Weather Records on 27 December 2021

1,532 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 December 2021. Highest significance: Eagle, US.

Key Facts for 27 December 2021

On 27 December 2021, 1,532 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
510 were record highs and 629 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 1,470 daily.
Eagle set an all-time record daily snowfall of 36.8 cm (14.5 in) on 27 December 2021.
Across 150 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 533 records.

Record Map

1,532 stations

1,532 station records on 27 December 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 December 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Gove Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bialystok	Poland	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Riddle	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ruzyne	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis Water Bureau	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Richlands (Bouverie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leaburg 1 SW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kocelovice	Czech Republic	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Everett	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Boeing Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.3 C (24.3 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oakridge Fish Hatchery	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bowdle	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crater Lake Nps HQ	United States	Record daily snowfall	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.9 cm (9.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Valley #2	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Neosho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,532 records

Records set or tied on 27 December 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 300, Lowest daily maximum 386, Highest daily minimum 210, Lowest daily minimum 243, Heaviest daily rainfall 183, Heaviest daily snowfall 159, Deepest snow cover 51.

Records on 27 December 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	300
Lowest daily maximum	386
Highest daily minimum	210
Lowest daily minimum	243
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	159
Deepest snow cover	51

Records on 27 December 2021 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 55, daily 1,470.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,310 broken records

Margins by which the 1,310 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 December 2021

Top 20 records on 27 December 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 December 2021	Eagle, US	all-time snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	97 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 December 2021	Gove Airport, AU	daily rain	120.2 mm (4.7 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2021	University Exp STN, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2021	Bialystok, PL	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2021	Dallas 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)	79 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2021	Riddle, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2021	McKinley Park, US	daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 December 2021	Ashton 1N, US	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	115 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2021	McKinley Park, US	monthly rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2021	Ruzyne, CZ	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2021	Corvallis Water Bureau, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2021	Richlands (Bouverie), AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2021	Brownwood 2NE, US	monthly high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2021	Cottage Grove 2E, US	daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2021	Leaburg 1 SW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2021	Kocelovice, CZ	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2021	Grass Valley #2, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2021	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	16.3 cm (6.4 in)	8.7 cm (3.4 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2021	Artesia 6S, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 December 2021	Everett, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	104 years	48 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2021. 2021 had 1,532 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2021-12-27: 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	1,221
50 to 100	52
100 to 150	27
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	2
350 to 400	1