Weather Records on 1 August 1927

266 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 August 1927. Highest significance: Blue Hill Coop, US.

Key Facts for 1 August 1927

On 1 August 1927, 266 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
34 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 260 daily.
Blue Hill Coop set a daily record precipitation of 91.7 mm (3.6 in) on 1 August 1927.
Across 164 earlier years (1797 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

266 stations

266 station records on 1 August 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 August 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hingham (1)	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howlong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sviland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Orange 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reading Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Boston City WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tilpa (Tongo Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Kelvin)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Rowan (Bungeet)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nimagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Trunkey Creek (Trunkey (Black	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nyngan (Canonbar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narromine (Alagalah St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tottenham (Burdenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cadia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dundullimal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Barker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Euabolong (Brotherony)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burra Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Belltrees 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yerong Creek (Fertilizer Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tallangatta (Bullioh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lakin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jim Thorpe	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

266 records

Records set or tied on 1 August 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 43, Heaviest daily rainfall 143.

Records on 1 August 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	43
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 1 August 1927 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 4, daily 260.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

224 broken records

Margins by which the 224 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 August 1927

Top 20 records on 1 August 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 August 1927	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1927	Tobolsk, RU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1927	Hingham (1), US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1927	Chestnut Hill, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1927	Howlong Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1927	New London, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1927	Beloit, US	monthly rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1927	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1927	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
1 August 1927	Sydney, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1927	Sviland, NO	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1927	Orange 3, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1927	Paterson, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	59 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1927	Plainfield, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1927	Mount Hope, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1927	Rogersville 1 NE, US	all-time high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	8 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1927	Ladner, CA	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1927	Reading Wb City, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1927	Boston City WSO, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
1 August 1927	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	24 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

1797 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1797 to 1927. 1927 had 266 records.

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

Records on 08-01 in each year
Year	Records
1797	1
1816	2
1829	1
1833	1
1834	2
1836	1
1838	1
1842	1
1851	1
1856	1
1858	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1869	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1876	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	3
1883	1
1886	2
1887	1
1890	1
1891	7
1892	4
1893	3
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	2
1898	3
1899	1
1900	1
1901	3
1902	5
1903	19
1904	10
1905	12
1906	18
1907	13
1908	18
1909	15
1910	30
1911	46
1912	49
1913	25
1914	17
1915	49
1916	16
1917	108
1918	55
1919	32
1920	101
1921	87
1922	44
1923	203
1924	93
1925	281
1926	252
1927	266
1928	132
1929	161
1930	252
1931	362
1932	408
1933	487
1934	448
1935	547
1936	636
1937	492
1938	523
1939	335
1940	333
1941	341
1942	388
1943	398
1944	410
1945	975
1946	336
1947	401
1948	354
1949	324
1950	552
1951	420
1952	391
1953	565
1954	462
1955	796
1956	441
1957	270
1958	389
1959	352
1960	677
1961	404
1962	602
1963	270
1964	883
1965	669
1966	383
1967	250
1968	625
1969	453
1970	482
1971	1,135
1972	609
1973	766
1974	526
1975	915
1976	886
1977	636
1978	706
1979	580
1980	906
1981	668
1982	742
1983	931
1984	532
1985	987
1986	846
1987	999
1988	880
1989	1,301
1990	927
1991	740
1992	1,024
1993	907
1994	1,217
1995	1,513
1996	1,118
1997	904
1998	1,281
1999	1,707
2000	1,020
2001	1,079
2002	1,249
2003	1,155
2004	740
2005	878
2006	1,655
2007	746
2008	795
2009	932
2010	1,182
2011	1,191
2012	850
2013	542
2014	853
2015	864
2016	499
2017	758
2018	987
2019	479
2020	838
2021	1,009
2022	915
2023	627
2024	879
2025	785
2026	1,085

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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	187
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1