Weather Records on 27 December 1959

1,114 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1959. Highest significance: Cumbalum (Fairview), AU.

Key Facts for 27 December 1959

On 27 December 1959, 1,114 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
674 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 1,102 daily.
Cumbalum (Fairview) set a daily record precipitation of 115.8 mm (4.6 in) on 27 December 1959.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

1,114 stations

1,114 station records on 27 December 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Dunbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Table Rock 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fanning River Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geneva	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kowanyama Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mowbray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eaglehawk Neck (Jetty Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dotswood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jetmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrook Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bison 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Westernport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Pwr Substn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,114 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 261, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 413, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 369, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 27 December 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	261
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	413
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	369
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 27 December 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 1,102.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

957 broken records

Margins by which the 957 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1959

Top 20 records on 27 December 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1959	Cumbalum (Fairview), AU	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1959	Denison, US	monthly rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1959	Beloit, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1959	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1959	Dunbar Station, AU	monthly rain	262.9 mm (10.4 in)	135.1 mm (5.3 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Lead, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Pecs Pogany, HU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Logan 1 WNW, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Tipton, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Oakland, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Osceola, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Spencer 1 N, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Sac City, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Table Rock 4N, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Audubon, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Kangaroo Hills Station, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Fanning River Station, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1959	Ashland Exp Farm, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 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

1793 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1959. 1959 had 1,114 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 50	937
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1