Weather Records on 27 February 1938

199 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1938. Highest significance: Elsinore, US.

Key Facts for 27 February 1938

On 27 February 1938, 199 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 184 daily.
Elsinore set a daily record precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 27 February 1938.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

199 stations

199 station records on 27 February 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Elsinore	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Skagway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Honomanu 450	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avenel (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mohawk	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Logandale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Australia Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-12.1 C (10.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar (Errowanbang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Helwan (Cairo)	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sitka Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Whittlesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Ana River Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

199 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 64, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 27 February 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	64
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 27 February 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 15, daily 184.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

155 broken records

Margins by which the 155 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1938

Top 20 records on 27 February 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1938	Elsinore, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Georgetown Post Office, AU	monthly low min	15.1 C (59.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	38 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Centralia, US	monthly high max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Escondido, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Seattle Urban Site, US	monthly high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	39 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Newport, US	daily high max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Jonkoping, SE	daily high max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	55 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	monthly high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	18 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Skagway, US	monthly high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Hana 354, US	monthly high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Port Lincoln, AU	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	38 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily low min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	53 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily high max	9.8 C (49.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	55 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Honomanu 450, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Parker, US	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Tuba City, US	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Ganca, AZ	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1.2 mm (0.05 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	San Jacinto, US	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1938	Las Vegas, US	daily rain	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	41 years	20 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1938. 1938 had 199 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 10	143
10 to 20	6
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1