Weather Records on 27 December 1918

42 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1918. Highest significance: Junsele, SE.

Key Facts for 27 December 1918

On 27 December 1918, 42 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
0 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 42 daily.
Junsele set a daily record precipitation of 18.2 mm (0.7 in) on 27 December 1918.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.

Record Map

42 stations

42 station records on 27 December 1918 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1918: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kerkwerve	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Groningen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenswood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Ledknapper Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bonang (Goomgerah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Vryburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Gotska Sandon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-34.5 C (-30.1 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

42 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1918 by type: Lowest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 32.

Records on 27 December 1918 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	0
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	32
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 December 1918 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 42.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

39 broken records

Margins by which the 39 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 11.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1918

Top 20 records on 27 December 1918 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1918	Junsele, SE	daily rain	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka, SE	daily rain	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily rain	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	78 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Landsort, SE	daily rain	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Jokkmokk, SE	daily rain	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Kerkwerve, NL	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily rain	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Groningen-1, NL	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Surgut, RU	daily rain	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Tartu, EE	daily rain	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Malung, SE	daily rain	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	19 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Tashkent, UZ	daily low min	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Maseskar, SE	daily rain	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	42 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Godegard, SE	daily rain	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	39 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Holmogadd A, SE	daily rain	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	31 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1918	Ravenswood Post Office, AU	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 years	14 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 1918

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1918. 1918 had 42 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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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 2	21
2 to 4	8
4 to 6	3
6 to 8	2
8 to 10	1
10 to 12	4