Weather Records on 27 December 1940

526 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1940. Highest significance: Kriel (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 27 December 1940

On 27 December 1940, 526 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
350 were record highs and 31 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 518 daily.
Kriel (Pol) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 88.9 mm (3.5 in) on 27 December 1940.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 539 records.

Record Map

526 stations

526 station records on 27 December 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hendrikspan (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moroco East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tallygaroopna State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vlaklaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hypoluxo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NE Pump St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Planknek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pearl River	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moola Bulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-9.8 C (14.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-23.7 C (-10.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Devon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Cane Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marlinton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lathrop San Joaquin Bd	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiger Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montpelier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	111.0 cm (43.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cheltenham 1 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

526 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 317, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 134, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 27 December 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	317
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	134
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 27 December 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 518.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

441 broken records

Margins by which the 441 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1940

Top 20 records on 27 December 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1940	Kriel (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1940	Hendrikspan (Skl), ZA	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1940	Ottoshoop (Pol), ZA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1940	Karina, ZA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1940	Cambridge, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1940	Titusville, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1940	Tambo Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1940	Hebgen Dam, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1940	Moroco East, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1940	Tallygaroopna State School, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1940	Hvar, HR	daily low min	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	63 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1940	Vlaklaagte, ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1940	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1940	Hypoluxo, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	22 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1940	Calarasi, RO	daily low min	-17.5 C (0.5 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1940	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1940	Lancaster 2 NE Pump St, US	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1940	Planknek, ZA	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1940	Pearl River, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1940	Brookhaven City, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	29 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 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1940. 1940 had 526 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 25	418
25 to 50	20
50 to 75	1
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1