Weather Records on 10 May 1927

296 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 May 1927. Highest significance: Geilo, NO.

Key Facts for 10 May 1927

On 10 May 1927, 296 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 46 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 291 daily.
Geilo set a daily record snow depth of 138.0 cm (54.3 in) on 10 May 1927.
Across 163 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

296 stations

296 station records on 10 May 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 May 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lohn (Warrigal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urana (Butherwah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungowannah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wooroonook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah River	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Santuck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Callaville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Staunton Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blacksburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

296 records

Records set or tied on 10 May 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 117, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 105, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 10 May 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	117
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	105
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 10 May 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 291.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

253 broken records

Margins by which the 253 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 980.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 May 1927

Top 20 records on 10 May 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 May 1927	Geilo, NO	daily snow depth	138.0 cm (54.3 in)	98.0 cm (38.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1927	Galva, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1927	Old Junee (Millbank), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
10 May 1927	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Irvington, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Paducah, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Racine Wwtp, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Frances, AU	monthly rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Georgetown, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	42 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Ruston la Tech, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Morganton, US	monthly high min	21.1 C (70.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Port Arthur, CA	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Reading Wb City, US	monthly snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	57 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Salekhard, RU	daily rain	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Kiev, UA	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1927	Lohn (Warrigal), AU	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	20 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

1805 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1927. 1927 had 296 records.

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

Records on 05-10 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1814	2
1832	1
1834	1
1836	4
1838	1
1843	1
1846	1
1848	1
1855	2
1858	1
1860	1
1861	2
1867	3
1868	1
1869	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	3
1881	3
1883	1
1884	2
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1893	1
1895	4
1896	6
1897	4
1898	5
1900	4
1901	6
1902	18
1903	6
1904	7
1905	21
1906	42
1907	33
1908	10
1909	17
1910	21
1911	55
1912	15
1913	23
1914	17
1915	18
1916	26
1917	23
1918	105
1919	145
1920	54
1921	143
1922	38
1923	291
1924	198
1925	163
1926	291
1927	296
1928	189
1929	102
1930	647
1931	277
1932	145
1933	516
1934	412
1935	200
1936	439
1937	148
1938	179
1939	179
1940	317
1941	257
1942	237
1943	482
1944	200
1945	646
1946	455
1947	820
1948	491
1949	492
1950	356
1951	281
1952	342
1953	627
1954	554
1955	272
1956	669
1957	374
1958	338
1959	192
1960	660
1961	722
1962	593
1963	951
1964	259
1965	413
1966	1,290
1967	932
1968	861
1969	325
1970	555
1971	416
1972	573
1973	429
1974	608
1975	448
1976	672
1977	1,075
1978	815
1979	1,927
1980	865
1981	1,213
1982	671
1983	753
1984	635
1985	925
1986	669
1987	1,270
1988	490
1989	1,365
1990	1,071
1991	854
1992	875
1993	1,056
1994	622
1995	1,129
1996	1,469
1997	1,215
1998	1,268
1999	1,299
2000	1,036
2001	842
2002	867
2003	1,688
2004	735
2005	761
2006	879
2007	815
2008	877
2009	651
2010	855
2011	1,288
2012	1,054
2013	635
2014	506
2015	943
2016	815
2017	702
2018	923
2019	1,254
2020	1,346
2021	635
2022	1,346
2023	359
2024	622
2025	1,094
2026	496

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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 200	252
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1