San Luis Obispo Weather in 1972

Historical record of San Luis Obispo, California weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 San Luis Obispo Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	August 23
Lowest temperature	24 °F	December 11
Highest daily low	64 °F	August 22
Lowest daily high	41 °F	December 10
Most daily precipitation	2.7 inches	November 14
Most daily snow	none	-
Total annual precipitation	14.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	none	-

What was the hottest temperature in San Luis Obispo in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in San Luis Obispo, California in 1972 was 97 °F which happened on August 23.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in San Luis Obispo in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Aug 23
2	95 °F	Sep 22
3	94 °F	Oct 7
4	93 °F	Aug 1
5	92 °F	Aug 22
5	92 °F	Jun 13
7	91 °F	Sep 21
8	90 °F	Sep 23
8	90 °F	Jul 15
8	90 °F	Jul 14

What was the coldest temperature in San Luis Obispo in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in San Luis Obispo, California in 1972 was 24 °F which happened on Dec 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in San Luis Obispo in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	24 °F	December 11
2	26 °F	December 12
3	28 °F	December 13
4	30 °F	December 14
4	30 °F	December 10
6	31 °F	December 9
6	31 °F	April 20
8	32 °F	January 13
8	32 °F	January 4
10	33 °F	December 15
10	33 °F	February 1

January 1972 San Luis Obispo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	59	38	0.00
January 2	68	40	0.00
January 3	65	35	0.00
January 4	52	32	0.00
January 5	60	34	0.00
January 6	61	36	0.00
January 7	61	36	0.00
January 8	61	34	0.00
January 9	57	34	0.00
January 10	60	34	0.00
January 11	63	36	0.00
January 12	61	37	0.00
January 13	55	32	0.00
January 14	62	37	0.00
January 15	69	42	0.00
January 16	69	40	0.00
January 17	74	38	0.00
January 18	57	39	0.00
January 19	52	42	0.00
January 20	51	40	0.00
January 21	62	40	0.00
January 22	61	40	0.00
January 23	62	40	0.00
January 24	60	40	0.00
January 25	64	38	0.00
January 26	55	37	0.15
January 27	50	37	0.31
January 28	53	37	0.57
January 29	54	35	0.00
January 30	54	39	0.00
January 31	65	38	0.00

February 1972 San Luis Obispo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	66	33	0.00
February 2	57	34	0.00
February 3	60	34	0.00
February 4	62	35	0.07
February 5	58	44	0.47
February 6	58	44	0.17
February 7	59	44	0.00
February 8	62	43	0.00
February 9	65	45	0.00
February 10	71	44	0.00
February 11	70	42	0.00
February 12	70	44	0.00
February 13	71	40	0.00
February 14	70	38	0.00
February 15	65	47	0.00
February 16	65	47	0.00
February 17	71	47	0.00
February 18	71	47	0.00
February 19	69	44	0.00
February 20	72	48	0.00
February 21	65	50	0.00
February 22	69	50	0.15
February 23	72	48	0.00
February 24	60	36	0.00
February 25	66	49	0.00
February 26	69	49	0.00
February 27	73	52	0.00
February 28	74	45	0.00
February 29	53	47	0.00

March 1972 San Luis Obispo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
March 1	64	48
March 2	69	46
March 3	73	53
March 4	74	52
March 5	78	47
March 6	88	51
March 7	74	49
March 8	58	50
March 9	60	45
March 10	66	46
March 11	72	48
March 12	78	50
March 13	76	54
March 14	75	51
March 15	79	41
March 16	72	46
March 17	69	46
March 18	68	46
March 19	71	42
March 20	81	47
March 21	66	51
March 22	65	52
March 23	64	48
March 24	67	42
March 25	75	n/a
March 26	69	46
March 27	62	39
March 28	59	37
March 29	60	37
March 30	61	44
March 31	75	40

April 1972 San Luis Obispo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	75	45	0.00
April 2	78	47	0.00
April 3	77	41	0.00
April 4	76	47	0.00
April 5	74	49	0.00
April 6	68	46	0.00
April 7	67	47	0.00
April 8	74	44	0.00
April 9	73	47	0.00
April 10	68	47	0.00
April 11	69	45	0.17
April 12	57	44	0.42
April 13	61	43	0.30
April 14	64	44	0.00
April 15	69	42	0.00
April 16	70	45	0.00
April 17	68	43	0.00
April 18	63	44	0.00
April 19	62	36	0.00
April 20	64	31	0.00
April 21	67	41	0.00
April 22	69	46	0.00
April 23	72	45	0.00
April 24	65	41	0.00
April 25	62	47	0.00
April 26	72	47	0.00
April 27	85	50	0.00
April 28	82	46	0.00
April 29	67	47	0.00
April 30	75	44	0.00

May 1972 San Luis Obispo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	84	50	0.00
May 2	79	45	0.00
May 3	75	47	0.00
May 4	69	50	0.00
May 5	64	50	0.00
May 6	61	49	0.00
May 7	60	47	0.00
May 8	61	44	0.00
May 9	67	45	0.00
May 10	67	45	0.00
May 11	66	45	0.00
May 12	85	50	0.00
May 13	85	48	0.00
May 14	87	48	0.00
May 15	84	47	0.00
May 16	71	48	0.00
May 17	67	50	0.00
May 18	65	45	0.00
May 19	64	47	0.00
May 20	60	44	0.06
May 21	65	45	0.00
May 22	69	48	0.00
May 23	75	47	0.00
May 24	65	45	0.00
May 25	63	46	0.00
May 26	65	50	0.00
May 27	67	49	0.00
May 28	74	49	0.00
May 29	82	50	0.00
May 30	86	52	0.00
May 31	81	49	0.00

June 1972 San Luis Obispo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
June 1	76	49
June 2	77	51
June 3	75	51
June 4	69	47
June 5	70	50
June 6	83	51
June 7	80	50
June 8	74	53
June 9	65	52
June 10	72	51
June 11	70	46
June 12	83	50
June 13	92	56
June 14	77	51
June 15	76	52
June 16	75	51
June 17	73	50
June 18	72	51
June 19	71	n/a
June 20	73	50
June 21	75	50
June 22	70	52
June 23	67	55
June 24	66	48
June 25	67	52
June 26	70	52
June 27	72	53
June 28	74	52
June 29	74	51
June 30	85	50

July 1972 San Luis Obispo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	80	50	0.00
July 2	75	55	0.00
July 3	78	55	0.00
July 4	74	50	0.00
July 5	73	52	0.00
July 6	72	52	0.00
July 7	73	51	0.00
July 8	81	51	0.00
July 9	85	53	0.00
July 10	85	54	0.00
July 11	81	51	0.00
July 12	79	51	0.00
July 13	83	51	0.00
July 14	90	56	0.00
July 15	90	51	0.00
July 16	76	52	0.00
July 17	78	56	0.00
July 18	80	56	0.00
July 19	78	60	0.00
July 20	72	54	0.04
July 21	70	50	0.00
July 22	73	54	0.00
July 23	72	55	0.00
July 24	70	55	0.00
July 25	77	50	0.00
July 26	73	52	0.00
July 27	74	52	0.00
July 28	77	52	0.00
July 29	79	52	0.00
July 30	77	53	0.00
July 31	74	53	0.00

August 1972 San Luis Obispo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
August 1	93	52
August 2	79	50
August 3	68	50
August 4	71	52
August 5	74	50
August 6	80	51
August 7	83	54
August 8	81	55
August 9	78	57
August 10	81	55
August 11	84	55
August 12	83	54
August 13	78	54
August 14	75	50
August 15	74	50
August 16	74	51
August 17	77	53
August 18	73	53
August 19	69	52
August 20	76	52
August 21	80	52
August 22	92	64
August 23	97	52
August 24	72	50
August 25	73	51
August 26	77	52
August 27	75	52
August 28	75	55
August 29	80	54
August 30	86	54
August 31	84	58

September 1972 San Luis Obispo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
September 1	82	55
September 2	77	51
September 3	75	59
September 4	75	59
September 5	75	59
September 6	87	54
September 7	72	54
September 8	75	55
September 9	75	58
September 10	74	55
September 11	67	52
September 12	68	50
September 13	71	49
September 14	80	48
September 15	73	52
September 16	75	51
September 17	69	49
September 18	72	46
September 19	75	47
September 20	76	53
September 21	91	59
September 22	95	58
September 23	90	50
September 24	80	53
September 25	76	47
September 26	77	47
September 27	74	50
September 28	75	54
September 29	81	55
September 30	81	53

October 1972 San Luis Obispo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	70	53	0.00
October 2	69	53	0.00
October 3	73	52	0.00
October 4	71	55	0.04
October 5	67	48	0.00
October 6	88	43	0.00
October 7	94	50	0.00
October 8	78	56	0.00
October 9	68	56	0.00
October 10	72	57	0.22
October 11	69	53	0.49
October 12	73	53	0.00
October 13	67	57	0.91
October 14	71	56	0.17
October 15	70	55	0.03
October 16	68	55	0.80
October 17	67	55	0.03
October 18	72	54	0.03
October 19	75	53	0.00
October 20	65	54	0.00
October 21	63	50	0.00
October 22	72	50	0.00
October 23	69	52	0.00
October 24	73	52	0.00
October 25	81	52	0.00
October 26	75	48	0.00
October 27	67	50	0.00
October 28	66	52	0.00
October 29	68	48	0.00
October 30	66	45	0.00
October 31	66	41	0.00

November 1972 San Luis Obispo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	68	41	0.00
November 2	68	45	0.00
November 3	75	54	0.00
November 4	75	51	0.67
November 5	64	52	0.05
November 6	65	43	0.00
November 7	66	44	0.00
November 8	61	46	0.00
November 9	63	45	0.00
November 10	65	47	0.00
November 11	60	48	1.38
November 12	57	41	0.14
November 13	63	45	0.00
November 14	57	50	2.67
November 15	61	49	0.28
November 16	60	45	0.99
November 17	54	47	0.61
November 18	60	43	0.00
November 19	60	44	0.00
November 20	60	46	0.00
November 21	62	45	0.00
November 22	58	48	0.00
November 23	60	41	0.00
November 24	64	45	0.00
November 25	65	49	0.00
November 26	67	51	0.00
November 27	66	50	0.00
November 28	64	50	0.00
November 29	73	51	0.00
November 30	74	50	0.00

December 1972 San Luis Obispo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	73	45	0.00
December 2	73	44	0.00
December 3	60	44	0.00
December 4	60	46	0.87
December 5	54	38	0.08
December 6	51	35	0.00
December 7	55	38	0.66
December 8	53	37	0.39
December 9	48	31	0.00
December 10	41	30	0.00
December 11	49	24	0.00
December 12	48	26	0.00
December 13	52	28	0.00
December 14	48	30	0.00
December 15	60	33	0.00
December 16	59	34	0.00
December 17	69	40	0.00
December 18	63	52	0.00
December 19	73	50	0.00
December 20	65	51	0.00
December 21	71	56	0.00
December 22	75	49	0.00
December 23	61	47	0.00
December 24	65	45	0.00
December 25	60	49	0.00
December 26	71	45	0.00
December 27	72	42	0.00
December 28	71	43	0.00
December 29	57	42	0.00
December 30	55	34	0.00
December 31	59	36	0.00

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