Weather Records on 27 December 1942

880 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1942. Highest significance: Muscatine 2, US.

Key Facts for 27 December 1942

On 27 December 1942, 880 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
323 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 65 monthly and 815 daily.
Muscatine 2 set a monthly record daily precipitation of 81.8 mm (3.2 in) on 27 December 1942.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 537 records.

Record Map

880 stations

880 station records on 27 December 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muscatine 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boggabri (Milchengowrie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Grove 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mancelona	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Magnolia	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamia Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Playfair	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hannibal 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Sprg Radio Kuku	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dwight	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dufur	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koshkonong	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chickasha	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

880 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 151, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 474, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 27 December 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	151
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	474
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 27 December 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 65, daily 815.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

786 broken records

Margins by which the 786 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1942

Top 20 records on 27 December 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1942	Muscatine 2, US	monthly rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1942	Clinton 2, US	monthly rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1942	Le Claire, US	monthly rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1942	Sheboygan, US	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1942	Salem, US	monthly rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	18 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Grayling, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Harrisville, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	75 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Monmouth, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Morrison, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Unionville, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Boggabri (Milchengowrie), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Cheboygan, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Mtn Grove 2 N, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Watertown Wwtp, US	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Mancelona, US	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Magnolia, US	monthly rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1942	Enid, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 years	50 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

1793 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1942. 1942 had 880 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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Data for records on 1942-12-27: 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 50	744
50 to 100	32
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2