Weather Records on 27 May 1955

571 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1955. Highest significance: Mulculca, AU.

Key Facts for 27 May 1955

On 27 May 1955, 571 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 147 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 559 daily.
Mulculca set a monthly record daily precipitation of 70.6 mm (2.8 in) on 27 May 1955.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

571 stations

571 station records on 27 May 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mulculca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Telemon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wynne	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Goorganga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Taldra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brady Aznoe	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wakool (Barratta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pattikonda	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mudhol	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Longlac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yemmiganur	India	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pitkin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lucerne	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Geham State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hungund	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	2.7 C (36.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dryden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mokakchung	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Earlwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

571 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 24, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 308, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 27 May 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	24
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	308
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 27 May 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 559.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

480 broken records

Margins by which the 480 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 340.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1955

Top 20 records on 27 May 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1955	Mulculca, AU	monthly rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1955	Telemon Station, AU	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Wynne, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Goorganga, AU	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Hattonvale Store, AU	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Willowmore, ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Malvern, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Taldra, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Sholapur, IN	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Brady Aznoe, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Amity, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Wakool (Barratta), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Conway, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Chatswood Water Supply, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Pattikonda, IN	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Pocahontas 1, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Sheboygan, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Bowen Downs, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Mudhol, IN	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1955	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	38 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

1797 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1955. 1955 had 571 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 1955-05-27: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	467
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1