Weather Records on 27 December 1935

706 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1935. Highest significance: Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US.

Key Facts for 27 December 1935

On 27 December 1935, 706 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 428 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 693 daily.
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP set a monthly record daily snowfall of 33.0 cm (13.0 in) on 27 December 1935.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 538 records.

Record Map

706 stations

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

Weather records on 27 December 1935: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moormurang the Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Minicoy Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pathalipam	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Babuskin	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shirala	India	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ottapidaram	India	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moncton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Caroleen	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cheraw	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rugby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chickballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melur	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ko253Lpatti Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

706 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1935 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 176, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 252, Heaviest daily rainfall 166, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 27 December 1935 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	176
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	252
Heaviest daily rainfall	166
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 27 December 1935 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 693.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

572 broken records

Margins by which the 572 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 1935

Top 20 records on 27 December 1935 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1935	Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1935	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1935	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1935	Butchers Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1935	Sycamore, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1935	Donkerhoek (Skl), ZA	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1935	Uccle, BE	daily high min	6.9 C (44.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	82 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1935	Moormurang the Ridge, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1935	Paynesville (Banksia), AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1935	Minicoy Obsy, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1935	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1935	Jamestown State Hosp, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1935	Stratford, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1935	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1935	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	22.0 C (71.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1935	Pathalipam, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1935	Alta, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1935	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	46 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1935	Babuskin, RU	monthly low min	-32.5 C (-26.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1935	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 years	25 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 1935

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1935. 1935 had 706 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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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 100	564
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1