Weather Records on 1 December 1927

271 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 December 1927. Highest significance: Cumbalum (Fairview), AU.

Key Facts for 1 December 1927

On 1 December 1927, 271 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 239 daily.
Cumbalum (Fairview) set a daily record precipitation of 82.6 mm (3.3 in) on 1 December 1927.
Across 162 earlier years (1797 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

271 stations

271 station records on 1 December 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 December 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pimlico	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongbar (Central Park Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Isle	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Engcobo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oranjerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wheeling (1)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pella	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hopetown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

271 records

Records set or tied on 1 December 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 107, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 December 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	107
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 December 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 32, daily 239.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

216 broken records

Margins by which the 216 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 December 1927

Top 20 records on 1 December 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 December 1927	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1927	Franklin, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1927	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1927	Aliwal North, ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1927	Woodburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1927	Pimlico, AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1927	St Cloud State Clg, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 December 1927	Wollongbar (Central Park Drive, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1927	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1927	Douglas, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1927	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1927	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1927	Enosburg Falls, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1927	Ida, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1927	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1927	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1927	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	monthly high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	45 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1927	Stratford, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	53 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1927	Belle Isle, CA	monthly high max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	42 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 December 1927	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	39 years	27 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1927. 1927 had 271 records.

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

Records on 12-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1805	1
1807	2
1810	1
1817	2
1821	1
1823	2
1831	1
1849	1
1856	3
1857	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	3
1873	6
1875	8
1876	4
1877	1
1879	7
1884	3
1885	3
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1894	1
1895	4
1896	4
1897	10
1898	5
1899	4
1901	5
1902	7
1903	13
1904	4
1905	11
1906	3
1907	8
1908	40
1909	64
1910	39
1911	45
1912	37
1913	53
1914	142
1915	23
1916	29
1917	52
1918	32
1919	78
1920	192
1921	55
1922	85
1923	70
1924	135
1925	145
1926	115
1927	271
1928	85
1929	515
1930	128
1931	337
1932	383
1933	656
1934	667
1935	164
1936	433
1937	238
1938	159
1939	346
1940	300
1941	391
1942	424
1943	93
1944	478
1945	259
1946	224
1947	392
1948	252
1949	313
1950	437
1951	585
1952	762
1953	283
1954	308
1955	624
1956	338
1957	295
1958	531
1959	355
1960	258
1961	373
1962	1,073
1963	282
1964	1,181
1965	598
1966	995
1967	601
1968	883
1969	673
1970	1,299
1971	574
1972	843
1973	888
1974	1,339
1975	1,007
1976	1,294
1977	1,166
1978	777
1979	874
1980	1,019
1981	1,320
1982	1,759
1983	1,275
1984	513
1985	3,874
1986	803
1987	1,020
1988	538
1989	822
1990	514
1991	2,124
1992	552
1993	597
1994	717
1995	1,386
1996	1,448
1997	736
1998	1,698
1999	790
2000	777
2001	1,211
2002	637
2003	627
2004	1,033
2005	815
2006	2,866
2007	1,427
2008	879
2009	927
2010	1,991
2011	947
2012	1,027
2013	400
2014	677
2015	850
2016	384
2017	496
2018	807
2019	803
2020	567
2021	2,030
2022	584
2023	609
2024	636
2025	679

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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	196
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1