Weather Records on 27 May 1956

491 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1956. Highest significance: Bansda, IN.

Key Facts for 27 May 1956

On 27 May 1956, 491 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
43 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 464 daily.
Bansda set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 27 May 1956.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

491 stations

491 station records on 27 May 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bansda	India	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Rantoul	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bemetara	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sindkheda	India	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Broach	India	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Philo	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bhavnathpur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Amalner	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sagunbari	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ladania	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bettiah	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dhulia	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hosanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ogallala	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bhatkal	India	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coondapur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roha	India	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bairgania	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whitestown	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shaunavon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mokhada	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pardi	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mandangad	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dapoli	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bulsar Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baindur	India	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Loukahi	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Deobhog	India	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Raver	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Khed	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dahiwadi	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bayard	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Andrews	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dhaka	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Summerfield 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mangum	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

491 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 32, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 380, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 May 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	32
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	380
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 May 1956 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 26, daily 464.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

443 broken records

Margins by which the 443 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1956

Top 20 records on 27 May 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1956	Bansda, IN	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1956	Rantoul, US	all-time rain	152.7 mm (6.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1956	Bemetara, IN	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Danville, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Mannington 1 N, US	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Clarendon, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Sindkheda, IN	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Marysville, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Broach, IN	monthly rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Bloomington Normal, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Philo, US	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Bhavnathpur, IN	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Amalner, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Chikhli, IN	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Hoopeston, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Sagunbari, IN	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Ladania, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Bettiah, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Dhulia, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1956	Hosanagar, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	46 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1956. 1956 had 491 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1956-05-27: 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 100	442
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1