Weather Records on 27 October 1934

173 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 1934. Highest significance: Rajakkamangalam, IN.

Key Facts for 27 October 1934

On 27 October 1934, 173 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 172 daily.
Rajakkamangalam set a daily record precipitation of 140.2 mm (5.5 in) on 27 October 1934.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

173 stations

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

Weather records on 27 October 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rajakkamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kuzhithurai	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vaikom	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eraniel	India	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chidambaram	India	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sattur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nedumangad	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chatrapatti	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Panruti	India	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kilanilai	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
La Sal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poolaijelo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conmurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvangadi	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murrawombi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Frankford (Rossville)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Wedge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pala	India	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Perinthalamanna	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vanur	India	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chingleput	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.8 cm (0.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

173 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 84, Heaviest daily snowfall 7.

Records on 27 October 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	84
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 October 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 172.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

137 broken records

Margins by which the 137 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 132.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 1934

Top 20 records on 27 October 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 1934	Rajakkamangalam, IN	daily rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1934	Kuzhithurai, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1934	Vaikom, IN	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1934	Eraniel, IN	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1934	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1934	Vinga, SE	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1934	Chidambaram, IN	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	11 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1934	Cap Chat, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1934	Miriam Vale, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1934	Yandina Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1934	Sattur, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1934	Lisboa Geofisica, PT	daily high max	28.4 C (83.1 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1934	Yengarie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1934	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	55 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1934	Nedumangad, IN	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1934	Chatrapatti, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1934	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1934	Palmwoods Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1934	Panruti, IN	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1934	Coimbra, PT	daily high max	28.6 C (83.5 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	25 years	23 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

1802 to 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1934. 1934 had 173 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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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	113
20 to 40	16
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1