Weather Records on 8 August 1927

278 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 August 1927. Highest significance: Moorestown 4 E, US.

Key Facts for 8 August 1927

On 8 August 1927, 278 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 270 daily.
Moorestown 4 E set a daily record precipitation of 78.7 mm (3.1 in) on 8 August 1927.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 469 records.

Record Map

278 stations

278 station records on 8 August 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 August 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stradbroke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dromana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thorpdale State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leongatha Sth Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamieson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

278 records

Records set or tied on 8 August 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 60, Lowest daily minimum 30, Heaviest daily rainfall 114.

Records on 8 August 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	60
Lowest daily minimum	30
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 August 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 270.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

222 broken records

Margins by which the 222 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 August 1927

Top 20 records on 8 August 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 August 1927	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1927	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	89.6 mm (3.5 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1927	World Trade Ctr, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1927	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1927	Eureka 1E, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1927	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	10 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1927	Cowles, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
8 August 1927	Ft Scott, US	monthly rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1927	Birch Tree, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	10 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1927	Oneonta 1 S, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1927	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1927	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high min	17.3 C (63.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	50 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1927	Schwerin, DE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	14 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1927	Swift Current, CA	monthly low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1927	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1927	Galva, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1927	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1927	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1927	Gunnison 3SW, US	monthly low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
8 August 1927	Storrs, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	25 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

1793 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1927. 1927 had 278 records.

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

Records on 08-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1800	1
1808	3
1815	1
1833	1
1843	1
1844	2
1845	1
1854	1
1859	3
1860	1
1861	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	3
1875	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1880	1
1884	3
1888	3
1890	2
1891	1
1892	2
1893	1
1895	8
1896	2
1897	5
1898	10
1899	8
1900	11
1901	2
1902	2
1903	20
1904	13
1905	7
1906	9
1907	9
1908	13
1909	34
1910	5
1911	38
1912	57
1913	28
1914	7
1915	47
1916	39
1917	35
1918	160
1919	28
1920	138
1921	42
1922	74
1923	70
1924	99
1925	149
1926	190
1927	278
1928	252
1929	166
1930	801
1931	318
1932	234
1933	228
1934	734
1935	508
1936	359
1937	362
1938	855
1939	671
1940	333
1941	324
1942	614
1943	512
1944	352
1945	572
1946	349
1947	442
1948	543
1949	675
1950	516
1951	513
1952	305
1953	393
1954	558
1955	537
1956	273
1957	517
1958	496
1959	470
1960	399
1961	270
1962	567
1963	601
1964	467
1965	520
1966	598
1967	432
1968	868
1969	584
1970	703
1971	646
1972	1,073
1973	446
1974	726
1975	1,041
1976	1,202
1977	607
1978	976
1979	466
1980	919
1981	964
1982	711
1983	1,110
1984	619
1985	726
1986	575
1987	861
1988	733
1989	2,398
1990	1,124
1991	1,230
1992	1,267
1993	654
1994	1,009
1995	1,503
1996	814
1997	1,381
1998	1,304
1999	1,248
2000	961
2001	1,557
2002	1,059
2003	1,432
2004	1,115
2005	882
2006	842
2007	1,660
2008	834
2009	1,112
2010	1,254
2011	1,256
2012	754
2013	841
2014	542
2015	835
2016	560
2017	831
2018	731
2019	722
2020	894
2021	502
2022	711
2023	979
2024	774
2025	752
2026	1,000

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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 20	205
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1