Weather Records on 27 February 1927

62 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1927. Highest significance: Charlottetown, CA.

Key Facts for 27 February 1927

On 27 February 1927, 62 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 58 daily.
Charlottetown set a daily record snowfall of 31.8 cm (12.5 in) on 27 February 1927.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 509 records.

Record Map

62 stations

62 station records on 27 February 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boonara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cooyar Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Yandina Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ter Apel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	174.0 cm (68.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record snow depth	165.0 cm (65.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Miles City	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Crook	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

62 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 28, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 27 February 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	28
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 27 February 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 58.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

50 broken records

Margins by which the 50 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 242.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1927

Top 20 records on 27 February 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1927	Charlottetown, CA	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	24.2 cm (9.5 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1927	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1927	Chatham, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	47 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1927	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1927	Chatham, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	47 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Fredericton Unb, CA	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Boonara, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Cooyar Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Yandina Post Office, AU	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	11 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Ter Apel, NL	monthly rain	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Palmwoods Post Office, AU	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Sydney, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Wolfville, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Wolfville, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	15 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Fort National, DZ	daily high max	22.0 C (71.6 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	24 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Golconda, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	11 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1927	Heerde, NL	monthly rain	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	0.4 mm (0.02 in)	7 years	16 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 62 records.

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

Records on 02-27 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1796	1
1806	1
1808	1
1827	1
1836	1
1842	1
1846	2
1848	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	4
1897	5
1898	5
1899	5
1900	9
1901	3
1902	5
1903	12
1904	12
1905	8
1906	7
1907	10
1908	10
1909	20
1910	36
1911	20
1912	32
1913	23
1914	75
1915	13
1916	43
1917	24
1918	16
1919	77
1920	62
1921	85
1922	79
1923	76
1924	124
1925	157
1926	96
1927	62
1928	78
1929	282
1930	82
1931	234
1932	909
1933	240
1934	1,325
1935	349
1936	347
1937	543
1938	199
1939	995
1940	603
1941	293
1942	256
1943	217
1944	773
1945	753
1946	510
1947	437
1948	1,066
1949	504
1950	440
1951	605
1952	224
1953	271
1954	450
1955	974
1956	361
1957	497
1958	940
1959	245
1960	1,039
1961	356
1962	2,281
1963	958
1964	250
1965	389
1966	395
1967	444
1968	665
1969	483
1970	349
1971	1,177
1972	754
1973	444
1974	538
1975	320
1976	1,721
1977	783
1978	729
1979	716
1980	989
1981	1,066
1982	964
1983	762
1984	1,041
1985	465
1986	1,749
1987	1,400
1988	955
1989	1,246
1990	1,037
1991	558
1992	1,081
1993	1,496
1994	1,367
1995	1,209
1996	2,031
1997	1,925
1998	1,439
1999	633
2000	1,378
2001	888
2002	1,807
2003	997
2004	852
2005	614
2006	835
2007	975
2008	996
2009	1,222
2010	1,075
2011	1,135
2012	570
2013	1,082
2014	937
2015	1,621
2016	743
2017	593
2018	1,124
2019	1,513
2020	661
2021	386
2022	531
2023	893
2024	1,588
2025	623
2026	1,436

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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 50	41
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1