Weather Records on 27 December 1943

246 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1943. Highest significance: Ancho, US.

Key Facts for 27 December 1943

On 27 December 1943, 246 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 14 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 234 daily.
Ancho set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 27 December 1943.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

246 stations

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

Weather records on 27 December 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ancho	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oranje	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Krielsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Villiers (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rooipoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brandfort (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Memphis	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gravesend Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Enfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Luiz Correia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pahala 21	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Delmas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pastura 6 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elkhart	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ione	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Silver City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pastura 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ansonia 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roby	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

246 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 148, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 27 December 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	148
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 27 December 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 234.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

216 broken records

Margins by which the 216 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1943

Top 20 records on 27 December 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1943	Ancho, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1943	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1943	Tucumcari, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1943	Mountainair, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1943	Oranje, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1943	Krielsfontein, ZA	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1943	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	monthly snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1943	Murphys Creek Post Office, AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1943	Whiteriver 1 SW, US	monthly snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1943	Kinston 7 SE, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1943	Villiers (Pol), ZA	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1943	Rooipoort, ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1943	Snowflake, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1943	Perryton, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	0 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1943	Stockdale, ZA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1943	Newkirk 5NE, US	monthly snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1943	Ft Sumner, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1943	Brandfort (Mag), ZA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1943	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1943	Memphis, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1943. 1943 had 246 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 50	192
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1