Weather Records on 27 August 1917

57 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1917. Highest significance: Aramac Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 27 August 1917

On 27 August 1917, 57 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 55 daily.
Aramac Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 46.2 mm (1.8 in) on 27 August 1917.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

57 stations

57 station records on 27 August 1917 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1917: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beechal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hano_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Park Hill St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	34.9 C (94.8 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bustard Head Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
McKinlay Roadhouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkwood Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
St Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Surat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Anna Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
White River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

57 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1917 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 3, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 47.

Records on 27 August 1917 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	3
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	47
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1917 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 55.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

52 broken records

Margins by which the 52 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1917

Top 20 records on 27 August 1917 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1917	Aramac Post Office, AU	monthly rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1917	Clermont Sirius St, AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1917	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1917	Beechal, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1917	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1917	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1917	Hughenden Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1917	Morven Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1917	Karlshamn, SE	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1917	Bowen Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1917	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high min	24.0 C (75.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	52 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1917	Hano_A, SE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1917	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1917	Marlborough Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	0 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1917	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1917	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1917	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1917	Charleville Post Office, AU	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1917	Langmorn, AU	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1917	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	20 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 1917

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1917. 1917 had 57 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 1917
Margin	Records
0 to 10	30
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1