Weather Records on 23 February 1927

298 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1927. Highest significance: Loudon 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 23 February 1927

On 23 February 1927, 298 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
220 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 287 daily.
Loudon 1 E set a daily record precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 23 February 1927.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 555 records.

Record Map

298 stations

298 station records on 23 February 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bryson City 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crowlands (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Vlei "de Kruis"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Juanbung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff City	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	21.3 C (70.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Shelford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Merrowie North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-16.9 C (1.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bonaparte 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Decorah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Ignace	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Worthington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

298 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 98, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 63, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 23 February 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	98
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 23 February 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 287.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

228 broken records

Margins by which the 228 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 February 1927

Top 20 records on 23 February 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1927	Loudon 1 E, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Savanne, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Tullahoma, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Williamsburg 2, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Raleigh State UNIV, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Madison Wb City, US	daily high max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	54 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Charlotte Wb City, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	9 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Milwaukee Wb City, US	daily high max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Forest City 2 NNE, US	monthly high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Ottumwa 1 WSW, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Bryson City 2, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Asheville, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Haparanda, SE	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Savanne, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Crowlands (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	De Vlei "de Kruis", ZA	daily rain	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Juanbung, AU	daily rain	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 February 1927	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	12 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

1794 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1927. 1927 had 298 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	208
10 to 20	16
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	2