Weather Records on 27 May 1988

777 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1988. Highest significance: Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE.

Key Facts for 27 May 1988

On 27 May 1988, 777 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
290 were record highs and 195 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 754 daily.
Weilerswist-Lommersum set a daily record precipitation of 60.3 mm (2.4 in) on 27 May 1988.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

777 stations

777 station records on 27 May 1988 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1988: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weilerswist-Lommersum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg;Kersieproe	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 91	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lorch/Rhein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sunny Hills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kehmen-Diekirch	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ficksburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Fortaleza (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muniz Freire (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Basberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Worms	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ibitirama (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dewetsdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bothaville (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Junta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ladybrand (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guacui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seneca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McColl 3 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castelo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barra Do Itapemirim (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Totatiche	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mequatlingsnek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goudveld (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Luxembourg Airport	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ermsdorf	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Astatla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Leuctra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Abre Campo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bloukrans (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	93.1 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kewaunee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dores Do Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huejotzingo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kruisrivier	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vigra	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	23.8 C (74.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Iconha-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jacigua (Dnos)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raul Soares-Montante	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Notinsila (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Funnystone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

777 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1988 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 193, Lowest daily minimum 142, Heaviest daily rainfall 291, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 27 May 1988 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	193
Lowest daily minimum	142
Heaviest daily rainfall	291
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1988 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 22, daily 754.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

640 broken records

Margins by which the 640 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1988

Top 20 records on 27 May 1988 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1988	Weilerswist-Lommersum, DE	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Ficksburg;Kersieproe, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Berlin 91, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Gollhofen, DE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	87 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	East London -Signal STN, ZA	monthly rain	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Yanrey, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Lorch/Rhein, DE	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Sunny Hills, ZA	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Kehmen-Diekirch, LU	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Ficksburg, ZA	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	79 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Usina Fortaleza (Dnos), BR	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Muniz Freire (Dnos), BR	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Miltenberg, DE	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Basberg, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Worms, DE	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Ibitirama (Dnos), BR	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Dewetsdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	81 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Bothaville (Mun), ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	74 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1988	Bremen-Seefahrtschule, DE	daily high min	18.1 C (64.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	84 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 1988

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1988. 1988 had 777 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 1988-05-27: 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	544
10 to 20	71
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2