Weather Records on 27 May 1933

284 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1933. Highest significance: Ormley, AU.

Key Facts for 27 May 1933

On 27 May 1933, 284 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
124 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 277 daily.
Ormley set a daily record precipitation of 38.4 mm (1.5 in) on 27 May 1933.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

284 stations

284 station records on 27 May 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ormley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Quorn Hall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Waterworks Reserve)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge (Milford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sorell (Whitlea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	203.5 mm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ponnani	India	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Triprayar	India	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kozhikode	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Leake (Elizabeth River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aramboly	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Hill 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thamaraikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kadur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Quilandi	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kempton (Oakmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rokeby (the Mall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Trichur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Noyyatinkara	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Miena Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manohar Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bandher	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bothwell (Ratho)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jhansi	India	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record snow depth	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Udhapur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parli	India	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record low maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

284 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 May 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 May 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 277.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

215 broken records

Margins by which the 215 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 171.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1933

Top 20 records on 27 May 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1933	Ormley, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1933	Campbell Town (Quorn Hall), AU	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1933	Hobart (Waterworks Reserve), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1933	Cambridge (Milford), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1933	Sorell (Whitlea), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1933	Tiruvangadi, IN	daily rain	203.5 mm (8.0 in)	171.0 mm (6.7 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1933	Oelrichs, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1933	Ponnani, IN	daily rain	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1933	Parur, IN	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	6 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1933	Triprayar, IN	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1933	Swansea Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1933	Badagara, IN	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	15 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1933	Kozhikode, IN	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1933	Lake Leake (Elizabeth River), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	22 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1933	Aramboly, IN	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1933	Mount Nelson, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1933	Salzburg, AT	daily low max	8.0 C (46.4 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1933	Camp Hill 2NW, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1933	Fort Cochin, IN	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1933	Thamaraikulam, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	8 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1933. 1933 had 284 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 25	190
25 to 50	17
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1