Weather Records on 27 December 1931

314 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1931. Highest significance: Vacaville, US.

Key Facts for 27 December 1931

On 27 December 1931, 314 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
200 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 307 daily.
Vacaville set a daily record precipitation of 114.6 mm (4.5 in) on 27 December 1931.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

314 stations

314 station records on 27 December 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berkeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Talavadi	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mulbagal	India	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Channarayapatna	India	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haskote	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kollegal	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Krishnarajpet	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Namakkal	India	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Thathaiengarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

314 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 102, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 27 December 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	102
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 December 1931 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 307.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

265 broken records

Margins by which the 265 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1931

Top 20 records on 27 December 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1931	Vacaville, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1931	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1931	Cap Madeleine, CA	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1931	Cap Madeleine, CA	monthly snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1931	Healdsburg, US	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1931	Napa State Hospital, US	all-time rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1931	Rio Vista, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1931	Sacramento 5 ESE, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1931	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1931	Cardwell Marine Pde, AU	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1931	Soldier Creek Adm Site, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1931	Berkeley, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1931	Santa Maria, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1931	Cairns Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1931	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1931	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1931	Santa Cruz, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1931	Stockton 2, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1931	Oroville 1 N, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1931	Talavadi, IN	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	26 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1931. 1931 had 314 records.

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

Records on 12-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1810	1
1839	2
1845	1
1849	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	3
1875	1
1876	2
1881	1
1882	2
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1894	6
1896	5
1897	6
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	6
1903	12
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	38
1908	3
1909	25
1910	13
1911	12
1912	51
1913	24
1914	44
1915	42
1916	43
1917	67
1918	42
1919	188
1920	148
1921	336
1922	37
1923	292
1924	340
1925	509
1926	208
1927	175
1928	282
1929	394
1930	142
1931	314
1932	219
1933	474
1934	199
1935	706
1936	972
1937	241
1938	396
1939	429
1940	526
1941	204
1942	880
1943	246
1944	274
1945	406
1946	878
1947	356
1948	445
1949	730
1950	481
1951	266
1952	118
1953	241
1954	511
1955	533
1956	628
1957	316
1958	425
1959	1,114
1960	385
1961	217
1962	490
1963	243
1964	897
1965	473
1966	715
1967	817
1968	993
1969	778
1970	352
1971	1,207
1972	401
1973	819
1974	782
1975	622
1976	613
1977	815
1978	775
1979	578
1980	1,778
1981	832
1982	1,449
1983	2,382
1984	814
1985	821
1986	484
1987	2,166
1988	1,855
1989	925
1990	880
1991	477
1992	500
1993	1,329
1994	1,122
1995	1,317
1996	1,758
1997	850
1998	924
1999	867
2000	1,392
2001	642
2002	944
2003	1,242
2004	853
2005	913
2006	965
2007	838
2008	1,708
2009	1,005
2010	1,851
2011	1,094
2012	1,118
2013	506
2014	482
2015	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

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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	238
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1