Weather Records on 27 December 1971

1,207 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1971. Highest significance: Glenorie, AU.

Key Facts for 27 December 1971

On 27 December 1971, 1,207 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
576 were record highs and 196 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,154 daily.
Glenorie set an all-time record daily precipitation of 182.1 mm (7.2 in) on 27 December 1971.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 535 records.

Record Map

1,207 stations

1,207 station records on 27 December 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glenorie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Biddenham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Perola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	201.7 mm (7.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Normandy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	248.2 mm (9.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Victoria Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Muckadilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Airlie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Roma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Toliness Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Albilbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cythera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mungallala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Listowel Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moreton Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	269.2 mm (10.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ruthven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ekari Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gowrie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arrilalah Telegraph Off	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wallendbeen (Corang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ourigilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woodlands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maraisburg (Gm)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Morris	Australia	Record daily precipitation	153.7 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Shirbourne Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Coogoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lowan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canbelego the Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alvon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yenda (Henry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bogong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Challis	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mooga Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rowan (Connorton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dandaloo (Skye)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Corrente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Giru Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dingwall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Ringo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brigalow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nive Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,207 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 343, Lowest daily maximum 127, Highest daily minimum 233, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 348, Heaviest daily snowfall 70, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 27 December 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	343
Lowest daily maximum	127
Highest daily minimum	233
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	348
Heaviest daily snowfall	70
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 27 December 1971 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 38, daily 1,154.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

981 broken records

Margins by which the 981 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1971

Top 20 records on 27 December 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1971	Glenorie, AU	all-time rain	182.1 mm (7.2 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	33 years	74 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Biddenham, AU	all-time rain	175.5 mm (6.9 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Perola Park, AU	all-time rain	201.7 mm (7.9 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	10 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Mitchell Post Office, AU	monthly rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Normandy, AU	all-time rain	248.2 mm (9.8 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Victoria Downs, AU	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Muckadilla Post Office, AU	all-time rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Airlie, AU	all-time rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	0 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Roma Post Office, AU	all-time rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Toliness Station, AU	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Amby, AU	daily rain	143.5 mm (5.6 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Wyandra Railway St, AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Albilbah, AU	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Angellala Downs Homestead, AU	monthly rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Kynnersley, AU	monthly rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Oberon (Springbank), AU	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1971	Dulacca Truck Stop, AU	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1971	Cythera, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1971	Mungallala, AU	monthly rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1971	Mirani Post Office, AU	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	68 years	56 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 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1971. 1971 had 1,207 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 1971-12-27: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 December 1971
Margin	Records
0 to 50	930
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1