Weather Records on 27 May 1952

258 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1952. Highest significance: Kearney 4 NE, US.

Key Facts for 27 May 1952

On 27 May 1952, 258 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 249 daily.
Kearney 4 NE set a daily record precipitation of 93.2 mm (3.7 in) on 27 May 1952.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

258 stations

258 station records on 27 May 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenferrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cranbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fernbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cwebe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carr Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Narrawong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karnes City 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dongara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boyup Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowelling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	35.2 C (95.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alamogordo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Peakvale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Umzonia (Rsv)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lovington 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Benipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aspermont	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Boerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Elsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Uniacke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.9 C (89.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lodi	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Logan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Drain	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broomehill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

258 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 138, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 27 May 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 9, daily 249.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

227 broken records

Margins by which the 227 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1952

Top 20 records on 27 May 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1952	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1952	Hallettsville 2 N, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1952	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1952	Glenferrie, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1952	St Andrews, CA	monthly high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	71 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1952	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1952	Cranbrook, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1952	Booleroo (Wimont), AU	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1952	Holdrege, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1952	Fernbrook, AU	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1952	Tobolsk, RU	monthly high min	19.5 C (67.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1952	Collegeville, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	25 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1952	Cwebe, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1952	Hammonton 1 NE, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1952	Carr Rch, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1952	Collie, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1952	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	44 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1952	Narrawong, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1952	Sealy, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	11 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1952	Cherdyn', RU	daily high min	16.5 C (61.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	55 years	27 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1952. 1952 had 258 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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Data for records on 1952-05-27: 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 10	181
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1