Weather Records on 27 May 2006

1,171 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 May 2006. Highest significance: Velikie Luki, RU.

Key Facts for 27 May 2006

On 27 May 2006, 1,171 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
697 were record highs and 220 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 1,119 daily.
Velikie Luki set a daily record precipitation of 28.1 mm (1.1 in) on 27 May 2006.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

1,171 stations

1,171 station records on 27 May 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 May 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Trident	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nogal Oscuro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aurangabad Chikalth	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jess Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cheb	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weiden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Phelps	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Sandia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Huimin	China	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg/Oberfranken-Huttst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Helena AP ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chengshantou	China	Record daily precipitation	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jinan	China	Record daily precipitation	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Adams 7 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Guiping	China	Record daily precipitation	187.8 mm (7.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boca	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lava Beds Nat Mon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lava Beds Nat Mon	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kronach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stammbach-Querenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ouray	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonneberg-Neufang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Mezquital KM. 150	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Armavir	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yezerishche	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Duquesa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Puerto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Penza	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Muskogee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,171 records

Records set or tied on 27 May 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 296, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 401, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 239, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 27 May 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	296
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	401
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 27 May 2006 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 47, daily 1,119.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

863 broken records

Margins by which the 863 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 May 2006

Top 20 records on 27 May 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 May 2006	Velikie Luki, RU	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 May 2006	Trident, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Smoky Bay, AU	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Nogal Oscuro, MX	monthly rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Aurangabad Chikalth, IN	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Jess Valley, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Cheb, CZ	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Choteau, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Weiden, DE	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Escalante, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Phelps, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Incheon, KR	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	La Sandia, MX	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Huimin, CN	monthly rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Fichtelberg/Oberfranken-Huttst, DE	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Helena AP ASOS, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Chengshantou, CN	daily rain	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Jinan, CN	daily rain	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Driggs, US	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	97 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 May 2006	Liberal, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	76 years	43 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 2006. 2006 had 1,171 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 2006-05-27: 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 50	854
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1