Weather Records on 27 July 1955

521 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1955. Highest significance: Greenville, US.

Key Facts for 27 July 1955

On 27 July 1955, 521 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
244 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 512 daily.
Greenville set a daily record precipitation of 108.0 mm (4.3 in) on 27 July 1955.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

521 stations

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

Weather records on 27 July 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tijeras Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Engle	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malvan	India	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Des Moines	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tijeras Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nappa Merrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	41.5 C (106.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hermiston 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gubbi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Quinault Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chakaibanda	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corona	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kunigal	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nespelem 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Valparaiso Wtr Wks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tohatchi 1 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grimsby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Niagara Falls Ont Hydro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

521 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 149.

Records on 27 July 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 512.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

367 broken records

Margins by which the 367 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1955

Top 20 records on 27 July 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1955	Greenville, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1955	Tijeras Rs, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1955	Engle, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1955	Assiniboia, CA	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1955	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1955	Malvan, IN	daily rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1955	Whitefish Pt, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1955	Loukahi, IN	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1955	Des Moines, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1955	Laramie, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1955	Pitea, SE	daily high max	31.4 C (88.5 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1955	Tijeras Rs, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1955	Nappa Merrie, AU	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1955	Sfax El-Maou, TN	daily high max	41.5 C (106.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	50 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1955	Laguna, US	daily low max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1955	Hermiston 1 SE, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1955	Republic, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1955	Gubbi Sr, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1955	Spicer, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 1955	Billings Wtp, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	50 years	29 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

1805 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1955. 1955 had 521 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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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	327
10 to 20	29
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2