Weather Records on 27 December 1955

533 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1955. Highest significance: Calmar, CA.

Key Facts for 27 December 1955

On 27 December 1955, 533 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
265 were record highs and 48 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 516 daily.
Calmar set a monthly record daily precipitation of 33.8 mm (1.3 in) on 27 December 1955.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 539 records.

Record Map

533 stations

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

Weather records on 27 December 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Calmar	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Calmar	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kooline	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ghanzi	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yangan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eddystone Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ballarat Aerodrome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Xique-Xique (Igatu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Viking	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marron	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morwell (Mail Centre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laidley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moorabool Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Apslawn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zwartruggens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oxley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora (Obs)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fruitland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Reit Im Winkl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Safford	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hornsby (Pretoria Parade)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Magdalena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Green Rvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uil	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-34.9 C (-30.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

533 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 141, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 27 December 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	141
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 27 December 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

449 broken records

Margins by which the 449 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1955

Top 20 records on 27 December 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1955	Calmar, CA	monthly rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1955	Calmar, CA	monthly snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1955	Kooline, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Carrajung Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Beech Forest, AU	monthly rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Moorina (Frome Dam), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Glenfield (Macquarie), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	St Helens Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Warwick Post Office, AU	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Ghanzi, BW	daily rain	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Yangan Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Valdez WSO, US	daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	8 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Bicheno (Council Depot), AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Englesberg Village, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Eddystone Point, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Newcastle, US	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	47 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Ballarat Aerodrome, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1955	Blackwarry, AU	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1955	Warburton, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	75 years	34 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1955. 1955 had 533 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 100	444
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1