Weather Records on 27 May 1928

81 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1928. Highest significance: Ft Bidwell, US.

Key Facts for 27 May 1928

On 27 May 1928, 81 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 78 daily.
Ft Bidwell set a daily record low maximum temperature of 6.7 C (44.1 F) on 27 May 1928.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

81 stations

81 station records on 27 May 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yielima Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Elliot Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Corop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lohn (Warrigal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	23.7 C (74.7 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

81 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 27.

Records on 27 May 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	27
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 78.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

60 broken records

Margins by which the 60 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 24.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1928

Top 20 records on 27 May 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1928	Ft Bidwell, US	daily low max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	53 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Ft Bidwell, US	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	52 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Danevang 1 W, US	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Calivil, AU	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Yielima Post Office, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	18 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Svenska Hogarna, SE	daily rain	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	38 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	1 N McLeansboro, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Mount Elliot Tank, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	37 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Princeton, CA	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	23 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Highmore, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Fort Macleod, CA	daily high max	31.7 C (89.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	26 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Los Lunas, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Rugby, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Yamburgan, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Corop, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	37 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Williamsburg 2, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	26 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Fergana, UZ	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	26 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1928	Novorossijsk, RU	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	23 years	14 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1928. 1928 had 81 records.

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

Records on 05-27 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1817	1
1818	1
1834	2
1836	4
1839	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	3
1868	4
1869	1
1874	1
1876	1
1879	3
1880	5
1881	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	5
1891	2
1892	8
1893	5
1894	13
1895	4
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	4
1901	7
1902	12
1903	7
1904	11
1905	7
1906	28
1907	23
1908	16
1909	7
1910	31
1911	53
1912	27
1913	19
1914	92
1915	63
1916	26
1917	23
1918	39
1919	38
1920	40
1921	56
1922	36
1923	86
1924	92
1925	291
1926	107
1927	183
1928	81
1929	195
1930	99
1931	367
1932	265
1933	284
1934	393
1935	128
1936	468
1937	298
1938	492
1939	312
1940	138
1941	436
1942	657
1943	160
1944	479
1945	272
1946	424
1947	485
1948	324
1949	366
1950	697
1951	578
1952	258
1953	603
1954	367
1955	571
1956	491
1957	367
1958	619
1959	449
1960	421
1961	1,504
1962	460
1963	421
1964	317
1965	652
1966	398
1967	492
1968	605
1969	850
1970	326
1971	612
1972	508
1973	943
1974	630
1975	404
1976	589
1977	663
1978	814
1979	899
1980	644
1981	891
1982	838
1983	1,253
1984	834
1985	873
1986	696
1987	1,037
1988	777
1989	904
1990	804
1991	1,429
1992	1,413
1993	835
1994	848
1995	815
1996	1,378
1997	919
1998	1,079
1999	876
2000	1,347
2001	898
2002	511
2003	918
2004	838
2005	1,094
2006	1,171
2007	886
2008	914
2009	858
2010	955
2011	1,055
2012	1,475
2013	607
2014	835
2015	537
2016	622
2017	541
2018	1,355
2019	960
2020	906
2021	414
2022	653
2023	405
2024	904
2025	761
2026	1,185

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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 5	51
5 to 10	6
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	1