Weather Records on 27 December 1920

148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1920. Highest significance: Mannum Council Depot, AU.

Key Facts for 27 December 1920

On 27 December 1920, 148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 130 daily.
Mannum Council Depot set a monthly record daily precipitation of 54.9 mm (2.2 in) on 27 December 1920.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 542 records.

Record Map

148 stations

148 station records on 27 December 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Two Wells	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Curramulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
North Adelaide	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cowabie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granville (Kentucky)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin Norwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler (Loos)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murchison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardrossan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Warooka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jindera (Wadilock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

148 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1920 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 December 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 December 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 130.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

139 broken records

Margins by which the 139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1920

Top 20 records on 27 December 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1920	Mannum Council Depot, AU	monthly rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1920	Mount Torrens, AU	monthly rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1920	Adelaide (Thorndon Park), AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1920	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1920	Stansbury, AU	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	29 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1920	Guelph Oac, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1920	Gumeracha, AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1920	Lobethal, AU	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1920	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	5.9 cm (2.3 in)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1920	Woodside, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1920	Collingrove, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1920	Adelaide (Pooraka), AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1920	Birdwood, AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1920	Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc, AU	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1920	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1920	Roseworthy, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1920	Two Wells, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1920	Bindi, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1920	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1920	Curramulka, AU	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	14 years	27 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1920. 1920 had 148 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 1920-12-27: 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 50	133
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1