Cape Girardeau Weather in 1972

Historical record of Cape Girardeau, Missouri weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Cape Girardeau Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	August 20
Lowest temperature	-2 °F	January 16
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 21
Lowest daily high	11 °F	January 15
Most daily precipitation	4.5 inches	April 15
Most daily snow	3.0 inches	December 15
Total annual precipitation	53.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	4.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Cape Girardeau in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1972 was 99 °F which happened on August 20.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Cape Girardeau in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Aug 20
2	98 °F	Aug 19
2	98 °F	Aug 18
4	97 °F	Jul 23
4	97 °F	Jul 14
4	97 °F	Jul 13
7	96 °F	Jul 27
7	96 °F	Jul 21
7	96 °F	Jul 1
7	96 °F	Jun 9
7	96 °F	Jun 6

What was the coldest temperature in Cape Girardeau in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1972 was -2 °F which happened on Jan 16.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Cape Girardeau in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-2 °F	January 16
2	0 °F	January 15
3	4 °F	January 5
4	7 °F	December 17
5	8 °F	December 16
6	9 °F	January 14
7	11 °F	January 6
8	13 °F	February 4
9	14 °F	December 7
9	14 °F	February 7

January 1972 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	46	29	0.11	0.0
January 2	50	33	0.00	0.0
January 3	49	32	0.38	0.0
January 4	45	15	0.44	1.2
January 5	24	4	0.00	0.0
January 6	35	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	49	19	0.00	0.0
January 8	49	24	0.00	0.0
January 9	55	45	0.11	0.0
January 10	53	44	0.00	0.0
January 11	53	31	0.00	0.0
January 12	59	31	0.00	0.0
January 13	54	23	0.04	0.0
January 14	29	9	0.00	0.0
January 15	11	0	0.00	0.0
January 16	24	-2	0.00	0.0
January 17	40	20	0.00	0.0
January 18	51	38	0.00	0.0
January 19	53	36	0.00	0.0
January 20	60	40	0.00	0.0
January 21	45	34	0.00	0.0
January 22	56	39	0.00	0.0
January 23	56	39	0.00	0.0
January 24	70	32	0.00	0.0
January 25	33	17	0.00	0.0
January 26	43	19	0.00	0.0
January 27	32	24	1.38	0.4
January 28	32	15	0.00	0.0
January 29	25	17	0.00	0.0
January 30	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 31	42	18	0.00	0.0

February 1972 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	40	28	0.01
February 2	40	32	0.04
February 3	35	16	0.00
February 4	33	13	0.00
February 5	44	17	0.01
February 6	42	25	1.01
February 7	27	14	0.00
February 8	38	17	0.00
February 9	33	25	0.00
February 10	42	24	0.00
February 11	57	27	0.00
February 12	42	32	0.17
February 13	51	30	0.02
February 14	64	29	0.05
February 15	50	33	0.05
February 16	51	30	0.00
February 17	52	29	0.00
February 18	44	32	0.00
February 19	45	25	0.00
February 20	54	24	0.00
February 21	64	40	0.05
February 22	41	25	0.00
February 23	57	33	1.06
February 24	48	37	1.29
February 25	46	35	0.06
February 26	46	31	0.00
February 27	57	28	0.00
February 28	72	38	0.00
February 29	78	44	0.00

March 1972 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	68	37	1.25	0.0
March 2	37	27	0.27	0.0
March 3	36	24	0.00	0.0
March 4	45	33	0.00	0.0
March 5	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 6	59	27	0.00	0.0
March 7	57	40	0.02	0.0
March 8	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 9	57	22	0.00	0.0
March 10	57	33	0.00	0.0
March 11	77	43	0.00	0.0
March 12	76	53	0.00	0.0
March 13	63	43	0.37	0.0
March 14	62	35	0.00	0.0
March 15	69	43	0.66	0.0
March 16	61	44	0.01	0.0
March 17	59	38	0.00	0.0
March 18	60	43	0.06	0.0
March 19	70	37	0.00	0.0
March 20	79	45	0.00	0.0
March 21	70	45	0.00	0.0
March 22	66	40	0.00	0.0
March 23	54	34	0.00	0.0
March 24	41	33	0.01	0.1
March 25	46	32	0.01	0.0
March 26	55	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	65	47	0.10	0.0
March 28	60	47	0.07	0.0
March 29	49	32	0.25	0.0
March 30	53	26	0.00	0.0
March 31	63	32	0.00	0.0

April 1972 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	47	30	0.00
April 2	65	28	0.00
April 3	64	41	0.37
April 4	56	31	0.00
April 5	67	32	0.00
April 6	81	46	0.00
April 7	73	31	0.26
April 8	48	27	0.00
April 9	60	31	0.00
April 10	67	42	0.40
April 11	73	57	0.05
April 12	78	64	0.00
April 13	83	65	0.07
April 14	78	62	0.03
April 15	70	61	4.48
April 16	66	50	0.00
April 17	76	42	0.00
April 18	80	46	0.00
April 19	84	59	0.12
April 20	77	61	0.77
April 21	73	56	1.75
April 22	72	48	0.00
April 23	67	53	0.01
April 24	65	44	0.00
April 25	59	38	0.00
April 26	67	41	0.00
April 27	73	50	0.00
April 28	77	57	0.05
April 29	75	53	0.00
April 30	83	50	0.08

May 1972 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	70	57	0.62
May 2	74	54	0.00
May 3	69	50	0.00
May 4	76	46	0.00
May 5	83	49	0.00
May 6	84	58	0.00
May 7	73	63	0.02
May 8	69	52	0.03
May 9	67	49	0.00
May 10	70	49	0.00
May 11	78	48	0.00
May 12	78	55	0.54
May 13	81	59	0.01
May 14	79	56	0.00
May 15	78	52	0.00
May 16	82	54	0.00
May 17	83	53	0.00
May 18	84	54	0.00
May 19	87	55	0.00
May 20	85	57	0.00
May 21	90	57	0.00
May 22	91	60	0.00
May 23	91	60	0.00
May 24	85	66	0.00
May 25	85	60	0.00
May 26	91	60	0.00
May 27	92	62	0.00
May 28	91	62	0.00
May 29	81	64	0.39
May 30	73	54	0.00
May 31	71	49	0.00

June 1972 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	43	0.00
June 2	89	50	0.00
June 3	95	63	0.00
June 4	89	69	0.06
June 5	93	65	0.14
June 6	96	66	0.01
June 7	87	65	0.00
June 8	93	57	0.00
June 9	96	67	0.00
June 10	79	57	0.03
June 11	82	51	0.00
June 12	92	66	0.00
June 13	95	73	0.00
June 14	90	72	0.60
June 15	85	66	0.07
June 16	85	60	0.00
June 17	83	60	0.00
June 18	88	60	0.00
June 19	94	71	0.00
June 20	93	67	0.00
June 21	74	60	0.00
June 22	79	56	0.00
June 23	86	52	0.00
June 24	90	51	0.00
June 25	89	63	0.00
June 26	89	64	0.00
June 27	92	68	0.00
June 28	90	67	0.04
June 29	90	60	0.00
June 30	95	60	0.00

July 1972 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	96	66	0.55
July 2	85	67	1.22
July 3	85	65	0.00
July 4	73	59	0.03
July 5	72	55	0.00
July 6	78	50	0.00
July 7	82	55	0.00
July 8	85	60	0.00
July 9	93	68	0.00
July 10	91	71	0.00
July 11	95	67	0.00
July 12	94	68	0.00
July 13	97	70	0.00
July 14	97	71	0.00
July 15	87	70	1.75
July 16	82	69	1.17
July 17	93	70	0.00
July 18	93	74	0.00
July 19	95	74	0.00
July 20	95	74	0.00
July 21	96	75	0.00
July 22	95	70	0.00
July 23	97	72	0.00
July 24	95	71	0.22
July 25	91	69	0.00
July 26	95	70	1.21
July 27	96	70	0.26
July 28	83	71	1.44
July 29	80	69	0.05
July 30	83	65	0.00
July 31	86	63	0.00

August 1972 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	63	0.00
August 2	92	73	0.00
August 3	93	69	0.60
August 4	74	67	0.00
August 5	83	63	0.00
August 6	84	67	0.17
August 7	82	66	0.00
August 8	89	60	0.00
August 9	75	59	0.00
August 10	80	54	0.00
August 11	91	60	0.00
August 12	90	66	0.93
August 13	91	64	0.00
August 14	94	69	0.00
August 15	91	73	0.00
August 16	93	70	0.00
August 17	95	72	0.00
August 18	98	70	0.00
August 19	98	71	0.00
August 20	99	71	0.22
August 21	95	68	0.00
August 22	90	71	0.37
August 23	86	70	0.11
August 24	87	68	0.00
August 25	87	71	0.18
August 26	83	63	0.00
August 27	76	59	0.00
August 28	87	58	0.00
August 29	87	57	0.00
August 30	91	62	0.00
August 31	89	65	0.00

September 1972 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	90	66	0.00
September 2	83	63	0.00
September 3	71	61	0.00
September 4	73	60	0.00
September 5	77	52	0.00
September 6	85	53	0.00
September 7	91	63	0.10
September 8	83	71	0.77
September 9	77	62	0.00
September 10	82	55	0.00
September 11	89	65	0.00
September 12	91	68	0.00
September 13	95	71	0.00
September 14	82	67	0.04
September 15	76	63	1.45
September 16	91	65	0.16
September 17	85	69	0.15
September 18	92	70	0.00
September 19	94	71	0.00
September 20	93	70	0.00
September 21	75	58	0.00
September 22	69	59	0.00
September 23	75	65	1.75
September 24	80	68	0.04
September 25	74	69	1.04
September 26	79	65	0.42
September 27	78	65	0.00
September 28	87	66	0.00
September 29	73	46	0.70
September 30	62	42	0.00

October 1972 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	74	42	0.00
October 2	79	47	0.00
October 3	80	50	0.00
October 4	79	56	0.00
October 5	82	52	0.00
October 6	78	60	0.25
October 7	69	47	0.00
October 8	77	40	0.00
October 9	71	50	0.00
October 10	78	44	0.00
October 11	82	61	0.00
October 12	78	63	0.33
October 13	65	59	0.05
October 14	66	54	0.11
October 15	68	44	0.02
October 16	80	55	0.00
October 17	65	48	0.04
October 18	49	39	0.54
October 19	50	32	0.00
October 20	59	32	0.00
October 21	65	49	0.00
October 22	65	54	0.76
October 23	63	48	0.00
October 24	48	45	0.00
October 25	54	35	0.00
October 26	59	31	0.00
October 27	59	46	0.45
October 28	56	50	0.00
October 29	57	45	0.00
October 30	59	46	0.61
October 31	68	52	2.83

November 1972 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	78	64	0.94
November 2	66	48	0.00
November 3	60	41	0.00
November 4	55	38	0.00
November 5	64	34	0.00
November 6	67	42	0.18
November 7	59	42	1.37
November 8	59	34	0.00
November 9	56	39	0.00
November 10	59	47	0.17
November 11	48	46	0.00
November 12	58	45	0.04
November 13	64	45	0.95
November 14	48	37	0.00
November 15	40	33	0.00
November 16	39	30	0.00
November 17	43	33	0.00
November 18	42	37	0.15
November 19	42	36	0.50
November 20	42	35	0.00
November 21	42	34	0.20
November 22	37	32	0.00
November 23	44	24	0.00
November 24	46	25	0.04
November 25	40	36	0.31
November 26	44	35	0.00
November 27	48	40	0.00
November 28	43	27	0.07
November 29	47	23	0.05
November 30	43	32	0.00

December 1972 Cape Girardeau Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	55	30	0.00	0.0
December 2	60	36	0.00	0.0
December 3	50	38	0.01	0.0
December 4	38	32	0.01	0.0
December 5	62	33	0.43	0.0
December 6	34	16	0.02	0.0
December 7	33	14	0.18	0.0
December 8	35	32	1.79	0.0
December 9	32	27	0.00	0.0
December 10	28	18	0.00	0.0
December 11	31	15	0.07	0.0
December 12	37	30	0.96	0.0
December 13	35	25	0.00	0.0
December 14	33	22	0.00	0.0
December 15	35	17	0.43	3.0
December 16	30	8	0.00	0.0
December 17	31	7	0.00	0.0
December 18	41	22	0.00	0.0
December 19	50	35	0.57	0.0
December 20	44	33	0.00	0.0
December 21	38	31	0.00	0.0
December 22	34	31	0.00	0.0
December 23	36	30	0.00	0.0
December 24	37	33	0.00	0.0
December 25	36	33	0.00	0.0
December 26	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 27	52	23	0.00	0.0
December 28	56	28	0.00	0.0
December 29	57	45	0.02	0.0
December 30	57	42	0.88	0.0
December 31	46	30	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1960–2024	Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport	location
1945–1960	Cape Girardeau Missour State University	location