Weather Records on 27 May 1958

619 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1958. Highest significance: Ilkal, IN.

Key Facts for 27 May 1958

On 27 May 1958, 619 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
334 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 558 daily.
Ilkal set a daily record precipitation of 95.3 mm (3.8 in) on 27 May 1958.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

619 stations

619 station records on 27 May 1958 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1958: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ilkal	India	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Brakboschpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kurundwad	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marydale (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greatfish-Point Vrt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	118.5 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart Mill State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trompsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Koegasbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uniao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chatrapatti	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leichardt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Loxton (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Geneve Observatoire	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	32.3 C (90.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kwepertuin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Swartkoppies	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kekri	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beech Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chandur Railway	India	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Biesjesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mehkar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burwood East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waratah (Mount Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kareedoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Myton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chandragiri	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.9 C (60.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandhoogte (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Myrtleford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

619 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1958 by type: Highest daily maximum 205, Lowest daily maximum 12, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 41, Heaviest daily rainfall 232.

Records on 27 May 1958 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	205
Lowest daily maximum	12
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	41
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1958 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 59, daily 558.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

484 broken records

Margins by which the 484 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1958

Top 20 records on 27 May 1958 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1958	Ilkal, IN	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1958	Huatusco de Chicuellar, MX	monthly rain	165.9 mm (6.5 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1958	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily rain	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Brakboschpoort, ZA	monthly rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Potsdam, DE	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Kurundwad, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Marydale (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Port Alfred, ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Vita (Khanapur), IN	monthly rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Greatfish-Point Vrt, ZA	daily rain	118.5 mm (4.7 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Stuart Mill State School, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Freiburg, DE	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Trompsburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Muncheberg, DE	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Koegasbrug, ZA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Kailua 446, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Uniao, BR	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1958	Chatrapatti, IN	monthly rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	39 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 1958

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1958. 1958 had 619 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 1958-05-27: 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	452
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1