Weather Records on 27 May 1981

891 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1981. Highest significance: Milstead, US.

Key Facts for 27 May 1981

On 27 May 1981, 891 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
230 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 853 daily.
Milstead set a daily record precipitation of 116.3 mm (4.6 in) on 27 May 1981.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

891 stations

891 station records on 27 May 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Paisley	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
White Cliffs (Kayrunnera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Embry	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Elliston	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cartersville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Braunschweig-Gliesmarode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goldfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dalhousie L High Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Herzberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Forquilhinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dahlonega 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dadeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Mill 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 61 Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kiel-Kronshagen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meleiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cofimvaba (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evansville Museum	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bol'soe-Almaatinskoe-Ozero	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lenoir	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rotenburg (Wumme)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corinne	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uelzen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saxton 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

891 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 181, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 579, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 May 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	181
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	579
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 May 1981 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 36, daily 853.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

793 broken records

Margins by which the 793 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1981

Top 20 records on 27 May 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1981	Milstead, US	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1981	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	80 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1981	Vincennes 4 E, US	daily rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1981	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	monthly rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	91 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1981	Maseskar, SE	monthly rain	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	86 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1981	Paisley, GB	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1981	Gronbaek-Allingskovgard, DK	monthly rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	91 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1981	White Cliffs (Kayrunnera), AU	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1981	Embry, US	monthly rain	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1981	Mt Carmel, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	72 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1981	Elliston, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1981	Cartersville #2, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1981	Braunschweig-Gliesmarode, DE	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1981	Forsyth 6 NNW, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1981	Goldfield, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1981	Tranebjerg, DK	monthly rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	0.6 mm (0.02 in)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1981	Decatur, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1981	Dalhousie L High Falls, CA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1981	Herzberg, DE	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1981	Woodbury, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	49 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1981. 1981 had 891 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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Data for records on 1981-05-27: 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 2026-10-15 (15 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	747
25 to 50	34
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1