Weather Records on 27 May 1960

421 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1960. Highest significance: Newaygo Hardy Dam, US.

Key Facts for 27 May 1960

On 27 May 1960, 421 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
87 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 407 daily.
Newaygo Hardy Dam set a monthly record daily precipitation of 92.7 mm (3.6 in) on 27 May 1960.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 418 records.

Record Map

421 stations

421 station records on 27 May 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Roanoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harrogate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elmhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kharagpur India Aab	India	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla (Jeolga Old.Sf.Site)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roebuck Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
College Hill Lock 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pinehurst Sthrn Pines	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ankola	India	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tendukhera	India	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	1.4 C (34.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pundi	India	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stonyfell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bajag	India	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sultanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Unley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Birdwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	Record low maximum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Broadford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Supaul	India	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Machhlisnahr	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nandigram	India	Record daily precipitation	207.0 mm (8.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quindalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

421 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 299.

Records on 27 May 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 13, daily 407.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

369 broken records

Margins by which the 369 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1960

Top 20 records on 27 May 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1960	Newaygo Hardy Dam, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1960	Roanoke, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Warranooke (Glenorchy), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Stirling, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Uniontown, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Clarendon, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Harrogate, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Elmhurst, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Halls Gap, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Sparta, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Edenton, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Moosomin, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Kharagpur India Aab, IN	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Hahndorf, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Jeogla (Jeolga Old.Sf.Site), AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	74 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Roebuck Plains, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Amphitheatre, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	66 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1960	Mocksville 5SE, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	36 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1960. 1960 had 421 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 1960-05-27: 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 10	314
10 to 20	32
20 to 30	12
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1