Weather Records on 27 May 1994

848 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 1994. Highest significance: Tomakomai, JP.

Key Facts for 27 May 1994

On 27 May 1994, 848 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
268 were record highs and 225 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 816 daily.
Tomakomai set a monthly record daily precipitation of 119.9 mm (4.7 in) on 27 May 1994.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

848 stations

848 station records on 27 May 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tomakomai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Muroran	Japan	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Laryak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gibbonsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nagasaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Volkovysk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kitadaito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	249.0 mm (9.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bouake	Cote D'Ivoire	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Esashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dno	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wakkanai	Japan	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Whitney Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sharcovschina	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rumoi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haboro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarwin Lower (Riverside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Novogrudok	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Urakawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Juzhno-Sahalinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kanchanaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Borisov	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grodno	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lida	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Utena	Lithuania	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nikko	Japan	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fukaura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Comanche	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Agnes River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vileyka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Atakpane	Togo	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsport	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mutsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barabinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rest Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

848 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 147, Heaviest daily rainfall 351, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 27 May 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	147
Heaviest daily rainfall	351
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 27 May 1994 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 30, daily 816.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

656 broken records

Margins by which the 656 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 112.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 1994

Top 20 records on 27 May 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 1994	Tomakomai, JP	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Pedernal 9 E, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Muroran, JP	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Robert Lee 4WSW, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Laryak, RU	monthly rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Gibbonsville, US	monthly high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	99 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Nagasaki, JP	daily rain	177.0 mm (7.0 in)	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Volkovysk, BY	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Iwamizawa, JP	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Kitadaito, JP	all-time rain	249.0 mm (9.8 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Bouake, CI	monthly low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Esashi, JP	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Valmora, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Dno, RU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Lawrence, US	daily low min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	79 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Wakkanai, JP	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Timovskoe, RU	daily high min	9.5 C (49.1 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	107 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Whitney Dam, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Sharcovschina, BY	monthly rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 1994	Rumoi, JP	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	21 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1994. 1994 had 848 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 1994-05-27: 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 20	611
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1