Weather Records on 27 May 1934

393 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1934. Highest significance: Darjeeling, IN.

Key Facts for 27 May 1934

On 27 May 1934, 393 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
235 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 358 daily.
Darjeeling set a daily record precipitation of 79.5 mm (3.1 in) on 27 May 1934.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

393 stations

393 station records on 27 May 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Darjeeling	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jalpaiguri	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ekalaka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Pines 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Faulkton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mottinger	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cheljabinsk-Balandi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Venkatagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rolleston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	27.6 C (81.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wenatchee 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

393 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 36.

Records on 27 May 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	36
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1934 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 34, daily 358.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

299 broken records

Margins by which the 299 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1934

Top 20 records on 27 May 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1934	Darjeeling, IN	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1934	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1934	Santa Fe, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1934	Jalpaiguri, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	11 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1934	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1934	Capella Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1934	Arnsberg, DE	daily low min	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	43 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1934	Bartow 1SE, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1934	Hallock, US	all-time high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1934	Mongpoo, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1934	Grafton, US	monthly high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1934	Winnemucca AP, US	monthly high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1934	Galway, IE	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1934	De Smet, US	monthly high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1934	Ekalaka, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1934	Napoleon, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	38 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1934	Weston 2 SE, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1934	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low min	3.8 C (38.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	49 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1934	Wasco, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	28 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1934	Steele 4N, US	monthly high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	31 years	24 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1934. 1934 had 393 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 10	284
10 to 20	7
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1