Weather Records on 27 May 1935

128 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1935. Highest significance: Wakeeney, US.

Key Facts for 27 May 1935

On 27 May 1935, 128 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 44 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 124 daily.
Wakeeney set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.4 mm (2.9 in) on 27 May 1935.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

128 stations

128 station records on 27 May 1935 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salina	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Antonio Nursery	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walterhall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific Salt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marburg - Warrego Highway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mahendraganj	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Deseret	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mapleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Burnett Heads Niell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alstonville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sattur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

128 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 72.

Records on 27 May 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	72
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1935 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 124.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

107 broken records

Margins by which the 107 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 47.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1935

Top 20 records on 27 May 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1935	Wakeeney, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1935	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1935	Basel Binningen, CH	all-time rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1935	Salina, US	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Rosedale Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Yengarie Railway Station, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Appleton City, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Emu Park Hill St, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Siliguri, IN	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	San Antonio Nursery, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Kimball 2NE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Kenilworth Township, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Walkerston, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Walterhall, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1935	Madison, US	daily low min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	28 years	21 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1935. 1935 had 128 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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Data for records on 1935-05-27: 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 May 1935
Margin	Records
0 to 10	75
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	1