Weather Records on 27 August 1916

106 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1916. Highest significance: Lake Corrong, AU.

Key Facts for 27 August 1916

On 27 August 1916, 106 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
7 were record highs and 3 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 100 daily.
Lake Corrong set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 27 August 1916.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

106 stations

106 station records on 27 August 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lake Corrong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Athol 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kaniva	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Strathbogie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lyonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Avoca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Laen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Talbot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minimay (Booroopki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Violet Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Farrell Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rupanyup (Lallat Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Neds Corner Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaarimba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beales Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wedderburn (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wallaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cundare South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Boomanoomana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Moolpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wychitella South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

106 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 4, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 1, Heaviest daily rainfall 96.

Records on 27 August 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	4
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	1
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1916 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 100.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

100 broken records

Margins by which the 100 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 45.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1916

Top 20 records on 27 August 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1916	Lake Corrong, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1916	Athol 1, AU	monthly rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1916	Kaniva, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1916	Donald Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1916	Smeaton Weir, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1916	Litchfield, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1916	Buangor 1, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1916	Maldon (Derby Hill), AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1916	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1916	Strathbogie North, AU	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	10 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1916	Seymour Shire Depot, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1916	Lyonville, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1916	Wentworth (Avoca), AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1916	St. Petersburg, RU	all-time rain	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1916	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1916	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1916	Wentworth (Wamberra Station), AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1916	Bungaree (Kirks Reservoir), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1916	Warracknabeal Post Office, AU	monthly rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	30 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1916	Wentworth Post Office, AU	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	2.7 mm (0.11 in)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)

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

1807 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1916. 1916 had 106 records.

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

Records on 08-27 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1810	1
1811	1
1813	1
1816	1
1827	1
1829	1
1834	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	1
1877	4
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	7
1895	1
1896	4
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	2
1903	22
1904	4
1905	16
1906	27
1907	9
1908	10
1909	10
1910	6
1911	16
1912	40
1913	10
1914	31
1915	37
1916	106
1917	57
1918	18
1919	78
1920	36
1921	27
1922	52
1923	63
1924	245
1925	102
1926	143
1927	395
1928	197
1929	80
1930	247
1931	205
1932	355
1933	368
1934	249
1935	348
1936	806
1937	679
1938	374
1939	191
1940	468
1941	504
1942	476
1943	581
1944	811
1945	414
1946	345
1947	291
1948	987
1949	475
1950	380
1951	415
1952	402
1953	712
1954	594
1955	485
1956	387
1957	615
1958	213
1959	522
1960	365
1961	365
1962	577
1963	335
1964	400
1965	440
1966	406
1967	887
1968	517
1969	780
1970	1,361
1971	640
1972	722
1973	1,519
1974	722
1975	506
1976	565
1977	793
1978	671
1979	917
1980	478
1981	998
1982	828
1983	823
1984	683
1985	660
1986	1,072
1987	1,356
1988	601
1989	854
1990	761
1991	813
1992	1,657
1993	1,087
1994	696
1995	1,143
1996	968
1997	1,189
1998	1,387
1999	1,258
2000	865
2001	1,304
2002	1,027
2003	916
2004	1,037
2005	733
2006	1,090
2007	958
2008	885
2009	701
2010	1,045
2011	1,518
2012	626
2013	629
2014	582
2015	832
2016	968
2017	838
2018	933
2019	1,013
2020	777
2021	635
2022	470
2023	953
2024	600
2025	1,218
2026	815

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 August 1916
Margin	Records
0 to 10	77
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	1