Weather Records on 27 October 1972

694 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 1972. Highest significance: Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU.

Key Facts for 27 October 1972

On 27 October 1972, 694 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
90 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 675 daily.
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij set a daily record precipitation of 39.5 mm (1.6 in) on 27 October 1972.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

694 stations

694 station records on 27 October 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 October 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bangalow Motel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Auvergne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
South Solitary Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mulege	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
La Purisima	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cabo San Lucas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gigant	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Alford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fernlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ponte de Lima	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Langdon Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ear Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waneta	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Christmas Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Wongwibinda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muscle Shoals AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Thornton Bvrt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kookabookra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Granville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hannah 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashley (the Prairies)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Quiriego (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Clusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
McGregor	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caloundra Signal Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

694 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 409, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 27 October 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	409
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 27 October 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 675.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

626 broken records

Margins by which the 626 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 1972

Top 20 records on 27 October 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 1972	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1972	Bangalow Motel, AU	monthly rain	220.2 mm (8.7 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1972	Auvergne, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	South Solitary Island, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Mulege, MX	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	La Purisima, MX	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Prattville, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Cabo San Lucas, MX	daily rain	105.9 mm (4.2 in)	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Gigant, RU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Hewitt, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Mt Alford, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Fernlee, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Ponte de Lima, PT	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Langdon Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Wooroolin Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Ear Falls, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	39 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Genoa, IT	daily rain	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Wallace 2 E, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1972	Morgan 1 W, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	43 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

1802 to 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1972. 1972 had 694 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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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 20	517
20 to 40	76
40 to 60	22
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1