Amherst Weather in 1972

Historical record of Amherst, Massachusetts weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Amherst Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	91 °F	July 19
Lowest temperature	-15 °F	February 23
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 19
Lowest daily high	19 °F	February 21
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	June 1
Most daily snow	12.0 inches	February 19
Total annual precipitation	52.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	65.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Amherst in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1972 was 91 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Amherst in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	91 °F	Jul 19
1	91 °F	Jul 18
1	91 °F	Jul 12
4	90 °F	Jul 20
4	90 °F	Jul 17
4	90 °F	Jul 13
7	89 °F	Aug 25
7	89 °F	Jul 16
7	89 °F	Jul 14
7	89 °F	Jul 3
7	89 °F	Jul 2

What was the coldest temperature in Amherst in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1972 was -15 °F which happened on Feb 23.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Amherst in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-15 °F	February 23
2	-12 °F	January 6
3	-7 °F	January 1
4	-6 °F	February 21
5	-5 °F	February 27
6	-2 °F	January 17
7	0 °F	February 12
7	0 °F	February 9
7	0 °F	January 29
10	1 °F	February 1

January 1972 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	25	-7	0.00	0.0
January 2	34	24	0.53	0.5
January 3	43	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	42	18	0.02	0.0
January 5	34	24	0.04	1.0
January 6	27	-12	0.00	0.0
January 7	29	3	0.00	0.0
January 8	35	17	0.00	0.0
January 9	40	4	0.00	0.0
January 10	52	32	0.28	0.0
January 11	44	26	0.04	0.0
January 12	46	26	0.00	0.0
January 13	46	23	0.01	0.0
January 14	53	29	0.10	0.0
January 15	33	15	0.00	0.0
January 16	29	2	0.00	0.0
January 17	31	-2	0.00	0.0
January 18	46	11	0.00	0.0
January 19	52	31	0.00	0.0
January 20	43	19	0.00	0.0
January 21	38	30	0.06	1.0
January 22	33	27	0.00	0.0
January 23	49	27	0.00	0.0
January 24	45	31	0.11	0.0
January 25	52	28	0.27	0.0
January 26	33	11	0.00	0.0
January 27	26	9	0.27	0.0
January 28	29	17	0.13	2.5
January 29	29	0	0.00	0.0
January 30	36	5	0.00	0.0
January 31	34	6	0.00	0.0

February 1972 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	1	0.00	0.0
February 2	31	11	0.00	0.0
February 3	31	18	0.10	2.0
February 4	47	22	0.74	0.0
February 5	30	9	0.00	0.0
February 6	24	5	0.00	0.0
February 7	27	16	0.07	1.3
February 8	20	4	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	0	0.00	0.0
February 10	34	2	0.00	0.0
February 11	31	2	0.00	0.0
February 12	36	0	0.00	0.0
February 13	42	17	0.00	0.0
February 14	45	34	0.43	0.0
February 15	52	26	0.00	0.0
February 16	50	30	0.00	0.0
February 17	36	17	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	22	0.00	0.0
February 19	34	27	1.29	12.0
February 20	29	14	0.05	1.0
February 21	19	-6	0.00	0.0
February 22	36	12	0.00	0.0
February 23	20	-15	0.00	0.0
February 24	35	10	0.22	3.0
February 25	44	22	0.00	0.0
February 26	39	24	0.52	6.0
February 27	42	-5	0.05	1.0
February 28	44	25	0.00	0.0
February 29	48	28	0.00	0.0

March 1972 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	60	23	0.00	0.0
March 2	57	33	0.11	0.0
March 3	41	24	0.59	0.1
March 4	32	10	0.02	0.2
March 5	34	23	0.14	2.0
March 6	35	8	0.00	0.0
March 7	47	10	0.00	0.0
March 8	47	32	0.08	0.0
March 9	35	15	0.00	0.0
March 10	33	5	0.00	0.0
March 11	34	8	0.00	0.0
March 12	38	29	0.12	0.0
March 13	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 14	44	28	0.03	0.0
March 15	33	21	0.72	10.0
March 16	48	18	0.00	0.0
March 17	44	33	1.73	0.0
March 18	45	35	0.14	0.0
March 19	45	23	0.00	0.0
March 20	40	17	0.00	0.0
March 21	48	26	0.00	0.0
March 22	53	35	0.96	0.0
March 23	53	35	0.16	0.0
March 24	47	31	0.01	0.0
March 25	39	28	0.00	0.0
March 26	38	22	0.00	0.0
March 27	37	24	0.00	0.0
March 28	46	20	0.00	0.0
March 29	57	24	0.00	0.0
March 30	55	32	0.04	0.0
March 31	44	32	0.00	0.0

April 1972 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	59	24	0.00	0.0
April 2	58	27	0.17	0.0
April 3	45	22	0.00	0.0
April 4	43	22	0.30	2.0
April 5	46	20	0.01	0.0
April 6	48	21	0.00	0.0
April 7	48	21	0.42	4.0
April 8	37	22	0.00	0.0
April 9	45	26	0.00	0.0
April 10	49	28	0.00	0.0
April 11	49	26	0.13	0.0
April 12	58	24	0.00	0.0
April 13	57	28	0.92	0.0
April 14	51	31	0.00	0.0
April 15	50	31	0.00	0.0
April 16	59	37	0.00	0.0
April 17	64	38	0.38	0.0
April 18	68	29	0.00	0.0
April 19	81	39	0.00	0.0
April 20	80	34	0.88	0.0
April 21	54	25	0.01	0.0
April 22	54	27	0.00	0.0
April 23	57	38	0.73	0.0
April 24	57	44	0.11	0.0
April 25	56	28	0.00	0.0
April 26	55	24	0.00	0.0
April 27	52	30	0.00	0.0
April 28	61	20	0.00	0.0
April 29	65	31	0.00	0.0
April 30	76	26	0.00	0.0

May 1972 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	77	47	0.00
May 2	74	50	0.35
May 3	52	41	0.08
May 4	53	46	0.82
May 5	59	41	0.03
May 6	64	29	0.00
May 7	68	49	0.00
May 8	67	43	0.31
May 9	46	42	0.65
May 10	58	39	0.01
May 11	64	29	0.01
May 12	70	29	0.02
May 13	78	35	0.00
May 14	76	48	0.00
May 15	68	54	0.88
May 16	74	56	0.41
May 17	75	58	0.01
May 18	78	50	0.03
May 19	75	48	0.00
May 20	62	51	0.08
May 21	76	52	0.33
May 22	81	51	0.00
May 23	82	40	0.00
May 24	82	43	0.00
May 25	n/a	44	0.00
May 26	69	32	0.00
May 27	74	35	0.00
May 28	81	40	0.00
May 29	83	45	0.00
May 30	82	49	0.00
May 31	77	60	0.70

June 1972 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	61	1.75
June 2	72	46	0.26
June 3	76	46	0.01
June 4	76	56	0.00
June 5	81	58	0.45
June 6	74	50	0.00
June 7	74	54	0.19
June 8	68	42	0.05
June 9	80	56	0.44
June 10	80	56	1.47
June 11	62	35	0.00
June 12	71	36	0.00
June 13	74	55	0.00
June 14	79	58	0.00
June 15	80	62	0.00
June 16	80	62	0.10
June 17	80	63	0.03
June 18	78	65	0.19
June 19	77	60	0.17
June 20	79	61	0.44
June 21	79	65	0.00
June 22	78	64	0.03
June 23	71	57	0.05
June 24	67	55	0.75
June 25	70	57	0.00
June 26	69	53	0.53
June 27	79	56	0.04
June 28	84	55	0.10
June 29	84	56	1.56
June 30	81	58	1.64

July 1972 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	78	58	0.00
July 2	89	55	0.00
July 3	89	65	0.42
July 4	78	55	0.23
July 5	73	53	0.05
July 6	75	51	0.00
July 7	78	50	0.00
July 8	81	53	0.00
July 9	81	55	0.32
July 10	82	60	0.00
July 11	87	63	0.00
July 12	91	58	0.00
July 13	90	67	0.46
July 14	89	67	0.14
July 15	88	69	0.00
July 16	89	70	0.00
July 17	90	69	0.08
July 18	91	64	0.00
July 19	91	73	0.00
July 20	90	68	0.04
July 21	86	69	0.00
July 22	88	61	0.00
July 23	88	69	0.05
July 24	88	72	0.04
July 25	86	59	0.48
July 26	79	54	0.08
July 27	81	53	0.00
July 28	82	52	0.00
July 29	81	51	0.00
July 30	81	52	0.00
July 31	82	51	0.03

August 1972 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	60	0.18
August 2	84	59	0.00
August 3	82	63	0.10
August 4	79	64	0.05
August 5	75	41	0.00
August 6	77	46	0.00
August 7	79	60	0.10
August 8	78	64	0.28
August 9	81	54	0.10
August 10	81	48	0.10
August 11	77	41	0.00
August 12	77	53	0.00
August 13	85	51	0.00
August 14	85	55	0.02
August 15	76	56	0.49
August 16	76	43	0.00
August 17	75	54	0.05
August 18	79	60	0.02
August 19	78	59	0.01
August 20	81	44	0.00
August 21	83	48	0.00
August 22	86	52	0.00
August 23	86	59	0.00
August 24	88	66	0.00
August 25	89	66	0.05
August 26	83	66	0.05
August 27	83	64	0.10
August 28	83	66	0.55
August 29	84	56	0.00
August 30	84	53	0.00
August 31	85	46	0.00

September 1972 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	50	0.00
September 2	79	54	0.00
September 3	77	64	0.00
September 4	72	52	0.00
September 5	75	38	0.00
September 6	78	38	0.00
September 7	80	41	0.00
September 8	82	48	0.00
September 9	81	55	0.25
September 10	78	36	0.00
September 11	78	36	0.00
September 12	81	47	0.00
September 13	78	51	0.23
September 14	76	58	0.45
September 15	72	42	0.00
September 16	75	44	0.00
September 17	85	48	0.00
September 18	85	60	0.24
September 19	83	60	0.32
September 20	72	49	0.01
September 21	67	36	0.00
September 22	73	55	0.03
September 23	69	35	0.00
September 24	68	40	0.00
September 25	79	56	0.00
September 26	82	55	0.00
September 27	81	61	0.00
September 28	77	44	0.00
September 29	67	40	0.00
September 30	71	54	0.31

October 1972 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	58	39	0.01
October 2	66	29	0.00
October 3	72	34	0.00
October 4	74	40	0.00
October 5	74	39	0.00
October 6	71	46	0.00
October 7	70	58	1.28
October 8	64	48	0.16
October 9	66	39	0.00
October 10	55	28	0.00
October 11	60	23	0.00
October 12	60	46	0.21
October 13	54	39	0.09
October 14	60	26	0.00
October 15	57	40	0.01
October 16	51	27	0.00
October 17	56	48	0.01
October 18	55	22	0.00
October 19	47	32	0.04
October 20	47	15	0.00
October 21	47	14	0.00
October 22	50	37	0.00
October 23	62	47	0.00
October 24	69	45	0.00
October 25	62	40	0.00
October 26	57	38	0.00
October 27	62	24	0.00
October 28	62	35	0.00
October 29	58	50	0.70
October 30	58	33	0.00
October 31	45	20	0.00

November 1972 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	47	33	0.00	0.0
November 2	47	39	0.58	0.0
November 3	60	43	0.25	0.0
November 4	54	37	0.04	0.0
November 5	40	31	0.26	0.0
November 6	45	35	0.03	0.0
November 7	56	28	0.00	0.0
November 8	50	44	0.53	0.0
November 9	47	26	0.56	0.0
November 10	54	40	0.00	0.0
November 11	51	31	0.05	0.0
November 12	49	37	0.18	0.0
November 13	50	41	0.01	0.0
November 14	47	31	1.12	0.0
November 15	37	29	0.39	1.5
November 16	36	13	0.00	0.0
November 17	34	14	0.00	0.0
November 18	44	21	0.00	0.0
November 19	49	18	0.00	0.0
November 20	47	31	1.22	0.0
November 21	40	25	0.00	0.0
November 22	33	11	0.00	0.0
November 23	30	9	0.00	0.0
November 24	41	21	0.00	0.0
November 25	43	32	0.00	0.0
November 26	63	30	1.64	0.0
November 27	52	32	0.00	0.0
November 28	48	30	0.00	0.0
November 29	45	28	0.06	0.0
November 30	37	17	0.00	0.0

December 1972 Amherst Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	40	28	0.76	1.5
December 2	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 3	48	28	0.00	0.0
December 4	48	22	0.12	1.0
December 5	32	22	0.65	1.0
December 6	38	30	0.80	0.0
December 7	45	23	0.47	0.0
December 8	30	12	0.15	1.0
December 9	37	19	0.68	2.0
December 10	36	30	0.12	0.0
December 11	42	28	0.00	0.0
December 12	30	14	0.08	1.0
December 13	46	23	0.07	0.0
December 14	44	20	0.00	0.0
December 15	44	20	0.03	0.5
December 16	35	18	0.74	4.0
December 17	34	11	0.00	0.0
December 18	33	2	0.00	0.0
December 19	35	29	0.00	0.0
December 20	37	30	0.11	0.0
December 21	36	20	0.04	0.3
December 22	35	22	0.82	0.5
December 23	36	27	0.01	0.0
December 24	38	32	0.00	0.0
December 25	40	32	0.00	0.0
December 26	40	32	0.00	0.0
December 27	38	27	0.13	0.1
December 28	38	24	0.05	1.0
December 29	35	14	0.00	0.0
December 30	25	20	0.01	0.1
December 31	34	21	0.97	0.5

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1893–2024	Amherst	location