Weather Records on 27 November 1981

769 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 November 1981. Highest significance: Northway AP, US.

Key Facts for 27 November 1981

On 27 November 1981, 769 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
123 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 746 daily.
Northway AP set a monthly record daily snowfall of 20.6 cm (8.1 in) on 27 November 1981.
Across 167 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

769 stations

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

Weather records on 27 November 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Northway AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Gulkana AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bushy Band	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescenta Fc251 C	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfords	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ensenada	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lekeberga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tolga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vilsandi	Estonia	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adaven	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont 5 NW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bear River Refuge	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Havraryd_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mwinilunga	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ferros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Skogsforsen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tres Piedras	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alencon-Valframbert	France	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Presa la Angostura	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Linhult_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.7 cm (17.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orderville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Long Beach Daugherty AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chatsworth Fc 24 F	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Germantown Wastewater Utility	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albanel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Langhult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Denair 3 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Sabla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pacific House	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Simlangsdalen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Metten	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orderville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
So Entrance Yosemite Np	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yosemite Park HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

769 records

Records set or tied on 27 November 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 426, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 27 November 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	426
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 27 November 1981 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 23, daily 746.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

649 broken records

Margins by which the 649 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 November 1981

Top 20 records on 27 November 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 November 1981	Northway AP, US	monthly snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 November 1981	Gulkana AP, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Inkerman Station, AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Bushy Band, ZA	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	La Crescenta Fc251 C, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Woodfords, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	72 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Ensenada, MX	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Lekeberga, SE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	King City, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Tolga Post Office, AU	monthly rain	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Hafslo, NO	daily snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	40.0 cm (15.7 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Watertown Wwtp, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Vilsandi, EE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Boulia Airport, AU	daily high min	29.8 C (85.6 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Adaven, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	62 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Fremont 5 NW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Bear River Refuge, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Havraryd_D, SE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Happy Camp Rs, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	66 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 November 1981	Sacramento AP ASOS, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	37 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1981. 1981 had 769 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	618
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1