Weather Records on 27 May 1980

644 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1980. Highest significance: Alicante, ES.

Key Facts for 27 May 1980

On 27 May 1980, 644 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
197 were record highs and 237 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 625 daily.
Alicante set a daily record precipitation of 51.2 mm (2.0 in) on 27 May 1980.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

644 stations

644 station records on 27 May 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lipeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mons Mari	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yalgogrin North (Roloma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Terpenij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Vasileva	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tambar Springs Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zajsan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Basin Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gubbata Cooma St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kropotkin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Macwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coolabah (Branglebar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kyzyl-Ozek	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beralga Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charles City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anahuac	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cle Elum	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilbur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yaringa Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burpengary Ulmann Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Towson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dilley	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muggon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Renfrow 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prosser	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lees Ferry	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Conroe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Plainview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cradock (Kanyaka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bogorodskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Koksa	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

644 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 95, Lowest daily maximum 152, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 85, Heaviest daily rainfall 208, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 May 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	95
Lowest daily maximum	152
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	85
Heaviest daily rainfall	208
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 May 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 625.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

518 broken records

Margins by which the 518 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1980

Top 20 records on 27 May 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1980	Alicante, ES	daily rain	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Lipeck, RU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Mons Mari, AU	daily rain	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Ajan, RU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Yalgogrin North (Roloma), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Mys Terpenij, RU	daily rain	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Cape Vasileva, RU	monthly rain	80.9 mm (3.2 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Tambar Springs Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Zajsan, KZ	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Burra (Basin Farm), AU	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Elatma, RU	monthly rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	2.9 mm (0.11 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Gubbata Cooma St, AU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Kropotkin, RU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Mountainair, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	73 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Carrizo Springs 3S, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Aberdeen, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Charlotte Plains, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	89 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Colfax, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	81 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Tracy, US	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1980	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	77 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

1797 to 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1980. 1980 had 644 records.

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

Records on 05-27 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1817	1
1818	1
1834	2
1836	4
1839	1
1845	1
1846	1
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	3
1868	4
1869	1
1874	1
1876	1
1879	3
1880	5
1881	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	5
1891	2
1892	8
1893	5
1894	13
1895	4
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	2
1900	4
1901	7
1902	12
1903	7
1904	11
1905	7
1906	28
1907	23
1908	16
1909	7
1910	31
1911	53
1912	27
1913	19
1914	92
1915	63
1916	26
1917	23
1918	39
1919	38
1920	40
1921	56
1922	36
1923	86
1924	92
1925	291
1926	107
1927	183
1928	81
1929	195
1930	99
1931	367
1932	265
1933	284
1934	393
1935	128
1936	468
1937	298
1938	492
1939	312
1940	138
1941	436
1942	657
1943	160
1944	479
1945	272
1946	424
1947	485
1948	324
1949	366
1950	697
1951	578
1952	258
1953	603
1954	367
1955	571
1956	491
1957	367
1958	619
1959	449
1960	421
1961	1,504
1962	460
1963	421
1964	317
1965	652
1966	398
1967	492
1968	605
1969	850
1970	326
1971	612
1972	508
1973	943
1974	630
1975	404
1976	589
1977	663
1978	814
1979	899
1980	644
1981	891
1982	838
1983	1,253
1984	834
1985	873
1986	696
1987	1,037
1988	777
1989	904
1990	804
1991	1,429
1992	1,413
1993	835
1994	848
1995	815
1996	1,378
1997	919
1998	1,079
1999	876
2000	1,347
2001	898
2002	511
2003	918
2004	838
2005	1,094
2006	1,171
2007	886
2008	914
2009	858
2010	955
2011	1,055
2012	1,475
2013	607
2014	835
2015	537
2016	622
2017	541
2018	1,355
2019	960
2020	906
2021	414
2022	653
2023	405
2024	904
2025	761
2026	1,185

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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	500
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1