Weather Records on 27 May 1943

160 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1943. Highest significance: Sangamner, IN.

Key Facts for 27 May 1943

On 27 May 1943, 160 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 158 daily.
Sangamner set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 27 May 1943.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

160 stations

160 station records on 27 May 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sangamner	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Akot	India	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gaudan-In-Turkmen	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canadian	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jamner	India	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kampur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leeupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wadhwan	India	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tambrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Raquette Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kopargaon	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bajan	India	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nanded	India	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
N'Dabakazi (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Karina	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Planknek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mechanicville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

160 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 65, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 27 May 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	65
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 27 May 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 158.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

125 broken records

Margins by which the 125 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 250.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1943

Top 20 records on 27 May 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1943	Sangamner, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1943	Whitehead, CA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1943	Akot, IN	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1943	Sagunbari, IN	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1943	Gaudan-In-Turkmen, TM	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Bainbridge 2 E, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Canadian, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Lawton, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Cleveland 1, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	59 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Jamner, IN	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Kampur, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily high max	27.0 C (80.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	53 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Barabinsk, RU	daily rain	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Leeupoort, ZA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Gyzylarbat, TM	daily rain	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Parrsboro, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Norwich, US	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Tot-Ma, RU	daily rain	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1943	Wadhwan, IN	daily rain	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	25 years	20 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1943. 1943 had 160 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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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	123
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1