Weather Records on 27 August 1936

806 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1936. Highest significance: Cavendish (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 27 August 1936

On 27 August 1936, 806 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
517 were record highs and 33 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 797 daily.
Cavendish (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 27 August 1936.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

806 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dehradun	India	Record daily precipitation	198.6 mm (7.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mooralla (Woodleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bhogpur	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gambier Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beazleys Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willaura (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poolaijelo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Domeriaganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	131.3 mm (5.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eubank	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eversley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Natte Yallock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glenthompson (Brie Brie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paoli	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 1 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

806 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 250, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 267, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 256.

Records on 27 August 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	250
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	267
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	256
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1936 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 797.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

661 broken records

Margins by which the 661 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 138.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1936

Top 20 records on 27 August 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1936	Cavendish (Post Office), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Springview 2NW, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Dehradun, IN	daily rain	198.6 mm (7.8 in)	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Albert Lea 3SE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Tyndall, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Skipton Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Casterton Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Mooralla (Woodleigh), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Talbotton, US	monthly low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	18 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Bird Island, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Saguache, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Fairfax, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Bhogpur, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	21 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Inwood 2 SW, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1936	Mount Gambier Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	63 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1936	Beazleys Bridge, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1936	Willaura (Main Street), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1936	Beaufort (Wongan), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	34 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1936. 1936 had 806 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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Data for records on 1936-08-27: 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	636
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1