Weather Records on 27 December 1991

477 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 1991. Highest significance: Shahat, LY.

Key Facts for 27 December 1991

On 27 December 1991, 477 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
126 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 456 daily.
Shahat set a daily record precipitation of 87.1 mm (3.4 in) on 27 December 1991.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

477 stations

477 station records on 27 December 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shahat	Libya	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Red Bluff Crossing	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Baise	China	Record daily precipitation	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Silvituc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Longzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lancang	China	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yumenzhen	China	Record low minimum temperature	-35.1 C (-31.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hopelchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunhuang	China	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dunhuang	China	Record low minimum temperature	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jiuquan	China	Record low minimum temperature	-29.8 C (-21.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lanzhou	China	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	65.5 cm (25.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Divisa de Anitapolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shahat	Libya	Record low maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Reichenhall	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Medford Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pingliang	China	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Corcoran Irrig Dist	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palmitos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chuxiong	China	Record high minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Hebron Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Scotia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Black Lake	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Medford Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Alvin Callender Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bethel AP	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Xingren	China	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bethel AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hechi	China	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Madera	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fresno Yosemite Intl	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Palmerville	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canberra Airport Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
East Sale Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Encantado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lanzhou	China	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gudauta (Bay)	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Las Comitas	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Watford City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alamosa-Bergman Fld	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

477 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 109, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 27 December 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	109
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 27 December 1991 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 17, daily 456.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

411 broken records

Margins by which the 411 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 1991

Top 20 records on 27 December 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 1991	Shahat, LY	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1991	Red Bluff Crossing, US	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1991	Baise, CN	monthly rain	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 December 1991	Cordova AP, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	81 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1991	Silvituc, MX	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1991	Longzhou, CN	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1991	Hammon 3 SSW, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1991	Lancang, CN	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1991	Yumenzhen, CN	all-time low min	-35.1 C (-31.2 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1991	Hopelchen, MX	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1991	Dunhuang, CN	all-time low max	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1991	Wallace 2 E, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 1991	Mittenwald-Buckelwiesen, DE	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1991	Dunhuang, CN	all-time low min	-30.5 C (-22.9 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1991	Prospect 2 SW, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	73 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1991	Angleton 2 W, US	daily low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1991	Jiuquan, CN	monthly low min	-29.8 C (-21.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1991	Lanzhou, CN	all-time low max	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1991	Cordova AP, US	monthly snowfall	65.5 cm (25.8 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	10 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 December 1991	Divisa de Anitapolis, BR	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)

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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1991. 1991 had 477 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1810	1
1839	2
1845	1
1849	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	3
1875	1
1876	2
1881	1
1882	2
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1894	6
1896	5
1897	6
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	6
1903	12
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	38
1908	3
1909	25
1910	13
1911	12
1912	51
1913	24
1914	44
1915	42
1916	43
1917	67
1918	42
1919	188
1920	148
1921	336
1922	37
1923	292
1924	340
1925	509
1926	208
1927	175
1928	282
1929	394
1930	142
1931	314
1932	219
1933	474
1934	199
1935	706
1936	972
1937	241
1938	396
1939	429
1940	526
1941	204
1942	880
1943	246
1944	274
1945	406
1946	878
1947	356
1948	445
1949	730
1950	481
1951	266
1952	118
1953	241
1954	511
1955	533
1956	628
1957	316
1958	425
1959	1,114
1960	385
1961	217
1962	490
1963	243
1964	897
1965	473
1966	715
1967	817
1968	993
1969	778
1970	352
1971	1,207
1972	401
1973	819
1974	782
1975	622
1976	613
1977	815
1978	775
1979	578
1980	1,778
1981	832
1982	1,449
1983	2,382
1984	814
1985	821
1986	484
1987	2,166
1988	1,855
1989	925
1990	880
1991	477
1992	500
1993	1,329
1994	1,122
1995	1,317
1996	1,758
1997	850
1998	924
1999	867
2000	1,392
2001	642
2002	944
2003	1,242
2004	853
2005	913
2006	965
2007	838
2008	1,708
2009	1,005
2010	1,851
2011	1,094
2012	1,118
2013	506
2014	482
2015	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

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Data for records on 1991-12-27: 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 20	387
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2