Weather Records on 27 July 1952

476 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1952. Highest significance: Campbelltown 1, AU.

Key Facts for 27 July 1952

On 27 July 1952, 476 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 450 daily.
Campbelltown 1 set a daily record precipitation of 93.0 mm (3.7 in) on 27 July 1952.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

476 stations

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

Weather records on 27 July 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mount Wilson (Nooroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rockley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Sekoni	India	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Leura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Little Hartley (Sheepcombe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glenara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bilpin (Fern Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minchinbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lithgow (Cooerwull)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beecroft	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yalcowinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bajandaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sheoganj	India	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherland Mwsdb	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
O'Connell (Stratford)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sachor	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chakradhanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riverview Observatory	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Burrawang (Range Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Earlwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jalore	India	Record daily precipitation	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lidcombe (Carnarvon Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

476 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 150, Lowest daily maximum 21, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 195.

Records on 27 July 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	150
Lowest daily maximum	21
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1952 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 21, daily 450.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 149.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1952

Top 20 records on 27 July 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1952	Campbelltown 1, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1952	Kurrajong Heights (Bells Line, AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	60 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1952	Bringelly (Maryland), AU	all-time rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1952	Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S, AU	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1952	Mount Wilson (Nooroo), AU	monthly rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1952	Parramatta, AU	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1952	Richmond - Uws Hawkesbury, AU	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1952	Windsor Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1952	Rockley Post Office, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1952	Cockburn (Burta), AU	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1952	Golspie (Ayrston), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1952	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1952	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1952	Sekoni, IN	daily rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1952	Broken Hill (Kars), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1952	Katoomba (Murri St), AU	daily rain	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	141.8 mm (5.6 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1952	Leura Post Office, AU	daily rain	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1952	Prospect Reservoir, AU	daily rain	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	105.6 mm (4.2 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1952	Cobbity (Roseneath), AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1952	Taralga (Grathawai), AU	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	34 years	55 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

1805 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1952. 1952 had 476 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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Data for records on 1952-07-27: 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 20	298
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	18
80 to 100	9
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	2