Weather Records on 27 May 1954

367 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1954. Highest significance: Eagle, US.

Key Facts for 27 May 1954

On 27 May 1954, 367 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 190 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 363 daily.
Eagle set a monthly record daily precipitation of 26.2 mm (1.0 in) on 27 May 1954.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

367 stations

367 station records on 27 May 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eagle	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corunna Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gary	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Itabatinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Marnai	India	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Loa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pomeroy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gabyon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Macdonald College	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Parshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bennington 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hailey 3 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whim Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mundiwindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brisco	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

367 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 May 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 May 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 363.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

289 broken records

Margins by which the 289 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1954

Top 20 records on 27 May 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1954	Eagle, US	monthly rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1954	Brockville, CA	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	74 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1954	Galva, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1954	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Corunna Downs, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Franklin, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Hyannis, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Umea, SE	daily high min	11.0 C (51.8 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	57 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	71 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Gary, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Itabatinga, BR	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Karkaralinsk, KZ	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Ft Stanton, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	51 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Victor 4 N, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Vestervig, DK	daily high max	25.5 C (77.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	51 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Marnai, IN	daily rain	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Durham, GB	daily high min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	61 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Onawa 3NW, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 May 1954	Loa, US	monthly high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	31 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1954. 1954 had 367 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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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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	244
10 to 20	33
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1