Weather Records on 27 December 1926

208 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1926. Highest significance: Ostas I Hegra, NO.

Key Facts for 27 December 1926

On 27 December 1926, 208 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 204 daily.
Ostas I Hegra set a daily record precipitation of 37.3 mm (1.5 in) on 27 December 1926.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

208 stations

208 station records on 27 December 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Torrens Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nymagee (Wirchilleba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aberfoyle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Normanstone Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carrathool Motors	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Groongal (Gundaline)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dirranbandi High School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roodebloem	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pirie (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tamworth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Booroomugga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urawilkie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ferrara	Italy	Record daily precipitation	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Dungalear)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Eenaweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coolah (Binnia St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

208 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 27 December 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 27 December 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 204.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

191 broken records

Margins by which the 191 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1926

Top 20 records on 27 December 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1926	Ostas I Hegra, NO	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1926	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1926	Lien I Selbu, NO	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1926	Torrens Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1926	Cassilis (Dalkeith), AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1926	Bologna, IT	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	100 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1926	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1926	Goorangoola, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1926	Breeza (Main Street), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1926	Ellerston, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1926	Wombat (Tumbleton), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1926	Adelaide (Pol), ZA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1926	Cleve, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1926	Nymagee (Wirchilleba), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1926	Tamworth West, AU	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1926	Aberfoyle, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1926	Carcoar, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1926	Tyntynder Station, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1926	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1926	Hvar, HR	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	29 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1926. 1926 had 208 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 20	159
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1