Weather Records on 27 May 1957

367 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1957. Highest significance: Sinton, US.

Key Facts for 27 May 1957

On 27 May 1957, 367 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 360 daily.
Sinton set a daily record precipitation of 139.2 mm (5.5 in) on 27 May 1957.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

367 stations

367 station records on 27 May 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mbarara	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kabale	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Pass 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pinjarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marradong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moran India	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matagorda #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Szeged	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jetpur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Loretto	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Budapest	Hungary	Record low maximum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kojonup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

367 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 58, Heaviest daily rainfall 176.

Records on 27 May 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	58
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 6, daily 360.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

322 broken records

Margins by which the 322 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 108.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1957

Top 20 records on 27 May 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1957	Sinton, US	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Portales, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Clovis, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Sabinal, US	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	108.7 mm (4.3 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Mbarara, UG	monthly rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Laredo, US	daily rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Kabale, UG	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Hot Springs 2, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Eagle Pass 3N, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Attabari, IN	monthly rain	155.4 mm (6.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Pinjarra, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Milan, IT	daily low min	8.2 C (46.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	New Braunfels, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Marradong, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Big Wells 2W, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Moran India, IN	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Matagorda #2, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	86.7 mm (3.4 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1957	Augsburg (Sankt Stephan), DE	daily low max	8.6 C (47.5 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	63 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

1797 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1957. 1957 had 367 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 1957-05-27: 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 20	294
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1