Weather Records on 27 May 1925

291 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1925. Highest significance: Belconnen (Weetangerra), AU.

Key Facts for 27 May 1925

On 27 May 1925, 291 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 268 daily.
Belconnen (Weetangerra) set an all-time record daily precipitation of 161.3 mm (6.4 in) on 27 May 1925.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

291 stations

291 station records on 27 May 1925 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1925: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belconnen (Weetangerra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Cavan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Araluen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	402.1 mm (15.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lambrigg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	275.3 mm (10.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gudgenby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brungle (Rosemount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gobarralong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berrebangalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Braidwood (Wallace Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.9 mm (7.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tallong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alberni Beaver Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Majura 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	231.1 mm (9.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra (Landgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cowal 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Borambola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarcutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Currandooley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barmedman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Coolamon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Berthong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

291 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1925 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 7, Lowest daily minimum 139, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 27 May 1925 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	7
Lowest daily minimum	139
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1925 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 11, daily 268.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

257 broken records

Margins by which the 257 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 207.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1925

Top 20 records on 27 May 1925 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1925	Belconnen (Weetangerra), AU	all-time rain	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	75 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1925	Michelago (Soglio), AU	all-time rain	192.3 mm (7.6 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	38 years	75 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1925	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	all-time rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	75 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1925	Cavan, AU	all-time rain	181.1 mm (7.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1925	Araluen Post Office, AU	all-time rain	402.1 mm (15.8 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	27 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1925	Lambrigg, AU	all-time rain	182.4 mm (7.2 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	21 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1925	Bungendore (Douglas), AU	all-time rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1925	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	all-time rain	275.3 mm (10.8 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	0 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1925	Bungendore (Gidleigh), AU	all-time rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1925	Bungendore Post Office, AU	all-time rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1925	Fairlight Station, AU	all-time rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1925	Gudgenby, AU	monthly rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1925	Gundagai, AU	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1925	Brungle (Rosemount), AU	monthly rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1925	Bungonia (Inverary Park), AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1925	Gunning Rural Supplies, AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1925	Wantabadgery, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1925	Gobarralong, AU	monthly rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1925	Chatsbury (Maryland), AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1925	Collector (Brookdale), AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)

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 1925

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1925. 1925 had 291 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	244
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1