Weather Records on 27 December 1951

266 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1951. Highest significance: Fairfax, US.

Key Facts for 27 December 1951

On 27 December 1951, 266 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
52 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 246 daily.
Fairfax set a daily record snow depth of 43.2 cm (17.0 in) on 27 December 1951.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 541 records.

Record Map

266 stations

266 station records on 27 December 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fairfax	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weiser	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carire	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pine 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bateman Rch	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yreka	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bowman	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gvarv	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anadyr	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gray	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

266 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 16, Highest daily minimum 28, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 74, Heaviest daily snowfall 23, Deepest snow cover 65.

Records on 27 December 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	16
Highest daily minimum	28
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	74
Heaviest daily snowfall	23
Deepest snow cover	65

Records on 27 December 1951 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 16, daily 246.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

211 broken records

Margins by which the 211 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1951

Top 20 records on 27 December 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1951	Fairfax, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1951	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1951	Grand Rapids Wb City, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1951	Tambe (Itambe), BR	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1951	Freeport, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1951	Aurora Water, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1951	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1951	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1951	Sycamore, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1951	Cambridge, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1951	Weiser, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	13.8 cm (5.4 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1951	Hale Loud Dam, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1951	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1951	Forest Vale, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1951	Marengo, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	0 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1951	Hat Creek, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1951	Hillsdale, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1951	Bend, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1951	Valparaiso Wtr Wks, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1951	Sibley, US	daily low min	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	56 years	31 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1951. 1951 had 266 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 100	185
100 to 200	15
200 to 300	6
300 to 400	4
400 to 500	1