Galesburg Weather in 1972

Historical record of Galesburg, Illinois weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Galesburg Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	September 18
Lowest temperature	-16 °F	January 15
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 21
Lowest daily high	-5 °F	January 15
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	July 17
Most daily snow	4.5 inches	March 29
Total annual precipitation	37.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	39.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Galesburg in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in Galesburg, Illinois in 1972 was 93 °F which happened 4 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Galesburg in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Sep 18
1	93 °F	Aug 18
1	93 °F	Aug 17
1	93 °F	Jun 3
5	92 °F	Aug 19
5	92 °F	Aug 14
7	91 °F	Jul 21
7	91 °F	Jul 20
7	91 °F	Jul 1
10	90 °F	Aug 16
10	90 °F	Aug 13
10	90 °F	Jul 22
10	90 °F	Jul 10

What was the coldest temperature in Galesburg in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in Galesburg, Illinois in 1972 was -16 °F which happened on Jan 15.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Galesburg in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-16 °F	January 15
2	-15 °F	January 28
3	-14 °F	January 16
4	-9 °F	December 11
4	-9 °F	January 14
6	-8 °F	February 7
7	-7 °F	December 10
8	-6 °F	January 5
9	-5 °F	December 16
9	-5 °F	February 9
9	-5 °F	February 5
9	-5 °F	February 4

January 1972 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	43	31	0.06	0.3
January 2	38	19	0.00	0.0
January 3	35	13	0.02	1.0
January 4	15	-1	0.01	0.5
January 5	18	-6	0.00	0.0
January 6	35	12	0.00	0.0
January 7	40	25	0.00	0.0
January 8	46	30	0.00	0.0
January 9	48	33	0.00	0.0
January 10	46	28	0.00	0.0
January 11	37	24	0.00	0.0
January 12	49	23	0.05	0.8
January 13	25	7	0.15	1.8
January 14	13	-9	0.00	0.0
January 15	-5	-16	0.00	0.0
January 16	20	-14	0.00	0.0
January 17	42	17	0.00	0.0
January 18	55	27	0.00	0.0
January 19	33	16	0.00	0.0
January 20	33	20	0.00	0.0
January 21	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 22	39	30	0.00	0.0
January 23	34	18	0.29	2.7
January 24	38	2	0.00	0.0
January 25	7	-4	0.00	0.0
January 26	8	-2	0.00	0.0
January 27	10	2	0.16	3.8
January 28	7	-15	0.00	0.0
January 29	19	-4	0.00	0.0
January 30	16	-4	0.00	0.0
January 31	34	6	0.00	0.0

February 1972 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	32	16	0.03	0.6
February 2	33	27	0.12	2.2
February 3	27	1	0.06	0.6
February 4	9	-5	0.00	0.0
February 5	40	-5	0.00	0.0
February 6	37	-1	0.00	0.0
February 7	9	-8	0.00	0.0
February 8	12	3	0.03	1.0
February 9	16	-5	0.00	0.5
February 10	20	13	0.11	2.5
February 11	31	18	0.12	1.9
February 12	45	29	0.02	0.0
February 13	35	24	0.00	0.0
February 14	44	24	0.02	0.0
February 15	34	14	0.00	0.0
February 16	38	11	0.00	0.0
February 17	40	25	0.08	0.0
February 18	26	16	0.00	0.0
February 19	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 20	38	15	0.00	0.0
February 21	44	14	0.00	0.0
February 22	29	8	0.00	0.0
February 23	36	26	0.30	0.5
February 24	31	20	0.00	0.0
February 25	32	23	0.00	0.0
February 26	34	12	0.00	0.0
February 27	49	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	62	32	0.00	0.0
February 29	70	36	0.00	0.0

March 1972 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	58	16	0.11	0.0
March 2	24	11	0.00	0.0
March 3	36	12	0.00	0.0
March 4	35	16	0.00	0.0
March 5	29	7	0.00	0.0
March 6	61	19	0.00	0.0
March 7	55	24	0.00	0.0
March 8	32	18	0.00	0.0
March 9	42	21	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	25	0.00	0.0
March 11	78	29	0.00	0.0
March 12	60	36	0.52	0.0
March 13	37	29	0.41	2.0
March 14	48	23	0.00	0.0
March 15	44	36	0.13	0.0
March 16	43	36	0.08	0.0
March 17	58	32	0.00	0.0
March 18	48	31	0.00	0.0
March 19	59	33	0.00	0.0
March 20	68	43	0.00	0.0
March 21	60	39	0.07	0.0
March 22	43	30	0.00	0.0
March 23	45	22	0.00	0.0
March 24	42	22	0.00	0.0
March 25	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	44	26	0.30	0.0
March 27	42	35	0.04	0.0
March 28	44	33	0.02	0.0
March 29	36	27	0.26	4.5
March 30	44	22	0.17	1.5
March 31	40	29	0.05	0.5

April 1972 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	37	26	0.02
April 2	44	31	0.00
April 3	50	29	0.02
April 4	47	21	0.00
April 5	64	38	0.00
April 6	78	39	0.21
April 7	40	22	0.49
April 8	39	19	0.00
April 9	53	29	0.00
April 10	72	44	0.00
April 11	67	46	0.22
April 12	65	43	0.01
April 13	73	48	0.00
April 14	64	41	0.08
April 15	55	42	0.00
April 16	61	46	1.25
April 17	73	37	0.00
April 18	77	52	0.00
April 19	66	47	0.39
April 20	54	42	0.00
April 21	53	44	0.84
April 22	56	37	0.00
April 23	57	35	0.00
April 24	47	34	0.00
April 25	56	29	0.00
April 26	63	34	0.00
April 27	64	46	0.00
April 28	58	47	0.80
April 29	67	49	0.06
April 30	70	54	0.11

May 1972 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	70	56	0.02
May 2	58	48	0.02
May 3	54	44	0.00
May 4	68	41	0.00
May 5	68	38	0.14
May 6	75	52	0.04
May 7	54	44	0.43
May 8	46	42	0.22
May 9	60	36	0.00
May 10	67	38	0.00
May 11	70	46	0.00
May 12	77	51	0.00
May 13	71	54	1.12
May 14	64	51	0.15
May 15	71	49	0.00
May 16	78	49	0.00
May 17	82	54	0.00
May 18	84	55	0.00
May 19	87	59	0.00
May 20	88	60	0.00
May 21	89	59	0.00
May 22	89	62	0.00
May 23	88	61	0.00
May 24	83	61	0.00
May 25	84	60	0.00
May 26	87	59	0.00
May 27	88	62	0.00
May 28	82	63	0.33
May 29	81	61	0.19
May 30	62	46	0.02
May 31	62	39	0.00

June 1972 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	46	0.00
June 2	87	58	0.00
June 3	93	64	0.00
June 4	87	69	0.00
June 5	81	58	0.69
June 6	81	66	0.00
June 7	81	54	0.00
June 8	78	60	0.95
June 9	88	52	0.00
June 10	65	46	0.00
June 11	74	46	0.00
June 12	88	60	0.11
June 13	89	66	0.42
June 14	83	58	0.98
June 15	79	55	0.00
June 16	74	55	0.00
June 17	74	52	0.00
June 18	80	55	0.00
June 19	88	64	0.29
June 20	68	58	0.00
June 21	69	52	0.00
June 22	75	49	0.00
June 23	75	48	0.00
June 24	76	48	0.00
June 25	80	60	0.00
June 26	83	58	0.00
June 27	85	63	0.00
June 28	79	61	0.93
June 29	78	59	0.00
June 30	89	61	0.00

July 1972 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	91	64	0.00
July 2	85	65	0.18
July 3	75	59	0.00
July 4	70	56	0.00
July 5	72	47	0.00
July 6	75	49	0.01
July 7	80	58	0.03
July 8	80	62	0.07
July 9	84	63	0.52
July 10	90	68	0.00
July 11	89	71	0.00
July 12	88	69	0.00
July 13	86	66	0.01
July 14	89	69	0.61
July 15	80	65	0.56
July 16	84	61	0.00
July 17	88	67	2.27
July 18	81	67	0.24
July 19	86	69	0.73
July 20	91	72	0.00
July 21	91	74	0.00
July 22	90	71	0.00
July 23	89	72	0.01
July 24	87	71	0.00
July 25	84	68	0.00
July 26	82	61	0.39
July 27	70	61	0.01
July 28	76	59	0.00
July 29	79	59	0.00
July 30	81	58	0.00
July 31	84	60	0.00

August 1972 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	77	69	0.01
August 2	89	69	0.63
August 3	71	60	0.36
August 4	73	50	0.00
August 5	79	50	0.10
August 6	81	62	0.95
August 7	68	57	0.00
August 8	75	55	0.54
August 9	73	48	0.00
August 10	75	50	0.00
August 11	85	63	0.00
August 12	87	64	0.42
August 13	90	67	0.00
August 14	92	71	0.00
August 15	87	70	0.00
August 16	90	70	0.00
August 17	93	72	0.00
August 18	93	68	0.00
August 19	92	72	0.00
August 20	83	72	0.00
August 21	88	69	0.00
August 22	83	68	0.00
August 23	72	63	0.07
August 24	80	58	0.00
August 25	80	66	0.29
August 26	72	64	0.00
August 27	80	64	0.00
August 28	85	59	0.00
August 29	89	61	0.00
August 30	87	63	0.00
August 31	86	67	0.00

September 1972 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	73	65	0.00
September 2	67	55	0.32
September 3	67	48	0.00
September 4	73	48	0.00
September 5	78	53	0.00
September 6	79	56	0.00
September 7	78	65	0.42
September 8	71	60	0.00
September 9	73	53	0.00
September 10	75	56	0.00
September 11	82	63	0.00
September 12	81	68	0.45
September 13	87	68	0.95
September 14	74	57	0.27
September 15	80	53	0.00
September 16	88	59	0.00
September 17	89	68	0.00
September 18	93	71	0.00
September 19	83	68	0.00
September 20	88	68	1.30
September 21	71	49	0.10
September 22	67	44	0.00
September 23	64	55	0.00
September 24	84	62	0.00
September 25	79	67	0.00
September 26	70	52	0.08
September 27	67	47	0.00
September 28	79	55	1.02
September 29	58	39	0.00
September 30	59	33	0.00

October 1972 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	76	45	0.00	0.0
October 2	79	52	0.00	0.0
October 3	71	57	0.05	0.0
October 4	69	54	0.00	0.0
October 5	67	49	0.00	0.0
October 6	60	52	0.10	0.0
October 7	68	38	0.00	0.0
October 8	71	45	0.00	0.0
October 9	60	40	0.00	0.0
October 10	65	46	0.00	0.0
October 11	77	60	0.00	0.0
October 12	64	46	0.00	0.0
October 13	67	41	0.00	0.0
October 14	64	39	0.00	0.0
October 15	52	29	0.00	0.0
October 16	70	45	0.00	0.0
October 17	49	32	0.00	0.0
October 18	41	28	0.11	0.5
October 19	42	19	0.00	0.0
October 20	48	29	0.08	0.0
October 21	53	44	0.58	0.0
October 22	61	50	0.99	0.0
October 23	58	39	0.01	0.0
October 24	45	38	0.00	0.0
October 25	54	29	0.00	0.0
October 26	61	37	0.00	0.0
October 27	52	38	0.08	0.0
October 28	50	42	0.00	0.0
October 29	52	40	0.00	0.0
October 30	51	42	0.04	0.0
October 31	46	43	0.18	0.0

November 1972 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	59	43	0.61	0.0
November 2	57	41	0.00	0.0
November 3	44	39	0.03	0.0
November 4	49	38	0.00	0.0
November 5	56	32	0.00	0.0
November 6	57	40	0.00	0.0
November 7	55	38	0.00	0.0
November 8	41	34	0.00	0.0
November 9	44	38	0.27	0.0
November 10	45	41	0.00	0.0
November 11	44	40	0.00	0.0
November 12	44	39	0.02	0.0
November 13	41	33	0.78	0.0
November 14	33	26	0.01	0.5
November 15	40	18	0.00	0.0
November 16	37	30	0.00	0.0
November 17	35	30	0.00	0.0
November 18	37	29	0.00	0.0
November 19	31	29	0.13	2.3
November 20	42	28	0.00	0.0
November 21	36	30	0.00	0.0
November 22	34	23	0.00	0.0
November 23	35	23	0.00	0.0
November 24	48	25	0.00	0.0
November 25	39	32	1.25	1.2
November 26	34	27	0.10	1.0
November 27	38	27	0.00	0.0
November 28	36	19	0.00	0.0
November 29	41	19	0.00	0.0
November 30	43	27	0.00	0.0

December 1972 Galesburg Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	50	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	58	27	0.00	0.0
December 3	31	16	0.00	0.0
December 4	23	15	0.00	0.0
December 5	28	12	0.02	0.0
December 6	12	-2	0.00	0.0
December 7	23	-3	0.00	0.0
December 8	22	12	0.40	0.0
December 9	15	8	0.34	3.5
December 10	12	-7	0.00	0.0
December 11	16	-9	0.06	0.2
December 12	32	14	0.89	1.5
December 13	21	6	0.00	0.0
December 14	22	1	0.00	0.0
December 15	18	5	0.00	0.0
December 16	12	-5	0.00	0.0
December 17	27	-3	0.00	0.0
December 18	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	34	0.00	0.0
December 20	34	31	0.05	0.0
December 21	33	26	0.00	0.0
December 22	29	24	0.00	0.0
December 23	31	26	0.00	0.0
December 24	34	28	0.00	0.0
December 25	33	23	0.02	0.0
December 26	24	14	0.00	0.0
December 27	43	18	0.00	0.0
December 28	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 29	49	36	0.55	0.0
December 30	52	31	0.07	0.0
December 31	32	23	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1895–2024	Galesburg	location