Weather Records on 27 May 1937

298 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1937. Highest significance: Skjak, NO.

Key Facts for 27 May 1937

On 27 May 1937, 298 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
132 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 287 daily.
Skjak set a monthly record daily precipitation of 28.5 mm (1.1 in) on 27 May 1937.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

298 stations

298 station records on 27 May 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Singimari	India	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vaexjoe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gulah(Gula)	India	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhart Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raghunathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sairang	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pachamba	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Amlagora	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bissem-Cuttack	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chengam	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lapeer 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Euabolong (Brotherony)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lohar-Daga	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Arsikere	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Seleng	India	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gudibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ungarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Euabalong (Lachlan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Patna Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chendipada	India	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pithoragarh	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mayaguez City	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

298 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 151.

Records on 27 May 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	151
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1937 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 287.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

230 broken records

Margins by which the 230 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 55.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1937

Top 20 records on 27 May 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1937	Skjak, NO	monthly rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Socorro, US	monthly rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Norwich, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	S Haven, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Singimari, IN	monthly rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Sarangarh, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Vaexjoe, SE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	76 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Gulah(Gula), IN	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Bjuraker, SE	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Ft Stanton, US	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Dalhart Exp STN, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Claude, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Raghunathpur, IN	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Greensburg, US	all-time rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	New Castle 1 N, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Sairang, IN	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1937	Los Lunas, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1937	Chintamani, IN	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1937	Pachamba, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	30 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1937. 1937 had 298 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 1937-05-27: 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 1937
Margin	Records
0 to 10	185
10 to 20	24
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3