Weather Records on 27 November 1977

1,190 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 November 1977. Highest significance: Bookaloo, AU.

Key Facts for 27 November 1977

On 27 November 1977, 1,190 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
185 were record highs and 453 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 1,137 daily.
Bookaloo set a monthly record daily precipitation of 77.6 mm (3.1 in) on 27 November 1977.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

1,190 stations

1,190 station records on 27 November 1977 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 November 1977: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bookaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Hesso	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Coward Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Coober Pedy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mozajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 8 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gvasjugi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Balcanoona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wausau ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marydale (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Russellville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Xique-Xique (Igatu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monterey	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pennington Gap	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Green Bay	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Woodgreen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Copley (Yankaninna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Butler (Anona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moberly	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Faith	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambrai (Kongolia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ternej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,190 records

Records set or tied on 27 November 1977 by type: Highest daily maximum 117, Lowest daily maximum 256, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 197, Heaviest daily rainfall 239, Heaviest daily snowfall 227, Deepest snow cover 86.

Records on 27 November 1977 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	117
Lowest daily maximum	256
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	197
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	227
Deepest snow cover	86

Records on 27 November 1977 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 53, daily 1,137.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

935 broken records

Margins by which the 935 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 November 1977

Top 20 records on 27 November 1977 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 November 1977	Bookaloo, AU	monthly rain	77.6 mm (3.1 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	74 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1977	Hesso, AU	monthly rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1977	Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly), AU	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1977	Coward Springs, AU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	74 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1977	Pinsk, BY	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	Coober Pedy, AU	monthly rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	Mozajsk, RU	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	Henderson 8 SSW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	82 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	Mattoon, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	Gvasjugi, RU	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	Skaneateles, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	Gammon Ranges (Balcanoona), AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	Anchorage, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	Wausau ASOS, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	Osage, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	Goshen, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	Fergus Falls, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1977	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	11.1 cm (4.4 in)	46 years	46 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 1977

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1977. 1977 had 1,190 records.

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

Records on 11-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1794	1
1796	1
1815	1
1829	2
1838	2
1846	1
1849	3
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1856	4
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	4
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1878	7
1879	2
1881	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	3
1887	2
1890	10
1891	2
1892	1
1894	5
1895	3
1896	5
1897	3
1898	10
1899	3
1900	2
1901	3
1902	1
1903	28
1904	5
1905	5
1906	13
1907	14
1908	32
1909	36
1910	12
1911	22
1912	9
1913	18
1914	13
1915	34
1916	78
1917	94
1918	32
1919	55
1920	98
1921	108
1922	31
1923	48
1924	30
1925	93
1926	152
1927	375
1928	71
1929	118
1930	596
1931	181
1932	361
1933	331
1934	259
1935	272
1936	300
1937	258
1938	773
1939	310
1940	560
1941	173
1942	334
1943	127
1944	268
1945	265
1946	489
1947	255
1948	696
1949	1,141
1950	534
1951	685
1952	1,351
1953	521
1954	220
1955	690
1956	335
1957	159
1958	585
1959	476
1960	896
1961	348
1962	692
1963	388
1964	527
1965	864
1966	639
1967	360
1968	458
1969	450
1970	670
1971	450
1972	499
1973	1,453
1974	556
1975	1,222
1976	1,389
1977	1,190
1978	1,031
1979	851
1980	941
1981	769
1982	952
1983	2,097
1984	1,264
1985	2,808
1986	687
1987	786
1988	821
1989	927
1990	1,626
1991	742
1992	951
1993	1,674
1994	1,355
1995	832
1996	1,155
1997	980
1998	1,433
1999	954
2000	642
2001	1,247
2002	1,029
2003	641
2004	556
2005	853
2006	1,304
2007	472
2008	884
2009	726
2010	1,199
2011	1,213
2012	392
2013	1,165
2014	1,136
2015	1,183
2016	388
2017	1,136
2018	628
2019	997
2020	287
2021	565
2022	420
2023	623
2024	736
2025	296

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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 25	759
25 to 50	78
50 to 75	44
75 to 100	27
100 to 125	16
125 to 150	7
150 to 175	4