Weather Records on 27 October 1952

640 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 1952. Highest significance: Conargo (Willurah), AU.

Key Facts for 27 October 1952

On 27 October 1952, 640 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 611 daily.
Conargo (Willurah) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 72.6 mm (2.9 in) on 27 October 1952.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

640 stations

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

Weather records on 27 October 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Hay (Illilawa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Nelsdrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wanganella (Zara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Irving	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Westbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wunnamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumburrah Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Bluff Railway STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millmerran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Totara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Pooginook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pemblegong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carrathool (Uardry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwater Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Cocketgedong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Belmont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys (Cullenswood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Acland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Thulimbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Eurolie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maude Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Timbillica)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka (Mount Arrowsmith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Condamine Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Groongal (Groongal Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bindango	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Canoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Leura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

640 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 501, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 October 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	501
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 October 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 611.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

574 broken records

Margins by which the 574 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 1952

Top 20 records on 27 October 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 1952	Conargo (Willurah), AU	monthly rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1952	Booligal (Ulonga), AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1952	Hay (Illilawa), AU	monthly rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1952	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1952	Nelsdrift, ZA	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1952	Wanganella (Zara), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1952	Murray Bridge Comparison, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1952	Helidon Post Office, AU	monthly rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1952	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1952	Gatton Allan Street, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1952	Mount Irving, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1952	Steam Plains 2, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1952	Westbrook, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1952	Wyndham Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1952	Wunnamurra, AU	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1952	Hermitage, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1952	Lake Cargelligo (Merri-Merriga, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1952	Allora Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1952	Glengallan, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1952	Leyburn Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	52 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

1802 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1952. 1952 had 640 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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Data for records on 1952-10-27: 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	460
20 to 40	83
40 to 60	27
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1