Washington D.C. Weather in 1972

Historical record of Washington D.C. weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Washington D.C. Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 21
Lowest temperature	3 °F	January 16
Highest daily low	78 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	18 °F	January 16
Most daily precipitation	6.1 inches	June 21
Most daily snow	5.5 inches	February 19
Total annual precipitation	52.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	15.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1972 was 95 °F which happened on July 21.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 21
2	94 °F	Jul 23
2	94 °F	Jul 22
2	94 °F	Jul 20
5	92 °F	Aug 26
5	92 °F	Jul 24
5	92 °F	Jul 19
8	91 °F	Sep 17
8	91 °F	Sep 14
8	91 °F	Aug 25
8	91 °F	Jul 25
8	91 °F	Jul 16
8	91 °F	Jul 3

What was the coldest temperature in Washington D.C. in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in Washington D.C. in 1972 was 3 °F which happened on Jan 16.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Washington D.C. in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	January 16
2	9 °F	January 17
2	9 °F	January 15
4	14 °F	February 8
5	18 °F	February 5
6	19 °F	December 18
6	19 °F	February 21
6	19 °F	February 10
6	19 °F	February 7
10	20 °F	December 17
10	20 °F	February 9
10	20 °F	February 4

January 1972 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	43	30	0.01	0.0
January 2	46	37	0.34	0.0
January 3	49	30	0.00	0.0
January 4	43	36	0.56	0.0
January 5	44	29	0.31	0.0
January 6	36	25	0.00	0.0
January 7	46	24	0.00	0.0
January 8	44	32	0.00	0.0
January 9	48	33	0.31	0.0
January 10	53	43	0.09	0.0
January 11	56	45	0.06	0.0
January 12	55	41	0.00	0.0
January 13	64	46	0.12	0.0
January 14	52	31	0.14	0.0
January 15	33	9	0.00	0.0
January 16	18	3	0.00	0.0
January 17	40	9	0.00	0.0
January 18	53	23	0.00	0.0
January 19	65	36	0.00	0.0
January 20	46	32	0.02	0.0
January 21	47	41	0.06	0.0
January 22	44	40	0.12	0.0
January 23	48	40	0.06	0.0
January 24	58	41	0.05	0.0
January 25	61	33	0.04	0.0
January 26	43	29	0.00	0.0
January 27	37	26	0.04	0.1
January 28	39	29	0.12	0.2
January 29	37	26	0.00	0.0
January 30	42	33	0.00	0.0
January 31	38	23	0.00	0.0

February 1972 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	44	23	0.00	0.0
February 2	37	33	0.20	3.4
February 3	49	34	0.92	0.0
February 4	42	20	0.00	0.0
February 5	35	18	0.00	0.0
February 6	44	23	0.03	0.0
February 7	40	19	0.00	0.0
February 8	31	14	0.00	0.0
February 9	36	20	0.00	0.0
February 10	38	19	0.00	0.0
February 11	42	25	0.00	0.0
February 12	48	25	0.10	0.0
February 13	54	37	0.91	0.0
February 14	52	36	0.03	0.0
February 15	66	31	0.00	0.0
February 16	48	37	0.00	0.0
February 17	39	32	0.22	3.0
February 18	43	33	0.50	0.0
February 19	43	26	1.09	5.5
February 20	30	21	0.00	0.0
February 21	45	19	0.00	0.0
February 22	47	25	0.00	0.0
February 23	36	21	0.47	2.5
February 24	46	34	0.24	0.0
February 25	55	36	0.07	0.0
February 26	48	34	0.49	0.0
February 27	45	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	57	34	0.00	0.0
February 29	77	42	0.00	0.0

March 1972 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	76	46	0.00
March 2	77	59	0.00
March 3	65	31	0.65
March 4	41	25	0.01
March 5	49	28	0.00
March 6	43	26	0.00
March 7	65	39	0.00
March 8	59	32	0.00
March 9	40	24	0.00
March 10	44	32	0.00
March 11	47	26	0.00
March 12	70	38	0.03
March 13	56	42	0.00
March 14	44	39	0.21
March 15	48	37	0.00
March 16	61	40	0.52
March 17	55	47	0.51
March 18	59	44	0.00
March 19	53	38	0.00
March 20	52	35	0.00
March 21	65	40	0.00
March 22	66	45	0.34
March 23	45	33	0.00
March 24	43	31	0.00
March 25	41	29	0.00
March 26	51	32	0.00
March 27	58	36	0.00
March 28	54	33	0.00
March 29	56	33	0.00
March 30	56	45	0.00
March 31	53	45	0.00

April 1972 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	60	40	0.09	0.0
April 2	53	37	0.01	0.0
April 3	56	36	0.00	0.0
April 4	59	39	0.16	0.0
April 5	64	33	0.00	0.0
April 6	74	44	0.00	0.0
April 7	60	30	0.58	0.6
April 8	41	29	0.00	0.0
April 9	51	28	0.00	0.0
April 10	61	35	0.00	0.0
April 11	74	46	0.00	0.0
April 12	63	50	0.00	0.0
April 13	69	47	1.00	0.0
April 14	73	56	0.00	0.0
April 15	63	52	0.00	0.0
April 16	69	53	0.47	0.0
April 17	72	53	0.01	0.0
April 18	74	47	0.00	0.0
April 19	85	54	0.00	0.0
April 20	78	50	0.00	0.0
April 21	63	45	0.00	0.0
April 22	50	42	1.42	0.0
April 23	74	47	0.19	0.0
April 24	60	46	0.01	0.0
April 25	58	46	0.00	0.0
April 26	61	38	0.00	0.0
April 27	62	41	0.00	0.0
April 28	66	41	0.00	0.0
April 29	76	45	0.00	0.0
April 30	73	53	0.05	0.0

May 1972 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	80	56	0.00
May 2	78	63	0.00
May 3	69	64	0.92
May 4	71	56	0.37
May 5	67	51	0.00
May 6	76	47	0.00
May 7	82	59	0.00
May 8	73	60	0.38
May 9	61	51	0.32
May 10	68	50	0.03
May 11	73	44	0.00
May 12	76	51	0.00
May 13	77	50	0.00
May 14	66	61	0.30
May 15	73	56	0.41
May 16	77	51	0.00
May 17	76	54	0.05
May 18	76	60	0.00
May 19	71	60	0.65
May 20	65	58	0.51
May 21	68	62	0.03
May 22	77	62	0.00
May 23	76	58	0.00
May 24	82	54	0.00
May 25	68	55	0.00
May 26	67	46	0.00
May 27	70	48	0.00
May 28	77	51	0.00
May 29	79	54	0.00
May 30	82	66	0.48
May 31	80	61	0.33

June 1972 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	68	54	0.00
June 2	81	53	0.00
June 3	86	60	0.00
June 4	87	65	0.17
June 5	84	62	0.00
June 6	75	66	0.19
June 7	79	61	0.00
June 8	83	56	0.00
June 9	87	62	0.00
June 10	75	52	0.00
June 11	70	47	0.00
June 12	81	52	0.00
June 13	78	67	0.19
June 14	82	68	0.00
June 15	86	71	0.00
June 16	84	71	0.00
June 17	73	68	0.10
June 18	78	69	0.84
June 19	87	70	0.00
June 20	79	69	0.25
June 21	78	66	6.11
June 22	67	56	1.41
June 23	64	55	0.39
June 24	74	51	0.06
June 25	76	60	0.02
June 26	79	61	0.00
June 27	81	60	0.00
June 28	79	66	0.51
June 29	79	67	0.99
June 30	78	65	0.30

July 1972 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	66	0.00
July 2	89	69	0.02
July 3	91	71	0.07
July 4	81	68	0.00
July 5	72	60	0.12
July 6	73	61	0.21
July 7	76	60	0.00
July 8	78	61	0.00
July 9	82	64	0.00
July 10	86	67	0.00
July 11	85	68	0.00
July 12	79	70	0.83
July 13	89	73	1.11
July 14	89	71	0.00
July 15	90	74	0.00
July 16	91	72	0.66
July 17	90	71	0.00
July 18	89	74	0.00
July 19	92	76	0.00
July 20	94	77	0.00
July 21	95	76	0.00
July 22	94	78	0.00
July 23	94	78	0.00
July 24	92	76	0.00
July 25	91	76	0.00
July 26	86	69	0.00
July 27	80	72	0.00
July 28	80	70	0.00
July 29	74	66	0.01
July 30	68	65	0.35
July 31	79	66	0.05

August 1972 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	88	66	0.00
August 2	87	69	0.00
August 3	88	72	0.02
August 4	84	67	0.34
August 5	79	63	0.00
August 6	84	66	0.00
August 7	87	72	0.23
August 8	84	67	0.00
August 9	88	65	0.00
August 10	78	60	0.00
August 11	79	57	0.00
August 12	83	66	0.00
August 13	86	69	1.72
August 14	87	66	0.00
August 15	80	64	0.00
August 16	78	57	0.00
August 17	70	64	0.28
August 18	85	68	0.05
August 19	86	70	0.00
August 20	85	66	0.00
August 21	84	65	0.00
August 22	84	64	0.00
August 23	87	70	0.00
August 24	90	72	0.00
August 25	91	74	0.00
August 26	92	75	0.03
August 27	87	74	0.15
August 28	84	70	0.00
August 29	86	66	0.00
August 30	87	69	0.00
August 31	85	70	0.00

September 1972 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	67	0.00
September 2	77	68	0.12
September 3	85	66	0.00
September 4	76	62	0.07
September 5	72	59	0.00
September 6	81	55	0.00
September 7	85	56	0.00
September 8	86	60	0.00
September 9	85	64	0.00
September 10	77	57	0.00
September 11	75	54	0.00
September 12	79	65	0.06
September 13	89	69	0.00
September 14	91	66	0.26
September 15	80	62	0.00
September 16	87	63	0.00
September 17	91	68	0.00
September 18	83	69	0.10
September 19	83	64	0.00
September 20	67	61	0.00
September 21	64	60	0.04
September 22	82	61	0.01
September 23	74	53	0.00
September 24	76	60	0.06
September 25	83	62	0.00
September 26	89	69	0.00
September 27	76	71	0.17
September 28	73	63	0.00
September 29	70	63	0.00
September 30	73	50	0.38

October 1972 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	67	46	0.00
October 2	72	45	0.00
October 3	74	48	0.00
October 4	73	53	0.00
October 5	73	62	0.06
October 6	73	65	0.69
October 7	69	52	0.14
October 8	76	50	0.00
October 9	64	46	0.00
October 10	61	41	0.00
October 11	67	38	0.00
October 12	69	52	0.01
October 13	67	53	0.00
October 14	69	52	0.00
October 15	64	41	0.00
October 16	60	43	0.00
October 17	79	51	0.00
October 18	53	44	0.02
October 19	45	34	0.59
October 20	51	31	0.00
October 21	55	32	0.00
October 22	64	49	0.00
October 23	73	47	0.02
October 24	75	57	0.00
October 25	61	44	0.00
October 26	58	40	0.00
October 27	64	37	0.00
October 28	65	54	2.03
October 29	71	54	0.00
October 30	63	46	0.00
October 31	49	40	0.00

November 1972 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	53	44	0.35
November 2	71	52	0.00
November 3	76	57	0.00
November 4	64	53	0.00
November 5	62	44	0.00
November 6	57	38	0.00
November 7	63	36	0.00
November 8	62	54	1.07
November 9	59	44	0.00
November 10	57	38	0.00
November 11	61	45	0.02
November 12	59	43	0.00
November 13	61	39	0.07
November 14	60	48	1.56
November 15	52	34	0.00
November 16	43	28	0.00
November 17	47	35	0.00
November 18	51	33	0.00
November 19	42	40	1.42
November 20	55	35	0.08
November 21	46	30	0.00
November 22	38	31	0.00
November 23	41	26	0.00
November 24	50	26	0.00
November 25	47	26	0.47
November 26	59	42	0.35
November 27	57	39	0.00
November 28	60	38	0.00
November 29	46	33	0.00
November 30	38	35	0.66

December 1972 Washington D.C. Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	50	33	0.00
December 2	59	36	0.00
December 3	65	39	0.00
December 4	61	44	0.00
December 5	67	40	0.00
December 6	65	38	0.32
December 7	42	32	0.00
December 8	39	34	1.35
December 9	55	39	0.05
December 10	59	48	0.29
December 11	48	34	0.00
December 12	40	35	0.08
December 13	61	40	0.00
December 14	44	39	0.00
December 15	45	38	0.67
December 16	41	22	0.00
December 17	32	20	0.00
December 18	42	19	0.00
December 19	57	30	0.00
December 20	61	43	0.06
December 21	48	43	0.52
December 22	48	42	0.81
December 23	48	43	0.06
December 24	46	39	0.00
December 25	48	42	0.00
December 26	46	40	0.12
December 27	47	35	0.00
December 28	51	31	0.00
December 29	45	32	0.00
December 30	47	38	0.10
December 31	63	45	0.12

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