Weather Records on 27 May 1984

834 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1984. Highest significance: Elizabethtown, US.

Key Facts for 27 May 1984

On 27 May 1984, 834 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
355 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 779 daily.
Elizabethtown set an all-time record daily precipitation of 155.7 mm (6.1 in) on 27 May 1984.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

834 stations

834 station records on 27 May 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Prague 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pindathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eudamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bixby	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Candelaria (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sallisaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gorya Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Altglashutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maroonah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gascoyne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kr.Rottal-Inn Falkenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Simbach/Inn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Glenn Dale Bell STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alameda NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Anna Jacoba Polder	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Xochiapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mardathuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yathroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodland 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hollenstein (Kraftwerk)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waddington	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tulsa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	176.5 mm (6.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edaggee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tuzantla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

834 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 169, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 186, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 318, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 27 May 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	169
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	186
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1984 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 53, daily 779.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

673 broken records

Margins by which the 673 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1984

Top 20 records on 27 May 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1984	Elizabethtown, US	all-time rain	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 May 1984	Prince Albert Road, ZA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1984	Milan, IT	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Okemah, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	70 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Prague 2W, US	monthly rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Pindathuna, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	79 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Kuusiku, EE	daily rain	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Eudamullah, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Bixby, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Candelaria (Smn), MX	monthly rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Sallisaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Davis 2 WSW Exp Farm, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Lyons River, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Gorya Valley, AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Altglashutte, DE	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Patuxent River NAS, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Maroonah, AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1984	Winning, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	45 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1984. 1984 had 834 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1984-05-27: 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 2026-10-17 (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 10	543
10 to 20	70
20 to 30	28
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	13
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	2