Santa Cruz Weather in 1972

Historical record of Santa Cruz, California weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Santa Cruz Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	97 °F	August 21
Lowest temperature	23 °F	December 9
Highest daily low	62 °F	October 16
Lowest daily high	41 °F	December 8
Most daily precipitation	2.9 inches	November 14
Most daily snow	none	-
Total annual precipitation	24.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	none	-

What was the hottest temperature in Santa Cruz in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in Santa Cruz, California in 1972 was 97 °F which happened on August 21.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Santa Cruz in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	97 °F	Aug 21
2	95 °F	Aug 22
2	95 °F	May 12
4	93 °F	Jul 15
5	92 °F	Oct 6
5	92 °F	Jul 16
7	91 °F	Jun 30
8	90 °F	Sep 21
9	89 °F	Sep 20
10	88 °F	Oct 7
10	88 °F	Jul 9
10	88 °F	May 11
10	88 °F	May 1

What was the coldest temperature in Santa Cruz in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in Santa Cruz, California in 1972 was 23 °F which happened on Dec 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Santa Cruz in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	23 °F	December 9
2	24 °F	December 11
3	25 °F	December 14
4	26 °F	December 12
5	27 °F	December 10
6	28 °F	February 3
7	29 °F	December 13
7	29 °F	December 5
7	29 °F	January 5
7	29 °F	January 4

January 1972 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	63	33	0.00
January 2	59	34	0.00
January 3	55	37	0.00
January 4	58	29	0.00
January 5	60	29	0.00
January 6	63	30	0.00
January 7	58	30	0.00
January 8	58	32	0.00
January 9	55	30	0.00
January 10	57	31	0.00
January 11	57	31	0.00
January 12	57	33	0.00
January 13	61	35	0.00
January 14	64	36	0.00
January 15	73	35	0.00
January 16	67	36	0.00
January 17	62	37	0.00
January 18	58	41	0.00
January 19	51	n/a	0.00
January 20	63	41	0.00
January 21	60	45	0.00
January 22	55	48	0.02
January 23	56	42	0.26
January 24	60	30	0.00
January 25	57	33	0.48
January 26	53	32	0.20
January 27	54	36	0.75
January 28	55	40	0.08
January 29	59	36	0.00
January 30	66	30	0.00
January 31	63	31	0.00

February 1972 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	n/a	36	0.00
February 2	56	32	0.00
February 3	61	28	0.00
February 4	64	35	0.04
February 5	63	41	0.15
February 6	58	48	1.23
February 7	57	44	0.05
February 8	62	48	0.00
February 9	68	48	0.00
February 10	71	46	0.00
February 11	71	39	0.00
February 12	66	39	0.00
February 13	61	37	0.00
February 14	62	39	0.00
February 15	61	40	0.00
February 16	66	37	0.00
February 17	71	38	0.00
February 18	68	45	0.00
February 19	68	47	0.00
February 20	65	52	0.00
February 21	64	48	0.00
February 22	63	47	0.06
February 23	65	42	0.03
February 24	64	43	0.00
February 25	63	44	0.00
February 26	72	40	0.00
February 27	73	42	0.00
February 28	58	48	0.00
February 29	61	43	0.25

March 1972 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	62	36	0.00
March 2	68	49	0.00
March 3	64	50	0.02
March 4	69	49	0.00
March 5	83	45	0.00
March 6	79	44	0.00
March 7	71	42	0.00
March 8	58	48	0.00
March 9	64	52	0.00
March 10	68	54	0.00
March 11	71	49	0.00
March 12	71	49	0.00
March 13	73	45	0.00
March 14	67	41	0.00
March 15	68	43	0.00
March 16	78	45	0.00
March 17	68	46	0.00
March 18	73	45	0.00
March 19	71	39	0.00
March 20	65	40	0.00
March 21	61	52	0.00
March 22	60	53	0.30
March 23	65	35	0.00
March 24	68	36	0.00
March 25	65	40	0.00
March 26	63	31	0.00
March 27	64	32	0.00
March 28	66	32	0.00
March 29	68	35	0.00
March 30	68	34	0.00
March 31	67	35	0.00

April 1972 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	68	50	0.04
April 2	72	41	0.00
April 3	67	48	0.00
April 4	68	51	0.00
April 5	59	51	0.45
April 6	66	52	0.23
April 7	70	39	0.00
April 8	68	38	0.00
April 9	63	38	0.00
April 10	67	39	0.00
April 11	65	40	0.45
April 12	58	45	0.15
April 13	64	35	0.14
April 14	68	40	0.00
April 15	71	39	0.00
April 16	70	39	0.00
April 17	69	36	0.00
April 18	66	34	0.00
April 19	69	35	0.00
April 20	70	33	0.00
April 21	69	35	0.00
April 22	74	37	0.00
April 23	63	42	0.00
April 24	67	45	0.46
April 25	73	37	0.00
April 26	78	35	0.00
April 27	78	44	0.00
April 28	68	42	0.00
April 29	73	37	0.00
April 30	79	37	0.00

May 1972 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	88	40	0.00
May 2	84	42	0.00
May 3	71	46	0.00
May 4	58	48	0.00
May 5	60	49	0.00
May 6	64	40	0.00
May 7	64	44	0.03
May 8	65	38	0.00
May 9	74	37	0.00
May 10	73	38	0.00
May 11	88	41	0.00
May 12	95	45	0.00
May 13	84	44	0.00
May 14	77	49	0.00
May 15	78	48	0.00
May 16	73	44	0.00
May 17	71	44	0.00
May 18	70	42	0.00
May 19	63	48	0.00
May 20	64	47	0.00
May 21	68	48	0.00
May 22	77	42	0.00
May 23	70	44	0.00
May 24	68	42	0.00
May 25	60	49	0.00
May 26	68	52	0.00
May 27	70	49	0.00
May 28	78	45	0.00
May 29	82	46	0.00
May 30	75	47	0.00
May 31	72	45	0.00

June 1972 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	46	0.08
June 2	75	47	0.00
June 3	73	46	0.00
June 4	74	44	0.00
June 5	82	47	0.00
June 6	83	49	0.00
June 7	82	52	0.00
June 8	80	48	0.00
June 9	77	48	0.00
June 10	72	49	0.00
June 11	81	59	0.00
June 12	83	52	0.00
June 13	75	55	0.00
June 14	73	57	0.00
June 15	74	58	0.00
June 16	80	56	0.00
June 17	79	57	0.00
June 18	70	53	0.00
June 19	71	56	0.00
June 20	71	54	0.00
June 21	70	55	0.00
June 22	66	56	0.06
June 23	70	57	0.00
June 24	72	57	0.00
June 25	72	55	0.00
June 26	69	54	0.00
June 27	70	51	0.00
June 28	76	52	0.00
June 29	79	61	0.00
June 30	91	57	0.00

July 1972 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	57	0.00
July 2	68	57	0.00
July 3	81	56	0.00
July 4	79	49	0.00
July 5	75	48	0.00
July 6	76	56	0.00
July 7	72	45	0.00
July 8	81	45	0.00
July 9	88	48	0.00
July 10	84	46	0.00
July 11	80	47	0.00
July 12	73	48	0.00
July 13	84	n/a	0.00
July 14	82	54	0.00
July 15	93	52	0.00
July 16	92	53	0.00
July 17	69	52	0.00
July 18	70	58	0.00
July 19	74	57	0.00
July 20	74	55	0.00
July 21	69	56	0.04
July 22	66	56	0.00
July 23	73	58	0.00
July 24	81	47	0.00
July 25	76	47	0.00
July 26	78	52	0.00
July 27	80	46	0.00
July 28	78	47	0.00
July 29	82	45	0.00
July 30	81	48	0.00
July 31	83	53	0.00

August 1972 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)
August 1	77	48
August 2	76	54
August 3	66	51
August 4	72	54
August 5	77	52
August 6	76	51
August 7	74	57
August 8	72	53
August 9	72	57
August 10	77	56
August 11	78	53
August 12	77	48
August 13	81	45
August 14	79	46
August 15	80	44
August 16	81	46
August 17	85	50
August 18	79	49
August 19	77	49
August 20	86	52
August 21	97	52
August 22	95	52
August 23	78	52
August 24	75	49
August 25	72	47
August 26	70	51
August 27	68	57
August 28	75	57
August 29	83	54
August 30	82	49
August 31	79	48

September 1972 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	71	53	0.00
September 2	74	57	0.00
September 3	76	55	0.00
September 4	77	52	0.00
September 5	86	52	0.00
September 6	74	54	0.00
September 7	70	53	0.00
September 8	70	52	0.00
September 9	72	56	0.00
September 10	70	50	0.00
September 11	69	52	0.00
September 12	77	41	0.00
September 13	85	43	0.00
September 14	74	45	0.00
September 15	68	48	0.00
September 16	69	51	0.00
September 17	72	47	0.00
September 18	75	44	0.00
September 19	79	49	0.00
September 20	89	43	0.00
September 21	90	46	0.00
September 22	86	47	0.00
September 23	79	41	0.00
September 24	77	54	0.00
September 25	78	41	0.00
September 26	74	60	0.16
September 27	71	58	1.15
September 28	80	55	0.01
September 29	82	53	0.01
September 30	74	56	0.00

October 1972 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	76	58	0.00
October 2	74	60	0.01
October 3	72	49	0.00
October 4	72	51	0.03
October 5	87	50	0.00
October 6	92	49	0.00
October 7	88	53	0.00
October 8	72	53	0.00
October 9	69	60	0.05
October 10	72	57	0.08
October 11	70	58	0.15
October 12	71	57	0.24
October 13	72	53	0.05
October 14	64	n/a	0.63
October 15	68	57	0.95
October 16	65	62	0.75
October 17	71	55	0.46
October 18	72	48	0.01
October 19	n/a	52	0.00
October 20	69	56	0.00
October 21	70	50	0.00
October 22	68	50	0.00
October 23	74	57	0.00
October 24	75	52	0.00
October 25	75	42	0.00
October 26	73	43	0.00
October 27	72	47	0.00
October 28	71	46	0.00
October 29	66	42	0.00
October 30	66	43	0.00
October 31	65	35	0.00

November 1972 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	65	46	0.00
November 2	70	47	0.00
November 3	n/a	51	0.10
November 4	69	55	1.34
November 5	65	42	0.00
November 6	61	39	0.00
November 7	61	48	0.45
November 8	65	38	0.00
November 9	66	43	0.00
November 10	62	49	0.93
November 11	60	48	0.42
November 12	61	37	0.00
November 13	60	49	2.30
November 14	56	45	2.87
November 15	56	49	1.35
November 16	55	47	0.67
November 17	63	45	0.00
November 18	55	41	0.08
November 19	56	39	0.03
November 20	61	38	0.00
November 21	58	38	0.00
November 22	66	51	0.00
November 23	59	34	0.00
November 24	64	40	0.00
November 25	63	38	0.00
November 26	67	40	0.00
November 27	68	44	0.00
November 28	66	37	0.00
November 29	69	40	0.00
November 30	73	37	0.00

December 1972 Santa Cruz Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	62	38	0.00
December 2	57	33	0.00
December 3	56	41	0.12
December 4	54	41	0.83
December 5	51	29	0.00
December 6	55	36	0.64
December 7	49	33	0.58
December 8	41	31	0.07
December 9	46	23	0.00
December 10	47	27	0.00
December 11	47	24	0.00
December 12	48	26	0.00
December 13	51	29	0.00
December 14	47	25	0.00
December 15	53	30	0.00
December 16	56	34	0.00
December 17	57	47	0.25
December 18	65	46	0.00
December 19	61	45	0.51
December 20	65	46	0.04
December 21	65	44	0.00
December 22	63	50	0.26
December 23	61	39	0.00
December 24	63	44	0.00
December 25	65	31	0.00
December 26	68	36	0.00
December 27	64	41	0.03
December 28	59	37	0.05
December 29	59	41	0.00
December 30	56	31	0.00
December 31	58	37	0.00

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