Weather Records on 27 December 1932

219 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1932. Highest significance: Webster City, US.

Key Facts for 27 December 1932

On 27 December 1932, 219 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 219 daily.
Webster City set a daily record snow depth of 50.8 cm (20.0 in) on 27 December 1932.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

219 stations

219 station records on 27 December 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gillsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atherton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.0 C (-43.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carlton Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bluefield 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

219 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 71, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 27 December 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	71
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 27 December 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 219.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

186 broken records

Margins by which the 186 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1932

Top 20 records on 27 December 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1932	Webster City, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1932	Bridgeton 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1932	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1932	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1932	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Athens, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Newberry, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	60 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Lincoln Lock 4, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Gillsville, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Marion, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	1 year	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Gallivare_A, SE	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	42 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Camp Hill 2NW, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Shenkursk, RU	daily rain	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Moorefield 1 SSE, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1932	Asheville, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	37 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

1793 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1932. 1932 had 219 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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Data for records on 1932-12-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 December 1932
Margin	Records
0 to 100	183
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1