Weather Records on 27 May 2000

1,347 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 2000. Highest significance: Griggsville, US.

Key Facts for 27 May 2000

On 27 May 2000, 1,347 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
548 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 95 monthly and 1,251 daily.
Griggsville set a daily record precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 27 May 2000.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 412 records.

Record Map

1,347 stations

1,347 station records on 27 May 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Griggsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Portland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Evening Shade 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlequah	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sullivan	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ushibuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Bridgewater	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yap Island WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Makurazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro del Gallo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bognor Regis	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wattisham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ingenio Tamazula	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Richmond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Las Enramadas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tlaxco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Writtle	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Odell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Gaspar de Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tantanoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kagoshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	187.2 mm (7.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alturas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Noolook Well (Noolook Forest R	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brest-Guipavas	France	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shimizu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 3SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lucindale (Greenvale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kunming	China	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hondo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beachport (Patawita)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tianjin	China	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sukumo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Helland I Gjesdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,347 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 132, Highest daily minimum 399, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 592, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 27 May 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	132
Highest daily minimum	399
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	592
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 2000 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 95, daily 1,251.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,041 broken records

Margins by which the 1,041 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 86.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 2000

Top 20 records on 27 May 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 2000	Griggsville, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 May 2000	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 May 2000	Kislovodsk, RU	monthly rain	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	61 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 May 2000	Portland, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Asuncion Nochixtlan, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Evening Shade 1 NNE, US	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Champaign 3S, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Tahlequah, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Sullivan, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Union, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Ushibuka, JP	daily rain	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Cape Bridgewater, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Yap Island WSO AP, FM	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Makurazaki, JP	daily rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Lampasas, US	monthly high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Aburatsu, JP	monthly rain	222.0 mm (8.7 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	San Pedro del Gallo (Smn), MX	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Bognor Regis, GB	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Canning Downs, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2000	Wattisham, GB	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	49 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2000. 2000 had 1,347 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 2000-05-27: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 May 2000
Margin	Records
0 to 20	962
20 to 40	61
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	4