Weather Records on 27 May 1936

468 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1936. Highest significance: Landsort, SE.

Key Facts for 27 May 1936

On 27 May 1936, 468 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
181 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 412 daily.
Landsort set a daily record precipitation of 26.3 mm (1.0 in) on 27 May 1936.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

468 stations

468 station records on 27 May 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Domeriaganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aliganj	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kukrahati	India	Record daily precipitation	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadrak	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kheri	India	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Palampur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aryankavu	India	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Koraput	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmau	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Agartala	India	Record daily precipitation	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Svenska Hogarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Devala	India	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nawabganj	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Raj-Nilgiri	India	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bhawanipatna	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mannarghat	India	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rajnandgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jagatsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jeypore	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jaipur	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baliapal	India	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shimla	India	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttiadi	India	Record daily precipitation	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kendrapara	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gop	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haldwani	India	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Barabazar	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chakrata Kalsi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Devikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cherapalaseri	India	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Proddatur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perinthalamanna	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ramdurg	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pandhera	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hajo	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Salepur	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

468 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 257.

Records on 27 May 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 55, daily 412.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

401 broken records

Margins by which the 401 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1936

Top 20 records on 27 May 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1936	Landsort, SE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Tamluk, IN	monthly rain	206.2 mm (8.1 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Domeriaganj Sr, IN	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Aliganj, IN	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Kukrahati, IN	monthly rain	209.6 mm (8.3 in)	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Bhadrak, IN	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Kheri, IN	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Cheneyville 1 NE, US	daily rain	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Palampur, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Aryankavu, IN	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Koraput, IN	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Dalmau, IN	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Soro, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Agartala, IN	daily rain	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Svenska Hogarna, SE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Devala, IN	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Nawabganj, IN	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Flahult, SE	monthly rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Nilambur, IN	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	121.1 mm (4.8 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1936	Raj-Nilgiri, IN	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1936. 1936 had 468 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 1936-05-27: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	325
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1