New York City Weather in 1972

Historical record of New York City weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 New York City Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	August 24
Lowest temperature	5 °F	January 16
Highest daily low	79 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	15 °F	January 16
Most daily precipitation	5.6 inches	November 8
Most daily snow	5.7 inches	February 19
Total annual precipitation	67.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	22.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in New York City in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in New York City in 1972 was 94 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in New York City in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Aug 24
1	94 °F	Jul 23
1	94 °F	Jul 19
4	93 °F	Jul 15
5	92 °F	Sep 17
5	92 °F	Aug 25
5	92 °F	Jul 22
5	92 °F	Jul 21
5	92 °F	Jul 17
10	91 °F	Aug 26
10	91 °F	Jul 25
10	91 °F	Jul 24
10	91 °F	Jul 2

What was the coldest temperature in New York City in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in New York City in 1972 was 5 °F which happened on Jan 16.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in New York City in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	5 °F	January 16
2	9 °F	February 23
3	10 °F	February 21
3	10 °F	February 20
3	10 °F	February 8
3	10 °F	January 17
3	10 °F	January 15
8	13 °F	February 22
9	14 °F	February 5
9	14 °F	January 6

January 1972 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	20	0.00	0.0
January 2	51	34	0.64	0.0
January 3	46	34	0.00	0.0
January 4	45	39	0.30	0.0
January 5	41	19	0.26	1.0
January 6	28	14	0.00	0.0
January 7	36	25	0.00	0.0
January 8	36	27	0.00	0.0
January 9	45	28	0.48	0.0
January 10	52	45	0.01	0.0
January 11	53	44	0.17	0.0
January 12	50	40	0.01	0.0
January 13	62	44	0.13	0.0
January 14	62	31	0.08	0.0
January 15	33	10	0.00	0.0
January 16	15	5	0.00	0.0
January 17	32	10	0.00	0.0
January 18	46	29	0.00	0.0
January 19	57	38	0.00	0.0
January 20	45	36	0.05	0.0
January 21	42	34	0.00	0.0
January 22	44	34	0.00	0.0
January 23	53	37	0.00	0.0
January 24	50	40	0.09	0.0
January 25	56	24	0.03	0.0
January 26	31	21	0.00	0.0
January 27	27	18	0.00	0.0
January 28	31	22	0.16	1.8
January 29	31	22	0.00	0.0
January 30	38	25	0.00	0.0
January 31	31	20	0.00	0.0

February 1972 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	23	0.00	0.0
February 2	35	30	0.05	0.5
February 3	53	28	1.55	0.0
February 4	51	20	0.00	0.0
February 5	23	14	0.00	0.0
February 6	32	20	0.33	4.3
February 7	30	15	0.02	0.4
February 8	25	10	0.00	0.0
February 9	30	15	0.00	0.0
February 10	33	18	0.00	0.0
February 11	33	19	0.00	0.0
February 12	39	26	0.00	0.0
February 13	49	35	1.13	0.0
February 14	47	37	0.00	0.0
February 15	58	34	0.00	0.0
February 16	44	31	0.00	0.0
February 17	34	26	0.17	1.7
February 18	36	31	0.01	0.0
February 19	37	26	1.64	5.7
February 20	26	10	0.00	0.0
February 21	37	10	0.00	0.0
February 22	40	13	0.00	0.0
February 23	28	9	0.48	4.8
February 24	39	25	0.05	0.4
February 25	42	35	0.00	0.0
February 26	37	29	0.46	0.0
February 27	40	26	0.00	0.0
February 28	51	35	0.01	0.0
February 29	62	44	0.00	0.0

March 1972 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	73	42	0.00	0.0
March 2	72	50	0.04	0.0
March 3	63	26	0.90	0.0
March 4	34	17	0.00	0.0
March 5	43	27	0.28	0.0
March 6	32	21	0.00	0.0
March 7	58	29	0.00	0.0
March 8	55	27	0.16	0.0
March 9	31	19	0.00	0.0
March 10	37	24	0.00	0.0
March 11	37	20	0.18	1.0
March 12	44	34	0.51	0.0
March 13	47	37	0.00	0.0
March 14	37	33	0.74	1.3
March 15	39	33	0.10	0.0
March 16	51	36	0.02	0.0
March 17	53	40	1.20	0.0
March 18	51	41	0.02	0.0
March 19	46	32	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	27	0.00	0.0
March 21	55	35	0.00	0.0
March 22	53	42	0.34	0.0
March 23	47	35	0.00	0.0
March 24	43	31	0.00	0.0
March 25	44	28	0.00	0.0
March 26	46	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	46	31	0.00	0.0
March 28	48	27	0.00	0.0
March 29	58	35	0.00	0.0
March 30	43	40	0.06	0.0
March 31	46	40	0.00	0.0

April 1972 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	58	41	0.00
April 2	54	39	0.13
April 3	48	36	0.00
April 4	42	38	0.31
April 5	54	32	0.00
April 6	62	42	0.00
April 7	42	28	0.03
April 8	43	26	0.00
April 9	51	29	0.00
April 10	54	37	0.00
April 11	61	45	0.00
April 12	57	44	0.00
April 13	55	44	0.97
April 14	61	47	0.00
April 15	47	44	0.08
April 16	60	42	0.64
April 17	72	42	0.00
April 18	68	48	0.00
April 19	86	53	0.00
April 20	74	41	0.74
April 21	64	39	0.00
April 22	52	42	0.73
April 23	66	42	0.18
April 24	57	48	0.11
April 25	54	43	0.00
April 26	58	38	0.00
April 27	56	44	0.00
April 28	64	41	0.00
April 29	74	50	0.00
April 30	76	52	0.00

May 1972 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	74	58	0.06
May 2	75	60	0.05
May 3	71	60	1.08
May 4	65	55	0.11
May 5	60	52	0.00
May 6	68	47	0.00
May 7	83	55	0.60
May 8	66	49	0.08
May 9	49	46	1.16
May 10	62	45	0.04
May 11	71	46	0.00
May 12	78	51	0.00
May 13	79	57	0.00
May 14	67	58	0.91
May 15	74	57	0.66
May 16	78	58	0.00
May 17	68	55	0.10
May 18	77	55	0.00
May 19	72	54	0.19
May 20	60	54	2.03
May 21	81	59	0.00
May 22	79	58	0.00
May 23	80	54	0.00
May 24	86	56	0.00
May 25	72	50	0.00
May 26	67	46	0.00
May 27	73	47	0.00
May 28	81	53	0.00
May 29	78	56	0.00
May 30	78	63	0.02
May 31	72	64	1.30

June 1972 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	72	60	0.12
June 2	71	54	0.06
June 3	82	59	0.00
June 4	86	64	0.44
June 5	80	60	0.00
June 6	70	60	0.01
June 7	76	58	0.11
June 8	82	57	0.00
June 9	85	68	0.00
June 10	72	49	0.19
June 11	69	46	0.00
June 12	74	56	0.00
June 13	74	63	0.01
June 14	73	67	0.00
June 15	83	68	0.00
June 16	79	68	1.31
June 17	80	64	0.42
June 18	68	62	1.37
June 19	65	60	0.99
June 20	77	65	0.00
June 21	72	67	0.21
June 22	71	58	1.19
June 23	63	56	0.46
June 24	68	56	0.00
June 25	66	58	0.93
June 26	69	62	0.09
June 27	80	59	0.00
June 28	84	66	0.00
June 29	76	66	0.68
June 30	82	64	0.71

July 1972 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	64	0.00
July 2	91	71	0.00
July 3	86	72	0.23
July 4	79	63	0.00
July 5	66	60	0.16
July 6	77	56	0.00
July 7	79	61	0.00
July 8	80	61	0.16
July 9	81	61	0.00
July 10	84	66	0.00
July 11	89	70	0.00
July 12	90	74	0.00
July 13	75	71	3.16
July 14	89	73	0.00
July 15	93	76	0.00
July 16	90	75	0.02
July 17	92	74	0.00
July 18	89	76	0.00
July 19	94	76	0.00
July 20	88	72	0.19
July 21	92	72	0.52
July 22	92	75	0.00
July 23	94	79	0.00
July 24	91	78	0.00
July 25	91	73	0.00
July 26	80	66	0.00
July 27	81	67	0.00
July 28	82	65	0.00
July 29	84	64	0.00
July 30	84	68	0.00
July 31	71	66	0.10

August 1972 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	67	0.00
August 2	86	71	0.00
August 3	85	72	0.02
August 4	83	67	0.00
August 5	80	59	0.00
August 6	80	61	0.00
August 7	83	70	0.00
August 8	87	72	0.00
August 9	86	73	0.00
August 10	76	59	0.00
August 11	80	57	0.00
August 12	79	66	0.00
August 13	88	69	0.00
August 14	86	70	0.00
August 15	76	61	0.82
August 16	75	59	0.00
August 17	70	64	0.00
August 18	83	68	0.00
August 19	86	67	0.00
August 20	86	67	0.00
August 21	84	64	0.00
August 22	86	65	0.00
August 23	88	65	0.00
August 24	94	72	0.00
August 25	92	74	0.04
August 26	91	71	0.95
August 27	87	71	0.08
August 28	86	71	0.01
August 29	89	67	0.00
August 30	87	67	0.00
August 31	88	66	0.00

September 1972 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	65	0.00
September 2	73	68	0.09
September 3	84	67	0.24
September 4	77	62	0.00
September 5	74	57	0.00
September 6	84	58	0.00
September 7	81	62	0.00
September 8	81	63	0.00
September 9	83	62	0.00
September 10	76	54	0.00
September 11	81	56	0.00
September 12	80	65	0.00
September 13	77	65	0.27
September 14	88	66	0.00
September 15	76	61	0.00
September 16	84	61	0.00
September 17	92	68	0.00
September 18	86	72	0.21
September 19	78	59	0.03
September 20	62	58	0.00
September 21	62	55	0.00
September 22	79	55	0.00
September 23	70	50	0.00
September 24	65	56	0.00
September 25	81	62	0.00
September 26	86	70	0.00
September 27	86	66	0.05
September 28	72	59	0.00
September 29	67	60	0.26
September 30	70	52	0.18

October 1972 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	63	45	0.00
October 2	70	46	0.00
October 3	73	52	0.00
October 4	73	55	0.00
October 5	69	57	0.00
October 6	73	62	0.29
October 7	65	53	4.09
October 8	70	48	0.05
October 9	60	44	0.00
October 10	58	40	0.00
October 11	63	41	0.00
October 12	57	54	0.17
October 13	57	45	0.00
October 14	64	45	0.00
October 15	60	43	0.01
October 16	58	44	0.00
October 17	67	45	0.00
October 18	52	37	0.10
October 19	43	35	0.53
October 20	48	32	0.00
October 21	54	36	0.00
October 22	57	46	0.00
October 23	64	54	0.00
October 24	74	55	0.00
October 25	57	43	0.00
October 26	56	42	0.00
October 27	61	43	0.00
October 28	64	55	0.99
October 29	64	52	0.04
October 30	53	37	0.00
October 31	48	35	0.00

November 1972 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	50	43	0.02
November 2	62	48	0.53
November 3	68	53	0.00
November 4	55	44	0.23
November 5	48	43	0.16
November 6	49	40	0.00
November 7	61	45	0.00
November 8	58	46	5.60
November 9	53	44	0.00
November 10	65	42	0.00
November 11	53	45	0.60
November 12	51	46	0.00
November 13	53	47	0.00
November 14	50	37	2.23
November 15	37	31	0.01
November 16	51	31	0.00
November 17	45	36	0.00
November 18	50	31	0.00
November 19	42	35	0.44
November 20	52	35	0.76
November 21	43	31	0.00
November 22	32	25	0.00
November 23	35	21	0.00
November 24	45	31	0.00
November 25	47	33	0.06
November 26	61	44	0.89
November 27	50	41	0.00
November 28	55	40	0.03
November 29	45	34	0.00
November 30	39	33	0.85

December 1972 New York City Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	44	35	0.12
December 2	47	35	0.00
December 3	58	42	0.00
December 4	42	33	0.13
December 5	45	35	0.01
December 6	61	37	1.04
December 7	40	30	0.00
December 8	54	30	0.84
December 9	54	45	0.07
December 10	47	43	0.22
December 11	43	30	0.00
December 12	37	29	0.05
December 13	52	37	0.02
December 14	46	35	0.00
December 15	38	33	0.88
December 16	35	22	0.04
December 17	24	19	0.00
December 18	36	19	0.00
December 19	45	35	0.00
December 20	44	36	0.26
December 21	36	33	0.33
December 22	42	35	1.19
December 23	41	37	0.26
December 24	39	36	0.00
December 25	41	38	0.00
December 26	42	37	0.22
December 27	40	35	0.01
December 28	44	33	0.00
December 29	34	25	0.00
December 30	40	31	0.04
December 31	59	37	0.36

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