Weather Records on 27 July 1936

971 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1936. Highest significance: Binya Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 27 July 1936

On 27 July 1936, 971 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
552 were record highs and 32 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 924 daily.
Binya Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 37.1 mm (1.5 in) on 27 July 1936.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

971 stations

971 station records on 27 July 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Harden (East St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Binalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Korong Vale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jamalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Numurkah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrawonga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rock View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sea Lake (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Benalla (Shadforth Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	153.2 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Birchip Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jeparit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wahgunyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bikram	India	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ultima (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gredgwin (Barraport North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winchelsea (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mathinna (Fingal Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cootamundra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kyabram Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thule	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Molong (King St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zamana	India	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lorne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dhubri	India	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Girilambone (Ampol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Hindmarsh West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

971 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 249, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 303, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 387.

Records on 27 July 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	249
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	303
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	387
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1936 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 32, daily 924.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

786 broken records

Margins by which the 786 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1936

Top 20 records on 27 July 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1936	Binya Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1936	Kingston, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1936	Horsham Polkemmet Rd, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1936	Harden (East St), AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Wantiool (Caithness), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Binalong Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Korong Vale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Crookwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Stawell, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Seymour Shire Depot, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Jamalpur, IN	daily rain	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Schriever, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Boort, AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Numurkah Post Office, AU	monthly rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Yarrawonga Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Hill End Post Office, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Barellan Post Office, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Donald Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Maldon (Derby Hill), AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1936	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	63.9 mm (2.5 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)

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

1805 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1936. 1936 had 971 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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Data for records on 1936-07-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	683
20 to 40	67
40 to 60	20
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1