Weather Records on 12 May 1927

167 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 May 1927. Highest significance: Pine Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 12 May 1927

On 12 May 1927, 167 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
22 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 164 daily.
Pine Creek set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 12 May 1927.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

167 stations

167 station records on 12 May 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 May 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	139.0 cm (54.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wantabadgery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Isidinge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cunynghame (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wien	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kieskamahoek (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Griggsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Dohne (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

167 records

Records set or tied on 12 May 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 48, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 12 May 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	48
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 12 May 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 164.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

130 broken records

Margins by which the 130 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1040.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 May 1927

Top 20 records on 12 May 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 May 1927	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
12 May 1927	Geilo, NO	daily snow depth	139.0 cm (54.7 in)	104.0 cm (40.9 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1927	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1927	Wombat (Tumbleton), AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
12 May 1927	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	monthly low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	Wantabadgery, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	Isidinge (Bos), ZA	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	Timovskoe, RU	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	Fort Cunynghame (Bos), ZA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	Plain Dealing, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 May 1927	Woodville 4 ESE, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	31 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

1814 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1927. 1927 had 167 records.

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

Records on 05-12 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1823	1
1825	1
1827	1
1834	1
1837	1
1838	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	2
1851	1
1855	2
1860	2
1862	2
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1872	2
1874	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	5
1884	3
1885	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1894	1
1895	1
1896	1
1897	7
1898	3
1900	3
1901	6
1902	5
1903	7
1904	11
1905	10
1906	20
1907	53
1908	12
1909	4
1910	9
1911	37
1912	46
1913	6
1914	36
1915	50
1916	42
1917	54
1918	113
1919	42
1920	19
1921	64
1922	43
1923	109
1924	245
1925	275
1926	121
1927	167
1928	192
1929	172
1930	500
1931	350
1932	199
1933	476
1934	293
1935	404
1936	329
1937	214
1938	394
1939	233
1940	440
1941	568
1942	418
1943	803
1944	368
1945	389
1946	653
1947	286
1948	390
1949	414
1950	283
1951	427
1952	711
1953	891
1954	305
1955	265
1956	1,568
1957	454
1958	714
1959	740
1960	1,583
1961	381
1962	713
1963	777
1964	401
1965	196
1966	909
1967	810
1968	890
1969	506
1970	698
1971	668
1972	641
1973	393
1974	702
1975	418
1976	541
1977	855
1978	802
1979	763
1980	684
1981	855
1982	763
1983	1,281
1984	887
1985	1,199
1986	473
1987	1,295
1988	619
1989	856
1990	617
1991	1,177
1992	1,022
1993	1,208
1994	738
1995	1,190
1996	1,420
1997	921
1998	1,576
1999	881
2000	1,486
2001	1,015
2002	1,027
2003	861
2004	1,054
2005	1,369
2006	797
2007	630
2008	858
2009	687
2010	1,250
2011	1,119
2012	660
2013	689
2014	949
2015	958
2016	421
2017	529
2018	819
2019	784
2020	1,338
2021	712
2022	1,930
2023	429
2024	447
2025	940
2026	1,110

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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	129
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1