Weather Records on 27 December 1965

473 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1965. Highest significance: Goomalling, AU.

Key Facts for 27 December 1965

On 27 December 1965, 473 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
29 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 453 daily.
Goomalling set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 27 December 1965.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

473 stations

473 station records on 27 December 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goomalling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Grass Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record snow depth	167.0 cm (65.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ephrata	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caraubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ilhota-Jusante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Bay	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nottingham Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grindstone Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chemainus	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.8 cm (12.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Timbauba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vernonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Deer Park	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Denver	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bumping Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.9 cm (15.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alouette Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New Denver	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sechelt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oliver Stp	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Covelong	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	126.0 cm (49.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cedartown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthornden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Blue	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lame Deer	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hanna	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record snow depth	59.0 cm (23.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Patamute	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

473 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 35, Heaviest daily rainfall 245, Heaviest daily snowfall 86, Deepest snow cover 33.

Records on 27 December 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	35
Heaviest daily rainfall	245
Heaviest daily snowfall	86
Deepest snow cover	33

Records on 27 December 1965 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 15, daily 453.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

417 broken records

Margins by which the 417 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 650.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1965

Top 20 records on 27 December 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1965	Goomalling, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1965	Grass Valley, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1965	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily snow depth	167.0 cm (65.7 in)	65.0 cm (25.6 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Cameron Lake, CA	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	26.6 cm (10.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Davenport, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Ephrata, US	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	University Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Olga 2 SE, US	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Concrete Ppl Fish STN, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	54 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Chilliwack, CA	daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Odessa, US	all-time snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	53 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Caraubas, BR	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Ilhota-Jusante, BR	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Eagle Bay, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Eagle Bay, CA	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Deer Lake, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.5 cm (6.1 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Nottingham Island, CA	daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Grindstone Island, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Illalangi, AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1965	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	41 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1965. 1965 had 473 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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Data for records on 1965-12-27: 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	389
100 to 200	22
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1