Seattle Weather in 1972

Historical record of Seattle, Washington weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Seattle Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	August 7
Lowest temperature	12 °F	January 27
Highest daily low	66 °F	July 3
Lowest daily high	25 °F	December 8
Most daily precipitation	2.7 inches	March 5
Most daily snow	7.9 inches	January 25
Total annual precipitation	48.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	22.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Seattle in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in Seattle, Washington in 1972 was 95 °F which happened on August 7.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Seattle in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Aug 7
2	93 °F	Aug 8
3	91 °F	Aug 6
3	91 °F	Jul 4
3	91 °F	May 28
6	90 °F	Jul 3
7	87 °F	Aug 5
8	86 °F	Jul 17
8	86 °F	May 27
10	85 °F	Aug 28

What was the coldest temperature in Seattle in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in Seattle, Washington in 1972 was 12 °F which happened on Jan 27.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Seattle in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	12 °F	January 27
2	13 °F	December 8
2	13 °F	January 28
4	15 °F	January 30
5	18 °F	December 7
6	19 °F	December 13
6	19 °F	February 2
6	19 °F	February 1
9	20 °F	January 26
10	21 °F	December 10
10	21 °F	December 9
10	21 °F	January 25

January 1972 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	47	37	0.07	0.0
January 2	42	31	0.03	0.0
January 3	37	27	0.00	0.0
January 4	40	32	0.00	0.0
January 5	45	39	0.04	0.0
January 6	46	42	0.00	0.0
January 7	44	37	0.14	0.0
January 8	46	35	0.45	0.1
January 9	47	37	0.00	0.0
January 10	44	33	0.40	0.4
January 11	49	35	0.18	0.0
January 12	43	32	0.00	0.0
January 13	38	30	0.00	0.0
January 14	44	35	0.01	0.0
January 15	45	35	0.00	0.0
January 16	47	41	0.17	0.0
January 17	44	36	0.09	0.0
January 18	48	34	0.45	0.4
January 19	50	46	1.03	0.0
January 20	53	48	1.66	0.0
January 21	50	44	0.33	0.0
January 22	48	43	0.14	0.0
January 23	43	34	0.99	1.2
January 24	35	26	0.49	3.5
January 25	26	21	0.55	7.9
January 26	28	20	0.00	0.0
January 27	29	12	0.00	0.0
January 28	30	13	0.00	0.0
January 29	34	24	0.00	0.0
January 30	35	15	0.00	0.0
January 31	35	24	0.02	0.5

February 1972 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	35	19	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	19	0.00	0.0
February 3	40	23	0.00	0.0
February 4	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 5	41	35	0.29	0.0
February 6	48	39	0.30	0.0
February 7	52	45	0.08	0.0
February 8	51	42	0.15	0.0
February 9	44	33	0.00	0.0
February 10	49	30	0.01	0.0
February 11	46	41	0.05	0.0
February 12	52	39	0.61	0.0
February 13	45	37	0.31	0.0
February 14	45	34	0.08	0.2
February 15	51	45	0.21	0.0
February 16	51	37	0.62	0.0
February 17	46	34	0.47	0.1
February 18	57	45	0.07	0.0
February 19	52	42	0.27	0.0
February 20	48	36	0.00	0.0
February 21	50	36	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	36	0.20	0.0
February 23	48	35	0.05	0.0
February 24	42	37	0.17	0.0
February 25	48	37	0.02	0.0
February 26	44	34	0.34	0.0
February 27	57	43	2.23	0.0
February 28	56	40	1.46	0.0
February 29	45	34	0.12	0.0

March 1972 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	46	34	0.18
March 2	46	38	0.08
March 3	45	36	0.00
March 4	44	35	0.40
March 5	54	41	2.70
March 6	46	33	0.00
March 7	47	31	0.00
March 8	55	37	0.00
March 9	52	46	0.60
March 10	57	50	0.30
March 11	55	49	0.53
March 12	56	50	0.93
March 13	56	48	0.11
March 14	57	47	0.00
March 15	58	50	0.05
March 16	66	49	0.00
March 17	65	45	0.00
March 18	54	46	0.06
March 19	56	42	0.14
March 20	56	42	0.00
March 21	55	44	0.14
March 22	52	41	0.22
March 23	51	37	0.00
March 24	48	35	0.25
March 25	46	34	0.01
March 26	46	33	0.00
March 27	47	40	0.00
March 28	51	36	0.00
March 29	56	34	0.00
March 30	58	38	0.00
March 31	58	43	0.04

April 1972 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	50	41	0.20	0.0
April 2	53	38	0.00	0.0
April 3	63	37	0.00	0.0
April 4	58	47	0.50	0.0
April 5	60	46	0.79	0.0
April 6	54	40	0.29	0.0
April 7	48	37	0.09	0.0
April 8	45	37	0.50	0.0
April 9	53	37	0.00	0.0
April 10	54	34	0.07	0.0
April 11	50	38	0.09	0.0
April 12	45	38	0.17	0.0
April 13	55	40	0.00	0.0
April 14	52	44	0.00	0.0
April 15	51	40	0.05	0.0
April 16	49	34	0.32	1.1
April 17	47	34	0.23	1.2
April 18	52	37	0.00	0.0
April 19	54	37	0.02	0.0
April 20	51	44	0.16	0.0
April 21	51	39	0.02	0.0
April 22	55	35	0.00	0.0
April 23	68	45	0.00	0.0
April 24	56	45	0.22	0.0
April 25	56	43	0.00	0.0
April 26	62	43	0.00	0.0
April 27	77	43	0.34	0.0
April 28	51	42	0.06	0.0
April 29	54	38	0.00	0.0
April 30	55	39	0.00	0.0

May 1972 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	62	41	0.00
May 2	66	47	0.00
May 3	66	48	0.00
May 4	69	48	0.00
May 5	74	50	0.00
May 6	56	50	0.00
May 7	60	48	0.00
May 8	58	49	0.24
May 9	60	46	0.00
May 10	65	47	0.00
May 11	73	50	0.00
May 12	78	50	0.00
May 13	78	56	0.00
May 14	73	52	0.00
May 15	60	50	0.07
May 16	63	50	0.01
May 17	55	45	0.21
May 18	61	44	0.05
May 19	71	46	0.00
May 20	79	55	0.00
May 21	58	52	0.11
May 22	60	46	0.00
May 23	58	43	0.00
May 24	60	42	0.00
May 25	67	45	0.00
May 26	82	48	0.00
May 27	86	57	0.00
May 28	91	60	0.00
May 29	73	55	0.00
May 30	73	50	0.00
May 31	62	50	0.00

June 1972 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	67	50	0.00
June 2	74	49	0.00
June 3	75	51	0.00
June 4	76	49	0.00
June 5	75	52	0.00
June 6	77	55	0.00
June 7	69	55	0.09
June 8	78	54	0.01
June 9	66	53	0.18
June 10	56	49	0.17
June 11	64	49	0.00
June 12	56	50	0.02
June 13	71	53	0.00
June 14	64	55	0.16
June 15	66	54	0.00
June 16	64	51	0.00
June 17	68	50	0.00
June 18	73	55	0.00
June 19	77	51	0.00
June 20	61	54	0.02
June 21	61	50	0.03
June 22	63	49	0.24
June 23	57	51	0.22
June 24	61	52	0.66
June 25	64	54	0.01
June 26	62	52	0.00
June 27	72	55	0.00
June 28	77	54	0.00
June 29	72	55	0.00
June 30	73	52	0.00

July 1972 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	72	52	0.00
July 2	82	56	0.00
July 3	90	66	0.00
July 4	91	60	0.00
July 5	84	55	0.00
July 6	66	54	0.00
July 7	69	48	0.00
July 8	65	53	0.07
July 9	67	52	0.29
July 10	64	50	0.13
July 11	65	56	0.21
July 12	63	60	0.64
July 13	70	58	0.00
July 14	73	57	0.00
July 15	77	56	0.00
July 16	81	61	0.00
July 17	86	63	0.00
July 18	74	57	0.00
July 19	82	58	0.00
July 20	83	55	0.00
July 21	83	57	0.00
July 22	81	55	0.00
July 23	70	55	0.00
July 24	67	55	0.00
July 25	74	56	0.00
July 26	73	55	0.00
July 27	77	54	0.00
July 28	80	55	0.00
July 29	81	57	0.00
July 30	83	55	0.00
July 31	80	57	0.00

August 1972 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	67	56	0.00
August 2	72	56	0.00
August 3	82	54	0.00
August 4	83	57	0.00
August 5	87	60	0.00
August 6	91	60	0.00
August 7	95	63	0.00
August 8	93	63	0.00
August 9	83	58	0.00
August 10	74	52	0.00
August 11	74	54	0.00
August 12	75	51	0.00
August 13	73	50	0.00
August 14	74	53	0.01
August 15	62	54	0.45
August 16	70	53	0.16
August 17	67	55	0.18
August 18	77	53	0.00
August 19	76	58	0.00
August 20	74	57	0.00
August 21	70	56	0.29
August 22	74	57	0.04
August 23	77	53	0.00
August 24	79	56	0.00
August 25	78	58	0.00
August 26	83	55	0.00
August 27	84	58	0.00
August 28	85	56	0.00
August 29	81	56	0.00
August 30	70	54	0.00
August 31	74	55	0.00

September 1972 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	79	56	0.00
September 2	83	55	0.00
September 3	83	55	0.00
September 4	72	53	0.00
September 5	62	53	0.08
September 6	63	51	0.07
September 7	65	55	0.01
September 8	58	51	0.24
September 9	63	48	0.03
September 10	62	50	0.00
September 11	66	45	0.00
September 12	70	49	0.00
September 13	74	50	0.00
September 14	74	49	0.00
September 15	71	49	0.00
September 16	63	51	0.01
September 17	61	48	0.00
September 18	62	47	0.15
September 19	52	44	0.28
September 20	57	47	1.05
September 21	57	47	0.72
September 22	51	45	1.05
September 23	53	43	0.00
September 24	54	42	0.30
September 25	57	36	0.00
September 26	50	39	0.10
September 27	51	35	0.00
September 28	53	43	0.01
September 29	60	47	0.00
September 30	66	44	0.00

October 1972 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	51	0.00
October 2	56	51	0.00
October 3	60	46	0.00
October 4	58	44	0.00
October 5	60	43	0.00
October 6	65	40	0.00
October 7	68	45	0.00
October 8	69	47	0.00
October 9	54	46	0.01
October 10	52	40	0.00
October 11	55	41	0.00
October 12	61	43	0.00
October 13	60	41	0.00
October 14	67	49	0.00
October 15	65	41	0.00
October 16	66	41	0.00
October 17	64	43	0.00
October 18	48	43	0.00
October 19	47	44	0.00
October 20	51	42	0.00
October 21	54	49	0.10
October 22	56	50	0.00
October 23	56	44	0.01
October 24	55	40	0.00
October 25	50	43	0.36
October 26	54	42	0.02
October 27	49	40	0.15
October 28	51	42	0.00
October 29	49	39	0.07
October 30	49	34	0.00
October 31	48	38	0.00

November 1972 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	52	44	0.43
November 2	57	49	0.05
November 3	56	51	0.23
November 4	55	46	0.23
November 5	55	45	0.00
November 6	53	47	0.29
November 7	54	44	0.17
November 8	52	43	0.08
November 9	52	46	0.48
November 10	56	44	0.01
November 11	54	39	0.00
November 12	51	35	0.00
November 13	52	38	0.00
November 14	52	40	0.00
November 15	50	35	0.00
November 16	51	39	0.00
November 17	44	33	0.00
November 18	53	39	0.15
November 19	53	40	0.00
November 20	55	38	0.00
November 21	53	41	0.00
November 22	49	41	0.00
November 23	53	45	0.13
November 24	51	43	0.14
November 25	51	45	0.48
November 26	51	39	0.32
November 27	45	38	0.19
November 28	47	38	0.00
November 29	47	41	0.00
November 30	49	43	0.00

December 1972 Seattle Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	50	41	0.55	0.0
December 2	45	34	0.29	0.3
December 3	36	30	0.00	0.0
December 4	32	24	0.00	0.0
December 5	29	26	0.00	0.0
December 6	30	23	0.00	0.0
December 7	25	18	0.00	0.0
December 8	25	13	0.00	0.0
December 9	32	21	0.00	0.0
December 10	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 11	31	26	0.24	4.2
December 12	31	22	0.07	0.9
December 13	36	19	0.00	0.2
December 14	39	32	0.00	0.0
December 15	40	29	0.17	0.0
December 16	46	37	1.02	0.0
December 17	50	45	0.71	0.0
December 18	54	45	0.41	0.0
December 19	53	50	0.38	0.0
December 20	54	51	0.40	0.0
December 21	54	48	0.93	0.0
December 22	51	48	0.30	0.0
December 23	50	45	0.79	0.0
December 24	50	42	0.24	0.0
December 25	51	45	1.00	0.0
December 26	48	44	0.89	0.0
December 27	48	40	0.53	0.0
December 28	42	38	0.04	0.0
December 29	41	37	0.00	0.0
December 30	44	39	0.02	0.0
December 31	42	38	0.00	0.0

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