Winston-Salem Weather in 1972

Historical record of Winston-Salem, North Carolina weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Winston-Salem Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	July 24
Lowest temperature	-1 °F	January 16
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 22
Lowest daily high	17 °F	January 16
Most daily precipitation	3.2 inches	June 21
Most daily snow	3.1 inches	March 25
Total annual precipitation	42.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	7.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Winston-Salem in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1972 was 96 °F which happened on July 24.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Winston-Salem in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jul 24
2	95 °F	Jul 23
3	94 °F	Jul 22
3	94 °F	Jul 21
5	93 °F	Aug 19
5	93 °F	Jul 25
7	92 °F	Sep 14
7	92 °F	Aug 4
7	92 °F	Jul 20
10	91 °F	Sep 16
10	91 °F	Sep 13
10	91 °F	Aug 24
10	91 °F	Aug 18
10	91 °F	Jul 26

What was the coldest temperature in Winston-Salem in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1972 was -1 °F which happened on Jan 16.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Winston-Salem in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-1 °F	January 16
2	9 °F	January 17
3	11 °F	February 5
3	11 °F	January 15
5	12 °F	December 18
5	12 °F	March 26
7	14 °F	February 8
8	15 °F	December 17
9	16 °F	February 9
10	18 °F	February 10

January 1972 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	44	28	0.00
January 2	46	33	0.13
January 3	51	25	0.00
January 4	52	34	0.33
January 5	55	27	0.08
January 6	39	22	0.00
January 7	52	20	0.00
January 8	50	23	0.00
January 9	56	32	0.26
January 10	58	49	0.28
January 11	57	51	0.24
January 12	65	42	0.00
January 13	67	55	0.60
January 14	63	34	0.28
January 15	38	11	0.00
January 16	17	-1	0.00
January 17	37	9	0.00
January 18	56	23	0.00
January 19	66	43	0.00
January 20	64	39	0.01
January 21	65	47	0.31
January 22	47	42	0.01
January 23	57	41	0.00
January 24	59	52	0.00
January 25	58	34	0.00
January 26	53	22	0.00
January 27	54	28	0.05
January 28	62	37	0.00
January 29	50	29	0.00
January 30	46	39	0.02
January 31	44	24	0.00

February 1972 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	44	19	0.30	2.0
February 2	34	32	0.50	0.0
February 3	37	32	1.08	0.0
February 4	33	19	0.00	0.0
February 5	40	11	0.00	0.0
February 6	46	29	0.06	0.0
February 7	50	21	0.00	0.0
February 8	37	14	0.00	0.0
February 9	42	16	0.00	0.0
February 10	40	18	0.00	0.0
February 11	50	27	0.00	0.0
February 12	41	30	0.58	0.0
February 13	53	39	0.29	0.0
February 14	58	36	0.00	0.0
February 15	65	36	0.00	0.0
February 16	49	30	0.00	0.0
February 17	41	32	0.20	0.5
February 18	37	31	0.31	2.3
February 19	34	24	0.00	0.0
February 20	37	20	0.00	0.0
February 21	52	24	0.00	0.0
February 22	57	34	0.00	0.0
February 23	35	25	0.26	0.0
February 24	52	30	0.00	0.0
February 25	59	38	0.02	0.0
February 26	66	35	0.11	0.0
February 27	51	27	0.00	0.0
February 28	71	32	0.00	0.0
February 29	77	39	0.00	0.0

March 1972 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	75	49	0.08	0.0
March 2	78	57	0.01	0.0
March 3	61	32	0.04	0.0
March 4	43	29	0.00	0.0
March 5	50	31	0.01	0.0
March 6	51	24	0.00	0.0
March 7	65	39	0.00	0.0
March 8	56	35	0.32	0.0
March 9	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 10	51	26	0.00	0.0
March 11	53	23	0.00	0.0
March 12	73	33	0.00	0.0
March 13	78	41	0.00	0.0
March 14	69	42	0.04	0.0
March 15	68	32	0.00	0.0
March 16	71	46	0.49	0.0
March 17	56	41	0.02	0.0
March 18	58	33	0.00	0.0
March 19	64	36	0.00	0.0
March 20	65	34	0.00	0.0
March 21	70	44	0.15	0.0
March 22	63	45	0.47	0.0
March 23	49	31	0.00	0.0
March 24	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	35	22	0.24	3.1
March 26	54	12	0.00	0.0
March 27	55	32	0.07	0.0
March 28	57	46	0.00	0.0
March 29	50	45	0.07	0.0
March 30	59	47	0.00	0.0
March 31	48	38	0.64	0.0

April 1972 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	59	37	0.07
April 2	50	29	0.00
April 3	65	25	0.00
April 4	70	38	0.13
April 5	64	30	0.00
April 6	74	42	0.00
April 7	78	38	0.71
April 8	45	28	0.05
April 9	53	23	0.00
April 10	66	29	0.00
April 11	72	49	0.00
April 12	58	53	0.70
April 13	81	53	0.00
April 14	77	58	0.00
April 15	88	56	0.00
April 16	84	56	0.04
April 17	75	50	0.00
April 18	79	43	0.00
April 19	77	50	0.00
April 20	84	58	0.03
April 21	65	45	0.16
April 22	53	44	0.80
April 23	77	48	0.00
April 24	71	50	0.03
April 25	58	41	0.00
April 26	63	36	0.00
April 27	69	36	0.00
April 28	73	39	0.00
April 29	75	55	0.00
April 30	76	50	0.00

May 1972 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	77	48	0.00
May 2	80	53	0.00
May 3	69	58	0.80
May 4	73	53	0.06
May 5	73	44	0.00
May 6	75	43	0.00
May 7	76	52	0.00
May 8	62	56	0.72
May 9	78	57	0.00
May 10	67	47	0.00
May 11	68	44	0.00
May 12	75	44	0.00
May 13	71	48	0.03
May 14	72	57	2.06
May 15	73	60	0.13
May 16	76	53	0.04
May 17	76	54	0.00
May 18	76	52	0.67
May 19	68	57	0.61
May 20	67	57	0.02
May 21	71	58	0.00
May 22	75	59	0.00
May 23	72	55	0.22
May 24	77	52	0.00
May 25	78	55	0.00
May 26	68	49	0.00
May 27	66	46	0.00
May 28	75	49	0.00
May 29	79	55	0.05
May 30	77	63	0.55
May 31	78	57	0.28

June 1972 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	71	45	0.00
June 2	77	46	0.00
June 3	82	54	0.00
June 4	85	57	0.00
June 5	85	63	0.00
June 6	85	60	0.03
June 7	78	55	0.00
June 8	81	52	0.00
June 9	83	63	0.01
June 10	73	51	0.00
June 11	71	42	0.00
June 12	78	42	0.00
June 13	83	57	0.00
June 14	85	63	0.00
June 15	84	63	0.00
June 16	85	62	0.00
June 17	84	65	0.00
June 18	85	65	0.14
June 19	81	67	0.10
June 20	72	68	2.16
June 21	76	64	3.17
June 22	75	57	0.00
June 23	70	54	0.00
June 24	74	54	0.00
June 25	81	54	0.00
June 26	81	58	0.00
June 27	84	59	0.00
June 28	82	64	0.60
June 29	82	63	0.16
June 30	80	61	0.00

July 1972 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	62	0.00
July 2	87	65	0.00
July 3	88	64	0.00
July 4	83	64	0.45
July 5	71	59	0.14
July 6	74	56	0.00
July 7	76	51	0.00
July 8	82	58	0.00
July 9	84	60	0.00
July 10	83	60	0.00
July 11	78	62	0.20
July 12	78	68	0.18
July 13	88	67	0.00
July 14	89	69	0.00
July 15	87	67	0.05
July 16	89	70	0.36
July 17	87	70	0.00
July 18	90	70	0.00
July 19	88	71	0.00
July 20	92	70	0.00
July 21	94	71	0.00
July 22	94	75	0.00
July 23	95	74	0.00
July 24	96	73	0.03
July 25	93	73	0.00
July 26	91	70	0.00
July 27	90	71	0.02
July 28	84	71	0.15
July 29	85	65	0.44
July 30	80	62	0.24
July 31	82	65	0.28

August 1972 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	65	0.10
August 2	86	66	0.00
August 3	90	68	0.00
August 4	92	70	0.24
August 5	79	62	0.00
August 6	81	59	0.00
August 7	87	67	0.11
August 8	87	66	0.00
August 9	87	65	0.00
August 10	78	62	0.00
August 11	78	61	0.00
August 12	85	64	0.00
August 13	88	66	0.00
August 14	85	68	0.00
August 15	90	66	0.00
August 16	72	62	0.01
August 17	88	64	0.00
August 18	91	73	0.00
August 19	93	69	0.01
August 20	84	66	0.00
August 21	82	61	0.00
August 22	86	58	0.00
August 23	88	64	0.00
August 24	91	66	0.00
August 25	90	66	0.00
August 26	90	70	0.00
August 27	84	71	0.00
August 28	82	68	0.24
August 29	85	65	0.00
August 30	85	63	0.00
August 31	83	65	0.00

September 1972 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	73	61	0.03
September 2	84	59	0.00
September 3	89	58	0.00
September 4	85	65	0.00
September 5	72	56	1.26
September 6	76	55	0.00
September 7	81	53	0.00
September 8	85	55	0.00
September 9	87	61	0.00
September 10	76	56	0.00
September 11	81	48	0.00
September 12	88	59	0.00
September 13	91	61	0.00
September 14	92	60	0.00
September 15	85	66	0.00
September 16	91	65	0.00
September 17	90	68	0.27
September 18	86	68	0.00
September 19	90	63	0.00
September 20	71	59	0.00
September 21	75	58	0.00
September 22	84	56	0.00
September 23	73	57	0.00
September 24	81	58	0.00
September 25	86	59	0.00
September 26	89	62	0.00
September 27	81	66	0.47
September 28	70	64	0.00
September 29	77	67	0.64
September 30	69	44	1.05

October 1972 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	61	38	0.00
October 2	67	39	0.00
October 3	70	43	0.00
October 4	67	56	0.00
October 5	67	55	0.22
October 6	68	55	0.11
October 7	70	53	0.00
October 8	74	45	0.00
October 9	70	44	0.00
October 10	60	39	0.00
October 11	65	35	0.00
October 12	76	42	0.00
October 13	76	56	0.00
October 14	72	54	0.00
October 15	70	44	0.00
October 16	63	42	0.23
October 17	80	51	0.00
October 18	54	47	0.00
October 19	48	32	0.43
October 20	50	25	0.00
October 21	55	26	0.00
October 22	66	35	0.00
October 23	71	44	0.04
October 24	72	58	0.00
October 25	58	45	0.00
October 26	59	41	0.00
October 27	57	37	0.56
October 28	60	50	0.23
October 29	72	50	0.00
October 30	65	41	0.00
October 31	60	46	0.00

November 1972 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	70	49	0.00
November 2	76	51	0.02
November 3	77	66	0.01
November 4	70	47	0.02
November 5	62	40	0.00
November 6	57	36	0.00
November 7	61	34	0.54
November 8	58	44	0.24
November 9	66	38	0.00
November 10	63	37	0.00
November 11	68	43	0.00
November 12	60	38	0.00
November 13	63	36	0.06
November 14	70	50	1.17
November 15	50	30	0.00
November 16	42	27	0.15
November 17	49	31	0.02
November 18	50	29	0.00
November 19	45	39	1.15
November 20	57	35	0.00
November 21	45	30	0.00
November 22	45	30	0.00
November 23	41	25	0.00
November 24	49	20	0.00
November 25	38	21	0.90
November 26	52	34	0.11
November 27	55	31	0.00
November 28	58	35	0.00
November 29	47	32	0.00
November 30	40	31	0.48

December 1972 Winston-Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	49	33	0.00
December 2	59	29	0.00
December 3	63	34	0.00
December 4	67	32	0.00
December 5	65	47	0.00
December 6	64	51	0.26
December 7	51	33	0.00
December 8	39	33	0.23
December 9	59	39	0.14
December 10	69	57	0.02
December 11	61	37	0.08
December 12	37	35	0.04
December 13	56	37	0.09
December 14	52	36	0.14
December 15	41	35	1.89
December 16	39	19	0.00
December 17	32	15	0.00
December 18	48	12	0.00
December 19	55	20	0.00
December 20	60	40	0.01
December 21	50	44	1.17
December 22	57	46	0.11
December 23	49	42	0.02
December 24	46	43	0.00
December 25	52	40	0.03
December 26	48	34	0.02
December 27	48	31	0.00
December 28	58	31	0.00
December 29	45	30	0.00
December 30	52	39	0.06
December 31	62	45	0.18

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1929–2024	Piedmont Triad International Airport	location
1899–1928	Winston Salem Reynolds Airport	location