Weather Records on 27 August 1929

80 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1929. Highest significance: Sulitjelma, NO.

Key Facts for 27 August 1929

On 27 August 1929, 80 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 79 daily.
Sulitjelma set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 27 August 1929.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

80 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moxley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Belvidere	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Abitibi Post	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	9.6 C (49.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sotchi	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wayne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Anthony	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Weston 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.9 C (82.2 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Kennewick	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

80 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 12.

Records on 27 August 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	12
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 79.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

53 broken records

Margins by which the 53 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 25.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1929

Top 20 records on 27 August 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1929	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1929	Wray, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily low min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	43 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Astana, KZ	daily low min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Plauen, DE	daily high max	28.2 C (82.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	45 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Mosman (Bapaume Road), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Quakertown, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	29 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Feodosiia, UA	daily high max	32.4 C (90.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	22 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Colfax, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	30 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Yuma Wb City, US	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Moxley, US	monthly low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	0 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Temple, US	daily high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Ft Duchesne, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	39 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Prescott, US	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	16 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Belvidere, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Steele 4N, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Abitibi Post, CA	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Calarasi, RO	daily high min	22.5 C (72.5 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	8 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1929	Porthill, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	35 years	14 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1929. 1929 had 80 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 5	44
5 to 10	6
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1