Weather Records on 27 December 1914

44 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1914. Highest significance: Gunnee, AU.

Key Facts for 27 December 1914

On 27 December 1914, 44 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 43 daily.
Gunnee set a daily record precipitation of 45.2 mm (1.8 in) on 27 December 1914.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.

Record Map

44 stations

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

Weather records on 27 December 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gunnee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Turanville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goonoo Goonoo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boorolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonamble Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coonimbia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Goonal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Urawilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Llangollen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

44 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1914 by type: Lowest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 28.

Records on 27 December 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 December 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 43.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

40 broken records

Margins by which the 40 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 31.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1914

Top 20 records on 27 December 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1914	Gunnee, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1914	Washington, US	daily low min	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Turanville, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Walcha Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Goonoo Goonoo Station, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Burra Burra, AU	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Baradine Post Office, AU	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Boorolong, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Coonamble Comparison, AU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Trangie (Old Bundemar), AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	26 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Concord, US	daily low min	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	29 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Coonimbia, AU	daily rain	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	38 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Halifax, CA	monthly low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	0 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Goonal, AU	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Bega (Newtown Road), AU	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1914	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	26 years	15 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

1793 to 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1914. 1914 had 44 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	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

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Data for records on 1914-12-27: 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 2026-10-17 (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).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	24
5 to 10	8
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	3
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1