Weather Records on 23 August 1927

198 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 August 1927. Highest significance: Beloit, US.

Key Facts for 23 August 1927

On 23 August 1927, 198 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 194 daily.
Beloit set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 23 August 1927.
Across 164 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

198 stations

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

Weather records on 23 August 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Gibson 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fitchburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort National	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parks Spring Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Rocks	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nebraska City 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.2 C (34.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Chipewyan	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gorin	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Eau Claire	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Goldstream Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

198 records

Records set or tied on 23 August 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 7, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 44.

Records on 23 August 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	7
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	44
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 23 August 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 194.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

154 broken records

Margins by which the 154 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

23 August 1927

Top 20 records on 23 August 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 August 1927	Beloit, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1927	Lake Charles Chenault, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1927	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
23 August 1927	Canton 4N, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Natchez, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Grand Coteau, US	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Port Gibson 1 NE, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	1 year	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Danevang 1 W, US	daily low min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	22 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Fitchburg 4 SE, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Canton 4N, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Woodville 4 ESE, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	33 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Halden, NO	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	24 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Clinton Forestry HQ, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Hammond, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Magnolia, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	16 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Fort National, DZ	daily high max	38.0 C (100.4 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	36 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Melville, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	1 year	22 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 1927	Jackson 4 NW, US	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	26 years	22 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

1802 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1927. 1927 had 198 records.

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

Records on 08-23 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1805	1
1813	2
1816	2
1817	1
1818	1
1829	1
1839	3
1840	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1853	2
1857	1
1858	1
1864	1
1867	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	2
1877	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1886	1
1887	2
1890	3
1891	4
1892	4
1893	4
1894	2
1895	3
1896	6
1897	1
1898	8
1899	8
1900	2
1901	10
1902	9
1903	9
1904	6
1905	8
1906	27
1907	15
1908	18
1909	10
1910	15
1911	23
1912	44
1913	9
1914	23
1915	63
1916	23
1917	26
1918	91
1919	24
1920	102
1921	280
1922	58
1923	284
1924	127
1925	182
1926	99
1927	198
1928	196
1929	240
1930	432
1931	412
1932	211
1933	342
1934	308
1935	220
1936	980
1937	522
1938	654
1939	439
1940	535
1941	375
1942	540
1943	505
1944	578
1945	338
1946	416
1947	1,071
1948	594
1949	456
1950	461
1951	347
1952	456
1953	292
1954	438
1955	375
1956	501
1957	645
1958	402
1959	494
1960	806
1961	644
1962	364
1963	380
1964	724
1965	357
1966	802
1967	541
1968	1,384
1969	728
1970	518
1971	610
1972	614
1973	650
1974	612
1975	627
1976	703
1977	557
1978	577
1979	459
1980	552
1981	663
1982	713
1983	1,264
1984	862
1985	1,187
1986	839
1987	1,119
1988	1,604
1989	902
1990	661
1991	697
1992	1,291
1993	796
1994	738
1995	1,212
1996	1,161
1997	1,599
1998	1,138
1999	802
2000	936
2001	834
2002	931
2003	1,103
2004	862
2005	786
2006	728
2007	1,513
2008	966
2009	1,241
2010	1,244
2011	1,412
2012	688
2013	397
2014	960
2015	673
2016	595
2017	543
2018	479
2019	445
2020	1,093
2021	629
2022	781
2023	1,287
2024	1,150
2025	1,295
2026	592

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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	140
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1