Weather Records on 27 December 1952

118 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1952. Highest significance: Duchess Hotel, AU.

Key Facts for 27 December 1952

On 27 December 1952, 118 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 116 daily.
Duchess Hotel set a daily record precipitation of 104.1 mm (4.1 in) on 27 December 1952.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 542 records.

Record Map

118 stations

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

Weather records on 27 December 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Duchess Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Adhoura	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	216.0 cm (85.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Canbelego Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Miranda Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mantuan Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rouchel Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sutherland Mwsdb	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dapto Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodhouselee (Leeston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Moira Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kizljar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatra	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhavnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pallinup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunlop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trangie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yimkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bratsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Wongwie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saxby Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mahoba	India	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	86.0 cm (33.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundaring Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tuena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
West Quarter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tooraweenah (Denham St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Christmas Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bomalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Mumble Peg)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Turnu Magurele	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brandwag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

118 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 78, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 27 December 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	78
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 27 December 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 116.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

97 broken records

Margins by which the 97 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 660.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1952

Top 20 records on 27 December 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1952	Duchess Hotel, AU	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1952	Adhoura, IN	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1952	Listowel Downs, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1952	Maytown, AU	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	216.0 cm (85.0 in)	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	33 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Merriwa (Gummun Place), AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	64 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Canbelego Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Barcaldine Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Miranda Downs Station, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	49 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Mantuan Downs, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Rouchel Brook, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Sutherland Mwsdb, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Murringo (Windermere), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Dapto Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily low min	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Bezeck, RU	daily rain	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Durham, GB	daily rain	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	75 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1952	Woodhouselee (Leeston), AU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	52 years	20 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1952. 1952 had 118 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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Data for records on 1952-12-27: 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 100	95
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1