Weather Records on 27 May 1953

603 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1953. Highest significance: Manhattan, US.

Key Facts for 27 May 1953

On 27 May 1953, 603 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
353 were record highs and 136 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 544 daily.
Manhattan set a daily record precipitation of 120.7 mm (4.8 in) on 27 May 1953.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

603 stations

603 station records on 27 May 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
York	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Big Eddy	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hosur	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrabelle 1 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
The Dalles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Liberal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tanakal(Tanakall)	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eutawville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lisboa Geofisica	Portugal	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.2 C (32.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raiford State Prison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

603 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 27 May 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1953 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 56, daily 544.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

432 broken records

Margins by which the 432 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1953

Top 20 records on 27 May 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1953	Manhattan, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	55 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1953	York, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Karlsruhe, DE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Clay Ctr, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Minneapolis, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Waneta, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Big Eddy, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Beloit, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Ravenna, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Idaho Springs, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Hosur, IN	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Bradenton Exp STN, US	all-time high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Abilene, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Bainbridge, US	monthly high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Greensboro, US	monthly high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Cawker City, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1953	Yreka, US	daily low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	54 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1953	Carrabelle 1 NNW, US	monthly high min	28.3 C (82.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1953	Goldbutte 7 N, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	34 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1953. 1953 had 603 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 1953-05-27: 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 20	416
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1