Weather Records on 27 December 1954

511 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1954. Highest significance: Palasbari, IN.

Key Facts for 27 December 1954

On 27 December 1954, 511 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
147 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 511 daily.
Palasbari set a daily record precipitation of 26.7 mm (1.1 in) on 27 December 1954.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 539 records.

Record Map

511 stations

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

Weather records on 27 December 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Palasbari	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morokweng (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beerlaagte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stapleton 5 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-46.1 C (-51.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warruwi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Band	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arriba	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monument 2 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waukegan	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paxton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
University Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

511 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 76, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 70, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 27 December 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	76
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	70
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 27 December 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 511.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

414 broken records

Margins by which the 414 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 204.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1954

Top 20 records on 27 December 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1954	Palasbari, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1954	Longmont 2 ESE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1954	Ft Lupton 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1954	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1954	Morokweng (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1954	Holyoke, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1954	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	53 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1954	Maquoketa, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1954	Culbertson, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	54 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1954	San Diego de la Union, MX	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	13 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1954	Newaygo Hardy Dam, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1954	Beerlaagte, ZA	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1954	Miami, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1954	Uitkyk, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1954	Las Vegas 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	53 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1954	E Tawas, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1954	Kimball 2NE, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	35 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1954	Rockford, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1954	Midland 2, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1954	Madrid, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 years	31 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1954. 1954 had 511 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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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 50	378
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1