Weather Records on 27 May 2004

838 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 2004. Highest significance: Albion, US.

Key Facts for 27 May 2004

On 27 May 2004, 838 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
413 were record highs and 194 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 801 daily.
Albion set a daily record precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 27 May 2004.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 415 records.

Record Map

838 stations

838 station records on 27 May 2004 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 2004: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Phillip Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Frenchburg 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shickshinny 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yanzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Lyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Concepcion	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rockdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Willamina	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Lean	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williams 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covington Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wise 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Luck	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Montrose	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Mtn Wr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Greenwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rainer Ohanapecosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Urepetiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnaja Poljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Paso de Iritu	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
San Cristobal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
High Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canistear Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mutual	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cathlamet 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zhengzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chongqing	China	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

838 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 2004 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 301, Lowest daily minimum 126, Heaviest daily rainfall 231.

Records on 27 May 2004 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	301
Lowest daily minimum	126
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 May 2004 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 33, daily 801.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

625 broken records

Margins by which the 625 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 46.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 2004

Top 20 records on 27 May 2004 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 2004	Albion, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	107 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Phillip Creek, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Mora, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Susquehanna, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Leitchfield 2 N, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Elkhorn, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	111 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Frenchburg 2 W, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Shickshinny 3 N, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Arlington, US	monthly rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	78 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Yanzhou, CN	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Glen Lyn, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	89 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	La Concepcion, MX	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Rockdale, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	58 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Hugo, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Willamina, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Mc Lean, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	114 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Calarasi, RO	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	100 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Williams 3 SW, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2004	Walterboro 1 SW, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	95 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 2004

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2004. 2004 had 838 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 2004-05-27: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 May 2004
Margin	Records
0 to 10	542
10 to 20	53
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	1