Weather Records on 27 December 1976

613 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1976. Highest significance: Gorakhpur, IN.

Key Facts for 27 December 1976

On 27 December 1976, 613 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 593 daily.
Gorakhpur set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 27 December 1976.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 539 records.

Record Map

613 stations

613 station records on 27 December 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.0 C (78.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sveg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coronel Macedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cradle Valley (Waldheim)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madre de Deus de Minas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Park River	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellton Power St	Canada	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hay Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Campbellton Power St	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tegeltrask	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-39.1 C (-38.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Washington Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Usina Brumado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.0 C (-5.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inukjuak Ua	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.2 C (106.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.8 C (105.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Samsonvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham Exp Fa	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carnamah	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
S Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mummulgum (Bingeebeebra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dois Corregos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guaianas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Backefors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rosta	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ainsworth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Passo Tainhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gore Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record low maximum temperature	-32.1 C (-25.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.6 C (-19.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-24.7 C (-12.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

613 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 106, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 77, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 27 December 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	106
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	77
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 27 December 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 19, daily 593.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

481 broken records

Margins by which the 481 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1976

Top 20 records on 27 December 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1976	Gorakhpur, IN	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1976	Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Bosbokrand (Pol), ZA	daily rain	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	70 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Presque Isle, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Queenstown (Copper Mine), AU	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Ft Fairfield 5 NE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Squa Pan Dam, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Squa Pan Dam, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Tewantin Post Office, AU	monthly high min	26.0 C (78.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily low max	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Ft Kent, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Logan, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Sveg, SE	daily low max	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	77 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Bjelasnica, BA	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Coronel Macedo, BR	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Cradle Valley (Waldheim), AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Madre de Deus de Minas, BR	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	10 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Park River, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1976	Princeton, US	daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	5.4 cm (2.1 in)	64 years	35 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1976. 1976 had 613 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 50	464
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1