Weather Records on 27 May 1986

696 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1986. Highest significance: Eichstatt-Landershofen, DE.

Key Facts for 27 May 1986

On 27 May 1986, 696 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
290 were record highs and 145 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 667 daily.
Eichstatt-Landershofen set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 27 May 1986.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 416 records.

Record Map

696 stations

696 station records on 27 May 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Sao Francisco da Corredeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Chantebled	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lincolnton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nelsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Pedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Guba	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tepeaca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waldshut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saluda	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg-Reitzenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Langtry	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dois Corregos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Barrocada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rubcovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Anaconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mairipora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aue	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nieves	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherdsville 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Bom Retiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Philipsburg Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cormick 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franco da Rocha (Hosp.Juqueri)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McCloud	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guaimbe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presidente Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Itanhaem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cerralvo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laurelville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Macucos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Agudos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bauru (Pdv)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

696 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 260, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 27 May 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	260
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1986 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 29, daily 667.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

555 broken records

Margins by which the 555 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 60.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1986

Top 20 records on 27 May 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1986	Eichstatt-Landershofen, DE	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1986	Sao Francisco da Corredeira, BR	daily rain	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Fazenda Chantebled, BR	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Lincolnton, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Huajintlan, MX	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Nelsonville, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Sao Pedro, BR	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Guba, AZ	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Tepeaca, MX	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	56 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Riggins, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Waldshut, DE	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Mossman Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Saluda, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Freiburg, DE	daily high min	17.4 C (63.3 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Marienberg-Reitzenhain, DE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Ft Ross, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Hebgen Dam, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	66 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1986	Langtry, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	38 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1986. 1986 had 696 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 1986-05-27: 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	447
10 to 20	63
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	11
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	1