3 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1908. Highest significance: Sandvig, DK.
Key Facts for 27 December 1908
On 27 December 1908, 3 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 1 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 3 daily.
Sandvig set a daily record precipitation of 11.0 mm (0.4 in) on 27 December 1908.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.
Record Map
3 stations
Lowest daily maximumHeaviest daily rainfall
3 station records on 27 December 1908 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 27 December 1908: highest significance records shown on the map
Station
Country
Type
Value
Significance
Sandvig
Denmark
Record daily precipitation
11.0 mm (0.4 in)
19 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik
Sweden
Record daily precipitation
11.5 mm (0.5 in)
13 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo
United States
Record low maximum temperature
13.3 C (55.9 F)
3 of 100 (Routine)
Counts by Type and Timescale
3 records
Records set or tied on 27 December 1908 by type: Lowest daily maximum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 2.
Records on 27 December 1908 by type
Record type
Records
Highest daily maximum
0
Lowest daily maximum
1
Highest daily minimum
0
Lowest daily minimum
0
Heaviest daily rainfall
2
Heaviest daily snowfall
0
Deepest snow cover
0
Records on 27 December 1908 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 3.
Records on 27 December 1908 by timescale
Timescale
Records
all-time
0
monthly
0
daily
3
How Much Records Were Beaten By
2 broken records
Margins by which the 2 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 3.9. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 December 1908
Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.
The Same Date in Other Years
1793 to 1908
1908
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1908. 1908 had 3 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 12-27 in each year
Year
Records
1793
2
1798
2
1810
1
1839
2
1845
1
1849
1
1860
2
1862
1
1868
1
1869
1
1872
3
1875
1
1876
2
1881
1
1882
2
1886
1
1889
3
1890
1
1891
2
1892
4
1894
6
1896
5
1897
6
1898
5
1899
3
1900
4
1901
4
1902
6
1903
12
1904
21
1905
9
1906
8
1907
38
1908
3
1909
25
1910
13
1911
12
1912
51
1913
24
1914
44
1915
42
1916
43
1917
67
1918
42
1919
188
1920
148
1921
336
1922
37
1923
292
1924
340
1925
509
1926
208
1927
175
1928
282
1929
394
1930
142
1931
314
1932
219
1933
474
1934
199
1935
706
1936
972
1937
241
1938
396
1939
429
1940
526
1941
204
1942
880
1943
246
1944
274
1945
406
1946
878
1947
356
1948
445
1949
730
1950
481
1951
266
1952
118
1953
241
1954
511
1955
533
1956
628
1957
316
1958
425
1959
1,114
1960
385
1961
217
1962
490
1963
243
1964
897
1965
473
1966
715
1967
817
1968
993
1969
778
1970
352
1971
1,207
1972
401
1973
819
1974
782
1975
622
1976
613
1977
815
1978
775
1979
578
1980
1,778
1981
832
1982
1,449
1983
2,382
1984
814
1985
821
1986
484
1987
2,166
1988
1,855
1989
925
1990
880
1991
477
1992
500
1993
1,329
1994
1,122
1995
1,317
1996
1,758
1997
850
1998
924
1999
867
2000
1,392
2001
642
2002
944
2003
1,242
2004
853
2005
913
2006
965
2007
838
2008
1,708
2009
1,005
2010
1,851
2011
1,094
2012
1,118
2013
506
2014
482
2015
2,876
2016
884
2017
1,415
2018
1,035
2019
556
2020
402
2021
1,526
2022
1,023
2023
750
2024
680
2025
1,101
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Data for records on 1908-12-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.