Weather Records on 27 May 1923

86 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1923. Highest significance: Brooksville Chin Hill, US.

Key Facts for 27 May 1923

On 27 May 1923, 86 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 84 daily.
Brooksville Chin Hill set a daily record precipitation of 68.3 mm (2.7 in) on 27 May 1923.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

86 stations

86 station records on 27 May 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Point Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Jervis Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoofddorp	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Pamatta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Netley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Amyton East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough (Dawson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Paratoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nunong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Demopolis Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Woomera (Oakden Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

86 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 57, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 27 May 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	57
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 84.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

72 broken records

Margins by which the 72 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1923

Top 20 records on 27 May 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1923	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1923	Kargopol, RU	monthly rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	23 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Cape Borda Comparison, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Point Peter, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Minnedosa, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	41 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Lake, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Ulricehamn, SE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Hoburg, SE	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Parnu, EE	daily rain	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Cape Jervis Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Eudunda, AU	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Goolwa Council Depot, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Battleford, CA	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	23 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Hoofddorp, NL	daily rain	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Sedan (Sandleton), AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Cockburn (Burta), AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	St. Petersburg, RU	daily rain	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	8 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Albany 3 SE, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1923	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	37 years	19 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

1797 to 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1923. 1923 had 86 records.

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

Records on 05-27 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1817	1
1818	1
1834	2
1836	4
1839	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	3
1868	4
1869	1
1874	1
1876	1
1879	3
1880	5
1881	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	5
1891	2
1892	8
1893	5
1894	13
1895	4
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	4
1901	7
1902	12
1903	7
1904	11
1905	7
1906	28
1907	23
1908	16
1909	7
1910	31
1911	53
1912	27
1913	19
1914	92
1915	63
1916	26
1917	23
1918	39
1919	38
1920	40
1921	56
1922	36
1923	86
1924	92
1925	291
1926	107
1927	183
1928	81
1929	195
1930	99
1931	367
1932	265
1933	284
1934	393
1935	128
1936	468
1937	298
1938	492
1939	312
1940	138
1941	436
1942	657
1943	160
1944	479
1945	272
1946	424
1947	485
1948	324
1949	366
1950	697
1951	578
1952	258
1953	603
1954	367
1955	571
1956	491
1957	367
1958	619
1959	449
1960	421
1961	1,504
1962	460
1963	421
1964	317
1965	652
1966	398
1967	492
1968	605
1969	850
1970	326
1971	612
1972	508
1973	943
1974	630
1975	404
1976	589
1977	663
1978	814
1979	899
1980	644
1981	891
1982	838
1983	1,253
1984	834
1985	873
1986	696
1987	1,037
1988	777
1989	904
1990	804
1991	1,429
1992	1,413
1993	835
1994	848
1995	815
1996	1,378
1997	919
1998	1,079
1999	876
2000	1,347
2001	898
2002	511
2003	918
2004	838
2005	1,094
2006	1,171
2007	886
2008	914
2009	858
2010	955
2011	1,055
2012	1,475
2013	607
2014	835
2015	537
2016	622
2017	541
2018	1,355
2019	960
2020	906
2021	414
2022	653
2023	405
2024	904
2025	761
2026	1,185

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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 10	63
10 to 20	4
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1