Weather Records on 27 December 1970

352 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1970. Highest significance: Maun, BW.

Key Facts for 27 December 1970

On 27 December 1970, 352 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
60 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 338 daily.
Maun set a monthly record daily precipitation of 130.6 mm (5.1 in) on 27 December 1970.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

352 stations

352 station records on 27 December 1970 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1970: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maun	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Islet Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Teterow	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Estanzuela (Eele)	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Rs 338	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fig Tree	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chillingham (Limpinwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bar Harbor 3 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tibaji	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altentreptow	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Clermont Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gaspe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomsbury Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rockland	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Viewmount	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Crosby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valdosta 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Challis	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rockland	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes	Uruguay	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carina Hill Crescent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wallabadah (Gaspard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala Mis 175.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orleans-Montante (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Cotton West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brigham City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Wendover AP AWOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Guadalajara (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pskov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-17.3 C (0.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Austin 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

352 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1970 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 73, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 97, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 27 December 1970 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	73
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	97
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 27 December 1970 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 338.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

279 broken records

Margins by which the 279 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 585.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1970

Top 20 records on 27 December 1970 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1970	Maun, BW	monthly rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1970	Ironwood, US	daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	Sandberg, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	0 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	Pine Islet Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	Teterow, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	Lawrenceville 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	58.5 cm (23.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	La Estanzuela (Eele), UY	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	monthly snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	Haleakala Rs 338, US	daily rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	Fig Tree, ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	Lugano, CH	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	Brushgrove Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	Bothaville (Mun), ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	Bloomingdale, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1970	Chillingham (Limpinwood), AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1970	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1970	Bar Harbor 3 NW, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1970	Tibaji, BR	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	33 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

1793 to 1970

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1970. 1970 had 352 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 100	263
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1