Weather Records on 27 October 1955

578 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 1955. Highest significance: Kilkivan Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 27 October 1955

On 27 October 1955, 578 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 64 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 567 daily.
Kilkivan Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 77.0 mm (3.0 in) on 27 October 1955.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

578 stations

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

Weather records on 27 October 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Manapparai	India	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
St John's	Canada	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Taipu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Landsborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mooloolah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coolum Beach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nilambur	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Show Grounds	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alderley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Banki Bankigarh	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruvaiyaru	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Derrylin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woolooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goomboorian	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gundiah Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mungar Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan State Forest 220	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Munna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tirukkattupalli	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Miva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Springbrook Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Viralimalai	India	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mabel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Collaroy Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mayne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Graceville Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toowong Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wylie Creek (Aloomba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Goomeri Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inskip Point Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carpentaria Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maleny Tamarind St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

578 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 59, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 34, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 403, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 27 October 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	59
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	34
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	403
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 27 October 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 567.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

507 broken records

Margins by which the 507 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 1955

Top 20 records on 27 October 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 1955	Kilkivan Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1955	Manapparai, IN	daily rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1955	Ipswich, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Salisbury Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	St John's, CA	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Taipu, BR	monthly rain	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Landsborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	62 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Mooloolah Post Office, AU	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	62 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Caboolture Post Office, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Coolum Beach Post Office, AU	daily rain	148.3 mm (5.8 in)	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Moore Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Tomewin (Border Gate), AU	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Nilambur, IN	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Dixon, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Ngukurr, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Brisbane Show Grounds, AU	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Alderley, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Banki Bankigarh, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Tiruvaiyaru, IN	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1955	Derrylin, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	44 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

1802 to 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1955. 1955 had 578 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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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	486
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1