Weather Records on 27 October 1914

54 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 1914. Highest significance: Stonecliffe, CA.

Key Facts for 27 October 1914

On 27 October 1914, 54 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 51 daily.
Stonecliffe set a monthly record low maximum temperature of -2.2 C (28.0 F) on 27 October 1914.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

54 stations

54 station records on 27 October 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 October 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arkona	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arkona	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St John's	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.4 C (97.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

54 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 6, Heaviest daily snowfall 4.

Records on 27 October 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	6
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 October 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 51.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

43 broken records

Margins by which the 43 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 1914

Top 20 records on 27 October 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 1914	Stonecliffe, CA	monthly low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Arkona, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Arkona, CA	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	51 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Chatham, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	22 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Philadelphia City, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Montreal McGill, CA	daily low max	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	16 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily low min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	St John's, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	15 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	23 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Port Stanley, CA	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Woodstock, CA	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	26 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	21 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	11 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	29 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Vytegra, RU	daily rain	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	32 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1914	Montgomery Wb City, US	daily low max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)

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

1802 to 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1914. 1914 had 54 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 October 1914
Margin	Records
0 to 10	38
10 to 20	1
20 to 30	1
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1