Weather Records on 27 December 2014

482 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 2014. Highest significance: Curtis, US.

Key Facts for 27 December 2014

On 27 December 2014, 482 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 475 daily.
Curtis set a daily record precipitation of 29.7 mm (1.2 in) on 27 December 2014.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 540 records.

Record Map

482 stations

482 station records on 27 December 2014 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 2014: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Curtis	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Windorah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cody 12SE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rice Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Weabonga (Monomeeth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St-Girons	France	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Owen 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Gilead 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laucala Bay	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nausori	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mobile Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mobile	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Semej	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Meridian Naas	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lingle 2WSW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balhash	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vanavara	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
N Platte Exp Farm	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vitim	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Meridian Key Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Fap David Abenzur Rengifo	Peru	Record low maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Ozernoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oklahoma Cy Will Rogers World	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pipestone	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Springdale	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natitingou	Benin	Record low minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Ozernoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bor	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bajkit	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vitoria/Foronda	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hayfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Isla de Pascua	Chile	Record low minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saetermoen II	Norway	Record snow depth	121.0 cm (47.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Strelka Chunja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

482 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 2014 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 132, Heaviest daily snowfall 68, Deepest snow cover 48.

Records on 27 December 2014 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	132
Heaviest daily snowfall	68
Deepest snow cover	48

Records on 27 December 2014 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 475.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

394 broken records

Margins by which the 394 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 December 2014

Top 20 records on 27 December 2014 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 2014	Curtis, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2014	Windorah Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	107 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2014	Cody 12SE, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2014	Rice Lake, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	115 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Weabonga (Monomeeth), AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP, US	monthly snow depth	36.0 cm (14.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	89 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	St-Girons, FR	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	101 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Carville 2 SW, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Duncan, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	77 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Medford, US	daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	103 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Owen 1E, US	daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Mt Gilead 4 W, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Laucala Bay, FJ	daily rain	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Tarbes - Ossun, FR	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Winter, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Nausori, FJ	daily rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Mobile Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2014	Flatwillow 4 ENE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	80 years	39 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

1793 to 2014

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2014. 2014 had 482 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-27 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1798	2
1810	1
1839	2
1845	1
1849	1
1860	2
1862	1
1868	1
1869	1
1872	3
1875	1
1876	2
1881	1
1882	2
1886	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1894	6
1896	5
1897	6
1898	5
1899	3
1900	4
1901	4
1902	6
1903	12
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	38
1908	3
1909	25
1910	13
1911	12
1912	51
1913	24
1914	44
1915	42
1916	43
1917	67
1918	42
1919	188
1920	148
1921	336
1922	37
1923	292
1924	340
1925	509
1926	208
1927	175
1928	282
1929	394
1930	142
1931	314
1932	219
1933	474
1934	199
1935	706
1936	972
1937	241
1938	396
1939	429
1940	526
1941	204
1942	880
1943	246
1944	274
1945	406
1946	878
1947	356
1948	445
1949	730
1950	481
1951	266
1952	118
1953	241
1954	511
1955	533
1956	628
1957	316
1958	425
1959	1,114
1960	385
1961	217
1962	490
1963	243
1964	897
1965	473
1966	715
1967	817
1968	993
1969	778
1970	352
1971	1,207
1972	401
1973	819
1974	782
1975	622
1976	613
1977	815
1978	775
1979	578
1980	1,778
1981	832
1982	1,449
1983	2,382
1984	814
1985	821
1986	484
1987	2,166
1988	1,855
1989	925
1990	880
1991	477
1992	500
1993	1,329
1994	1,122
1995	1,317
1996	1,758
1997	850
1998	924
1999	867
2000	1,392
2001	642
2002	944
2003	1,242
2004	853
2005	913
2006	965
2007	838
2008	1,708
2009	1,005
2010	1,851
2011	1,094
2012	1,118
2013	506
2014	482
2015	2,877
2016	884
2017	1,415
2018	1,039
2019	558
2020	402
2021	1,532
2022	1,025
2023	750
2024	680
2025	1,100

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	361
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2