Bristol Weather in 1972

Historical record of Bristol, Tennessee weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Bristol Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	July 23
Lowest temperature	-2 °F	January 16
Highest daily low	69 °F	July 28
Lowest daily high	16 °F	January 16
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	September 28
Most daily snow	2.7 inches	February 6
Total annual precipitation	51.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	9.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Bristol in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in Bristol, Tennessee in 1972 was 92 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Bristol in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Jul 23
1	92 °F	Jul 22
3	91 °F	Jul 24
3	91 °F	Jul 21
3	91 °F	Jul 20
6	90 °F	Aug 25
6	90 °F	Jul 26
6	90 °F	Jul 19
9	89 °F	Aug 24
9	89 °F	Jul 25
9	89 °F	Jul 14

What was the coldest temperature in Bristol in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in Bristol, Tennessee in 1972 was -2 °F which happened on Jan 16.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Bristol in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-2 °F	January 16
2	5 °F	January 15
3	9 °F	January 17
4	10 °F	February 8
5	12 °F	December 18
5	12 °F	December 17
5	12 °F	February 5
8	15 °F	February 7
8	15 °F	February 4
8	15 °F	January 18

January 1972 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	47	25	0.19
January 2	51	31	0.47
January 3	58	30	0.00
January 4	52	41	0.50
January 5	51	28	0.49
January 6	39	21	0.00
January 7	44	22	0.00
January 8	51	21	0.00
January 9	61	40	0.60
January 10	62	48	0.22
January 11	62	48	0.08
January 12	63	32	0.00
January 13	72	41	0.45
January 14	41	27	0.10
January 15	27	5	0.00
January 16	16	-2	0.00
January 17	39	9	0.00
January 18	50	15	0.00
January 19	44	33	0.05
January 20	54	42	0.21
January 21	63	47	0.34
January 22	62	46	0.05
January 23	64	44	0.01
January 24	78	49	0.00
January 25	61	26	0.30
January 26	54	21	0.00
January 27	50	25	0.15
January 28	50	37	0.58
January 29	48	31	0.05
January 30	43	30	0.03
January 31	39	20	0.00

February 1972 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	44	20	0.02	0.0
February 2	45	33	0.00	0.0
February 3	44	23	0.43	0.2
February 4	24	15	0.01	0.1
February 5	35	12	0.00	0.0
February 6	33	20	0.25	2.7
February 7	34	15	0.05	0.5
February 8	35	10	0.00	0.0
February 9	41	19	0.00	0.0
February 10	46	20	0.00	0.0
February 11	55	29	0.00	0.0
February 12	51	28	0.90	0.0
February 13	40	36	0.25	0.0
February 14	53	31	0.00	0.0
February 15	51	28	0.05	0.0
February 16	45	24	0.00	0.0
February 17	42	33	0.25	0.5
February 18	42	31	0.21	0.2
February 19	31	21	0.07	1.1
February 20	35	16	0.00	0.0
February 21	42	20	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	30	0.24	0.0
February 23	42	28	0.14	0.0
February 24	49	35	0.84	0.0
February 25	65	40	0.25	0.0
February 26	56	31	0.85	0.0
February 27	59	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	65	33	0.00	0.0
February 29	73	33	0.00	0.0

March 1972 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	70	37	0.01	0.0
March 2	70	47	0.38	0.0
March 3	49	27	0.04	0.0
March 4	52	27	0.01	0.0
March 5	42	29	0.15	0.0
March 6	49	22	0.00	0.0
March 7	62	28	0.01	0.0
March 8	47	31	0.32	0.0
March 9	45	22	0.00	0.0
March 10	54	30	0.00	0.0
March 11	67	28	0.00	0.0
March 12	74	35	0.00	0.0
March 13	75	39	0.13	0.0
March 14	54	39	0.00	0.0
March 15	66	30	0.08	0.0
March 16	60	39	0.15	0.0
March 17	48	36	0.06	0.0
March 18	50	33	0.13	0.0
March 19	59	40	0.00	0.0
March 20	71	34	0.00	0.0
March 21	73	45	0.21	0.0
March 22	60	41	0.21	0.0
March 23	43	31	0.00	0.0
March 24	46	26	0.00	0.0
March 25	35	26	0.25	2.4
March 26	49	18	0.00	0.0
March 27	50	34	0.16	0.0
March 28	60	46	0.05	0.0
March 29	70	44	0.46	0.0
March 30	53	41	0.00	0.0
March 31	46	40	0.05	0.0

April 1972 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	56	37	0.01
April 2	44	29	0.00
April 3	64	25	0.00
April 4	58	32	0.06
April 5	65	28	0.00
April 6	73	39	0.00
April 7	68	48	0.68
April 8	56	26	0.00
April 9	55	24	0.00
April 10	63	31	0.00
April 11	53	46	0.21
April 12	68	53	0.95
April 13	79	57	0.00
April 14	69	61	0.35
April 15	83	57	0.00
April 16	78	54	0.08
April 17	70	47	0.00
April 18	80	41	0.00
April 19	79	48	0.00
April 20	81	53	0.01
April 21	70	56	0.08
April 22	68	50	0.49
April 23	76	42	0.00
April 24	61	49	0.00
April 25	55	37	0.00
April 26	62	31	0.00
April 27	69	32	0.00
April 28	73	37	0.00
April 29	77	51	0.00
April 30	76	46	0.00

May 1972 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	79	49	0.00
May 2	81	60	0.48
May 3	67	55	0.82
May 4	64	48	0.08
May 5	70	43	0.00
May 6	77	43	0.00
May 7	78	48	0.00
May 8	67	58	0.43
May 9	67	51	0.00
May 10	66	46	0.00
May 11	72	43	0.00
May 12	78	44	0.00
May 13	63	55	0.64
May 14	75	56	0.04
May 15	74	57	0.33
May 16	73	54	0.00
May 17	73	53	0.00
May 18	76	48	0.00
May 19	71	51	0.27
May 20	70	57	0.00
May 21	76	58	0.38
May 22	72	57	1.14
May 23	75	55	0.00
May 24	80	48	0.00
May 25	84	52	0.00
May 26	75	54	0.00
May 27	78	49	0.00
May 28	76	51	0.00
May 29	77	60	0.13
May 30	81	58	1.13
May 31	66	45	0.05

June 1972 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	68	43	0.00
June 2	76	45	0.00
June 3	80	48	0.00
June 4	82	52	0.00
June 5	86	60	0.11
June 6	80	56	0.86
June 7	78	58	0.00
June 8	82	53	0.00
June 9	80	64	0.00
June 10	69	51	0.30
June 11	73	42	0.00
June 12	79	47	0.00
June 13	82	56	0.00
June 14	86	61	0.00
June 15	88	64	0.00
June 16	74	69	0.03
June 17	82	65	0.14
June 18	84	61	0.10
June 19	79	65	0.01
June 20	80	65	1.04
June 21	76	64	0.13
June 22	67	56	0.00
June 23	67	53	0.00
June 24	74	55	0.00
June 25	80	51	0.00
June 26	80	54	0.00
June 27	83	55	0.00
June 28	72	64	0.05
June 29	80	61	0.20
June 30	75	60	0.00

July 1972 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	58	0.00
July 2	84	60	0.00
July 3	82	64	0.05
July 4	77	61	0.55
July 5	69	55	0.05
July 6	72	51	0.00
July 7	76	50	0.00
July 8	79	53	0.00
July 9	82	56	0.00
July 10	83	58	0.00
July 11	87	61	0.00
July 12	87	61	0.00
July 13	88	64	0.00
July 14	89	63	0.01
July 15	88	64	0.00
July 16	79	66	0.32
July 17	83	68	0.00
July 18	87	66	0.00
July 19	90	66	0.03
July 20	91	66	0.00
July 21	91	69	0.00
July 22	92	69	0.00
July 23	92	68	0.00
July 24	91	68	0.00
July 25	89	67	0.15
July 26	90	66	0.00
July 27	87	65	0.06
July 28	79	69	0.08
July 29	79	67	0.79
July 30	83	65	1.09
July 31	84	65	0.00

August 1972 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	65	0.15
August 2	81	66	1.10
August 3	85	66	0.00
August 4	85	66	0.05
August 5	83	65	0.00
August 6	83	62	0.03
August 7	83	67	0.15
August 8	79	63	0.00
August 9	76	61	0.01
August 10	80	63	0.00
August 11	80	62	0.01
August 12	82	62	0.00
August 13	84	64	0.04
August 14	86	60	0.00
August 15	85	60	0.00
August 16	86	66	0.00
August 17	83	65	0.00
August 18	88	66	0.07
August 19	88	65	0.05
August 20	85	64	0.00
August 21	86	62	0.00
August 22	87	63	0.00
August 23	85	61	0.00
August 24	89	64	0.00
August 25	90	64	0.05
August 26	86	65	0.54
August 27	84	66	0.45
August 28	81	60	0.00
August 29	84	60	0.00
August 30	86	56	0.00
August 31	85	59	0.00

September 1972 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	58	0.00
September 2	85	53	0.00
September 3	85	56	0.60
September 4	78	65	0.00
September 5	72	59	0.53
September 6	80	54	0.00
September 7	80	54	0.00
September 8	75	55	0.02
September 9	81	58	0.00
September 10	83	53	0.00
September 11	83	53	0.00
September 12	83	58	0.00
September 13	85	55	0.00
September 14	87	57	0.06
September 15	85	62	0.00
September 16	85	61	0.00
September 17	75	63	0.11
September 18	78	64	0.00
September 19	86	63	0.00
September 20	87	56	0.00
September 21	76	51	0.00
September 22	80	56	0.00
September 23	85	58	0.00
September 24	85	64	0.00
September 25	87	58	0.00
September 26	85	60	0.52
September 27	78	67	0.26
September 28	82	66	2.13
September 29	75	68	2.03
September 30	68	43	0.83

October 1972 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	66	38	0.00
October 2	76	40	0.00
October 3	78	44	0.00
October 4	74	48	1.77
October 5	72	54	0.38
October 6	66	52	0.00
October 7	70	48	0.00
October 8	69	42	0.00
October 9	71	45	0.00
October 10	72	41	0.00
October 11	72	40	0.00
October 12	71	52	0.00
October 13	76	59	0.00
October 14	72	57	0.00
October 15	69	42	0.00
October 16	62	42	0.17
October 17	74	47	0.13
October 18	59	47	0.40
October 19	55	30	0.58
October 20	58	26	0.00
October 21	66	33	0.00
October 22	72	36	0.00
October 23	69	50	0.30
October 24	67	49	0.00
October 25	55	46	0.00
October 26	67	37	0.00
October 27	59	38	0.50
October 28	62	52	0.25
October 29	63	44	0.00
October 30	68	42	0.00
October 31	58	52	0.09

November 1972 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	70	52	0.00	0.0
November 2	78	47	0.36	0.0
November 3	71	56	0.00	0.0
November 4	64	41	0.00	0.0
November 5	64	34	0.00	0.0
November 6	66	38	0.00	0.0
November 7	67	44	0.80	0.0
November 8	55	45	0.00	0.0
November 9	56	43	0.00	0.0
November 10	70	39	0.00	0.0
November 11	58	40	0.00	0.0
November 12	66	37	0.00	0.0
November 13	71	40	0.27	0.0
November 14	62	43	0.21	0.0
November 15	43	28	0.00	0.0
November 16	50	27	0.00	0.0
November 17	44	38	0.00	0.0
November 18	51	32	0.00	0.0
November 19	51	43	0.45	0.0
November 20	48	38	0.00	0.0
November 21	43	31	0.00	0.0
November 22	35	29	0.18	2.0
November 23	37	29	0.01	0.0
November 24	44	21	0.00	0.0
November 25	54	25	0.09	0.0
November 26	44	34	0.06	0.1
November 27	56	31	0.00	0.0
November 28	52	38	0.16	0.0
November 29	47	29	0.00	0.0
November 30	43	35	0.26	0.0

December 1972 Bristol Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	41	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	56	26	0.00	0.0
December 3	54	26	0.00	0.0
December 4	56	36	0.04	0.0
December 5	68	46	0.10	0.0
December 6	64	35	0.16	0.0
December 7	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 8	56	37	0.02	0.0
December 9	57	48	1.18	0.0
December 10	62	47	1.95	0.0
December 11	47	42	0.40	0.0
December 12	69	43	0.00	0.0
December 13	57	50	0.20	0.0
December 14	53	49	0.07	0.0
December 15	53	30	0.82	0.0
December 16	30	16	0.00	0.0
December 17	26	12	0.00	0.0
December 18	45	12	0.00	0.0
December 19	49	19	0.00	0.0
December 20	57	39	0.01	0.0
December 21	51	42	1.02	0.0
December 22	50	46	0.14	0.0
December 23	49	45	0.00	0.0
December 24	49	36	0.02	0.0
December 25	47	39	0.09	0.0
December 26	41	32	0.13	0.1
December 27	39	28	0.00	0.0
December 28	52	25	0.00	0.0
December 29	55	32	0.00	0.0
December 30	62	44	0.01	0.0
December 31	72	55	0.07	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1937–2024	Bristol Tri City Airport	location
1893–1936	Johnson City	location