Weather Records on 27 May 1993

835 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1993. Highest significance: Castle Dale, US.

Key Facts for 27 May 1993

On 27 May 1993, 835 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
300 were record highs and 292 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 799 daily.
Castle Dale set a monthly record daily precipitation of 41.9 mm (1.6 in) on 27 May 1993.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

835 stations

835 station records on 27 May 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Castle Dale	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Schiermonnikoog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aldan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Schagen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Antelope 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lukojanov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Miling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
De Cocksdorps	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ternaard	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Merida Centro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Roodeschool	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	181.5 mm (7.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.3 C (61.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Motul	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enkhuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warffum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Godfrey 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaleer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bangalore	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Altomunster-Maisbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weihenstephan-Durnast	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eenrum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Uithuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Futenma	Japan	Record daily precipitation	193.8 mm (7.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pijijiapan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tecuanapa	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Niederstotzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Huauchinango	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Villa Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vlieland_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wolf Creek Pass 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Ridder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Reichenhall	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Naha	Japan	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Greer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pelton Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Schlusselfeld (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ogulin	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jalacingo	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hollum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Naze	Japan	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

835 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 161, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 131, Heaviest daily rainfall 243.

Records on 27 May 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	161
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	131
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 1993 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 35, daily 799.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

668 broken records

Margins by which the 668 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 49.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1993

Top 20 records on 27 May 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1993	Castle Dale, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 May 1993	Ulm, DE	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Schiermonnikoog, NL	daily rain	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Aldan, RU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Schagen, NL	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Creighton, US	monthly high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	97 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Antelope 6 SSW, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Axel, NL	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Lukojanov, RU	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Miling, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	De Cocksdorps, NL	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Ternaard, NL	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Merida Centro, MX	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Roodeschool, NL	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Ciudad Victoria, MX	monthly rain	181.5 mm (7.1 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Regensburg, DE	daily high min	16.3 C (61.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	109 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Motul, MX	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Enkhuizen, NL	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily high min	18.8 C (65.8 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	68 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1993	Centralia, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	91 years	42 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1993. 1993 had 835 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 2026-10-17 (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).