Weather Records on 27 February 1929

282 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1929. Highest significance: Marshalltown, US.

Key Facts for 27 February 1929

On 27 February 1929, 282 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 117 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 270 daily.
Marshalltown set a daily record snow depth of 375.9 cm (148.0 in) on 27 February 1929.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

282 stations

282 station records on 27 February 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	375.9 cm (148.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Stockton 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record snow depth	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Gaines	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-5.4 C (22.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.1 C (22.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Factory	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.3 C (-4.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-14.5 C (5.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

282 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 65, Heaviest daily rainfall 52, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 27 February 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	65
Heaviest daily rainfall	52
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 27 February 1929 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 7, daily 270.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

228 broken records

Margins by which the 228 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2692.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1929

Top 20 records on 27 February 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1929	Marshalltown, US	daily snow depth	375.9 cm (148.0 in)	269.2 cm (106.0 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1929	Eufaula, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1929	La Crosse Wb City, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1929	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1929	Columbus Dardc, US	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1929	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1929	Cottbus, DE	daily low min	-19.1 C (-2.4 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1929	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low max	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	47 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1929	Wetumpka, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1929	Husum, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1929	Lubeck-Werft, DE	daily low max	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	25 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1929	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily snow depth	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1929	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily low max	-7.1 C (19.2 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	39 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1929	Zerbst, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	13 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1929	Americus, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1929	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1929	Lubeck-Werft, DE	daily low min	-18.4 C (-1.1 F)	11.3 C (20.3 F)	5 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1929	Kristianstad, SE	daily low max	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	42 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1929	Clark, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1929	Ft Stockton 1, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 years	29 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1929. 1929 had 282 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 500	227
500 to 1000	0
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	0
2000 to 2500	0
2500 to 3000	1