Weather Records on 20 December 1927

200 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 December 1927. Highest significance: Hvar, HR.

Key Facts for 20 December 1927

On 20 December 1927, 200 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 191 daily.
Hvar set a daily record low minimum temperature of -3.5 C (25.7 F) on 20 December 1927.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

200 stations

200 station records on 20 December 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 December 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-22.7 C (-8.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Doreen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.9 C (17.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.1 C (6.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hiram	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-13.6 C (7.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.3 C (15.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record low minimum temperature	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mission	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.4 C (-26.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

200 records

Records set or tied on 20 December 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 39, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 20 December 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	39
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 20 December 1927 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 191.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

166 broken records

Margins by which the 166 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 December 1927

Top 20 records on 20 December 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 December 1927	Hvar, HR	daily low min	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	5.8 C (10.4 F)	49 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1927	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily low min	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	10.1 C (18.2 F)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 December 1927	Gorlitz, DE	all-time low min	-22.7 C (-8.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily low min	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Plauen, DE	daily snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Innsbruck, AT	daily low min	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	7.1 C (12.8 F)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Plauen, DE	monthly low min	-25.4 C (-13.7 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	9.0 cm (3.5 in)	27 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily low max	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	6.3 C (11.3 F)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Karlsruhe, DE	daily low max	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	47 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Cottbus, DE	monthly low max	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Weissenburg, DE	daily low max	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low min	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Vestervig, DK	daily low max	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Karlsruhe, DE	daily low min	-14.7 C (5.5 F)	4.3 C (7.7 F)	47 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Magdeburg, DE	daily low min	-18.7 C (-1.7 F)	9.3 C (16.7 F)	9 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Altastenberg, DE	daily low min	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Heinersreuth-Vollhof, DE	daily low min	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily low max	-8.7 C (16.3 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
20 December 1927	Penrith Ladbury Avenue, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	25 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1927. 1927 had 200 records.

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

Records on 12-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	2
1808	1
1815	1
1828	1
1837	1
1846	1
1855	8
1858	1
1860	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1871	2
1874	3
1875	1
1877	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	4
1885	1
1886	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1894	2
1895	8
1896	1
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	7
1901	8
1902	14
1903	17
1904	9
1905	5
1906	5
1907	11
1908	5
1909	22
1910	17
1911	24
1912	27
1913	7
1914	43
1915	18
1916	45
1917	33
1918	18
1919	25
1920	22
1921	101
1922	88
1923	215
1924	332
1925	96
1926	163
1927	200
1928	93
1929	256
1930	67
1931	536
1932	170
1933	492
1934	265
1935	152
1936	416
1937	181
1938	240
1939	308
1940	965
1941	633
1942	817
1943	193
1944	340
1945	430
1946	327
1947	385
1948	345
1949	1,141
1950	758
1951	926
1952	394
1953	385
1954	416
1955	726
1956	471
1957	1,354
1958	382
1959	142
1960	354
1961	369
1962	475
1963	875
1964	499
1965	353
1966	555
1967	1,370
1968	482
1969	514
1970	518
1971	441
1972	448
1973	1,184
1974	328
1975	610
1976	382
1977	484
1978	910
1979	600
1980	667
1981	1,681
1982	712
1983	2,995
1984	1,411
1985	1,035
1986	321
1987	1,179
1988	760
1989	1,812
1990	1,885
1991	1,172
1992	1,134
1993	1,266
1994	813
1995	1,128
1996	1,448
1997	651
1998	1,110
1999	938
2000	1,150
2001	523
2002	943
2003	1,315
2004	836
2005	515
2006	1,387
2007	986
2008	1,356
2009	1,502
2010	2,055
2011	846
2012	1,131
2013	584
2014	524
2015	1,238
2016	603
2017	688
2018	592
2019	731
2020	554
2021	442
2022	567
2023	1,242
2024	897
2025	1,166

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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	155
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1