Weather Records on 27 August 1927

395 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1927. Highest significance: Fergus Falls, US.

Key Facts for 27 August 1927

On 27 August 1927, 395 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 350 daily.
Fergus Falls set a daily record precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 27 August 1927.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

395 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beardsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marshallville 6 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bonshaw (Campbell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Callaville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tulsa	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Florence #1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uraidla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Little Mtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff City	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edgeroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

395 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1927 by type: Lowest daily maximum 135, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 137.

Records on 27 August 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	135
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 45, daily 350.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

311 broken records

Margins by which the 311 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1927

Top 20 records on 27 August 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1927	Fergus Falls, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1927	Clark, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1927	Gove 4W, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1927	Ashland, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1927	Pine Rvr Dam, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1927	Ozark, US	monthly low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1927	Kokstad, ZA	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1927	Wallangarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1927	Leech Lake, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1927	Pokegama Dam, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1927	Charlotteburg Rsvr, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	13 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1927	La Delle 7 NE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1927	Amite, US	monthly low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1927	Wilmington Wb City, US	monthly low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1927	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1927	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1927	Grenola 1 N, US	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1927	Beardsley, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1927	New Orleans Audubon, US	monthly low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1927	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	27 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

1807 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1927. 1927 had 395 records.

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

Records on 08-27 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1810	1
1811	1
1813	1
1816	1
1827	1
1829	1
1834	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	1
1877	4
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	7
1895	1
1896	4
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	2
1903	22
1904	4
1905	16
1906	27
1907	9
1908	10
1909	10
1910	6
1911	16
1912	40
1913	10
1914	31
1915	37
1916	106
1917	57
1918	18
1919	78
1920	36
1921	27
1922	52
1923	63
1924	245
1925	102
1926	143
1927	395
1928	197
1929	80
1930	247
1931	205
1932	355
1933	368
1934	249
1935	348
1936	806
1937	679
1938	374
1939	191
1940	468
1941	504
1942	476
1943	581
1944	811
1945	414
1946	345
1947	291
1948	987
1949	475
1950	380
1951	415
1952	402
1953	712
1954	594
1955	485
1956	387
1957	615
1958	213
1959	522
1960	365
1961	365
1962	577
1963	335
1964	400
1965	440
1966	406
1967	887
1968	517
1969	780
1970	1,361
1971	640
1972	722
1973	1,519
1974	722
1975	506
1976	565
1977	793
1978	671
1979	917
1980	478
1981	998
1982	828
1983	823
1984	683
1985	660
1986	1,072
1987	1,356
1988	601
1989	854
1990	761
1991	813
1992	1,657
1993	1,087
1994	696
1995	1,143
1996	968
1997	1,189
1998	1,387
1999	1,258
2000	865
2001	1,304
2002	1,027
2003	916
2004	1,037
2005	733
2006	1,090
2007	958
2008	885
2009	701
2010	1,045
2011	1,518
2012	626
2013	629
2014	582
2015	832
2016	968
2017	838
2018	933
2019	1,013
2020	777
2021	635
2022	470
2023	953
2024	600
2025	1,218
2026	815

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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	270
10 to 20	20
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	1