Weather Records on 27 May 1982

838 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1982. Highest significance: Port Stanley, CA.

Key Facts for 27 May 1982

On 27 May 1982, 838 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
420 were record highs and 146 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 809 daily.
Port Stanley set a monthly record daily precipitation of 79.4 mm (3.1 in) on 27 May 1982.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

838 stations

838 station records on 27 May 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Midland 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Clewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	243.8 mm (9.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Virginia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marseilles Lock/Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Turner	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Utica Starved Rock Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Jeronimo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Talisman I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Findlay Wpcc	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Strausstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
London Int'l Airport	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elbow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Border 3 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ajk-Kum	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Caron	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beckum-Unterberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taber	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valier	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wadesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lorenzo	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coalville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wuhan	China	Record daily precipitation	76.4 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Powell River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Strongfield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.0 cm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Conrad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carway	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
High River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

838 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 239, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 10.

Records on 27 May 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	239
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1982 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 26, daily 809.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

690 broken records

Margins by which the 690 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1982

Top 20 records on 27 May 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1982	Port Stanley, CA	monthly rain	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 May 1982	Midland 4 ENE, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1982	Clewiston, US	all-time rain	243.8 mm (9.6 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1982	Virginia, BR	monthly rain	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	Marseilles Lock/Dam, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	Turner, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	Lakeview, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	Zamboanga, PH	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	Utica Starved Rock Dam, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	Ft Pierce, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	San Jeronimo, MX	daily rain	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	Talisman I, MX	daily rain	143.8 mm (5.7 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	Findlay Wpcc, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	Grand Haven Fire Dept, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	Oberlin, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	Strausstown, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	London Int'l Airport, CA	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	Cuero, US	monthly high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1982	Elbow, CA	daily snowfall	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	8.0 cm (3.1 in)	64 years	41 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1982. 1982 had 838 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 2026-10-16 (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 20	658
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	4