Weather Records on 27 May 1944

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1944. Highest significance: Cheviot Fells, ZA.

Key Facts for 27 May 1944

On 27 May 1944, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
170 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 447 daily.
Cheviot Fells set an all-time record daily precipitation of 122.4 mm (4.8 in) on 27 May 1944.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 27 May 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cheviot Fells	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Leliekloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Fir Glen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Witelsbos (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lottah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Turuvekere	India	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Fordyce (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gordonville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bethesdaweg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cookhouse (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Beaufort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloemhof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kismet Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orogrande	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nagamangala	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barkola	India	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vashon Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goalpara	India	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mombaca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harkerville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huxley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dodge City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Silchar	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 87, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 251.

Records on 27 May 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	87
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	251
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1944 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 29, daily 447.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

422 broken records

Margins by which the 422 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1944

Top 20 records on 27 May 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1944	Cheviot Fells, ZA	all-time rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1944	Middleton (Sar), ZA	all-time rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1944	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1944	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1944	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1944	Leliekloof, ZA	monthly rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1944	Buffelsnek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1944	Fir Glen, ZA	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1944	Witelsbos (Bos), ZA	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1944	Lottah, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1944	Wooster Exp STN, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1944	Kustanai, KZ	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1944	Turuvekere, IN	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1944	Moorina (Frome Dam), AU	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1944	Fort Fordyce (Bos), ZA	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1944	Madalya, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1944	Richfield, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1944	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1944	Hankey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1944	Albertvale, ZA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	47 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

1797 to 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1944. 1944 had 479 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 20	348
20 to 40	47
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1