston 8 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lac Victoria	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elliot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

746 records

Records set or tied on 2 November 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 502, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 2 November 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	502
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 2 November 1972 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 52, daily 690.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 November 1972

Top 20 records on 2 November 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 November 1972	Ainsworth, US	all-time snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	66 years	85 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 November 1972	Springview 2NW, US	all-time snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1972	La Delle 7 NE, US	monthly rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1972	Waterloo 6SW, US	monthly rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1972	De Soto, US	monthly rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 November 1972	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1972	Apatzingan (Smn), MX	monthly rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1972	Lodgepole, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1972	Wolsey, US	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1972	Rest Lake, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1972	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1972	Chamberlain, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1972	Flambeau Rsvr, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1972	Valley Park, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1972	Mullen 3S, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1972	Gregory, US	all-time snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	16 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1972	Alexandria, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1972	Houston, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1972	Ladysmith 3W, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 November 1972	Sao Caetano Do Sul, BR	daily rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	17 years	48 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

1805 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1972. 1972 had 746 records.

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

Records on 11-02 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1830	2
1836	1
1837	2
1841	1
1848	1
1851	2
1853	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	3
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	3
1885	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	6
1895	1
1896	8
1897	2
1898	8
1899	2
1900	7
1901	4
1902	9
1903	5
1904	21
1905	17
1906	15
1907	10
1908	14
1909	21
1910	27
1911	63
1912	42
1913	53
1914	47
1915	23
1916	41
1917	23
1918	41
1919	96
1920	43
1921	34
1922	47
1923	85
1924	215
1925	113
1926	169
1927	369
1928	245
1929	440
1930	291
1931	325
1932	280
1933	516
1934	476
1935	877
1936	937
1937	236
1938	965
1939	205
1940	372
1941	236
1942	464
1943	192
1944	497
1945	299
1946	633
1947	374
1948	317
1949	436
1950	625
1951	2,078
1952	487
1953	486
1954	873
1955	508
1956	1,184
1957	452
1958	226
1959	466
1960	338
1961	1,002
1962	335
1963	528
1964	511
1965	850
1966	1,187
1967	581
1968	753
1969	399
1970	384
1971	1,130
1972	746
1973	593
1974	828
1975	560
1976	906
1977	742
1978	899
1979	589
1980	767
1981	1,051
1982	913
1983	880
1984	1,097
1985	817
1986	518
1987	1,294
1988	1,024
1989	577
1990	873
1991	3,070
1992	1,567
1993	1,689
1994	1,125
1995	1,300
1996	724
1997	824
1998	864
1999	1,212
2000	1,145
2001	470
2002	1,323
2003	1,129
2004	1,279
2005	942
2006	818
2007	462
2008	1,133
2009	877
2010	784
2011	861
2012	577
2013	364
2014	1,007
2015	1,079
2016	1,047
2017	498
2018	601
2019	524
2020	2,172
2021	284
2022	877
2023	1,020
2024	460
2025	447

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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	635
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2