Weather Records on 27 February 1939

995 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1939. Highest significance: Yackandandah, AU.

Key Facts for 27 February 1939

On 27 February 1939, 995 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
47 were record highs and 116 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 18 were all-time records, 89 monthly and 888 daily.
Yackandandah set an all-time record daily precipitation of 169.7 mm (6.7 in) on 27 February 1939.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

995 stations

995 station records on 27 February 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yackandandah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Heyfield State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Osbornes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Epping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mooroopna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Little River (Mount Rothwell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Woomelang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Boxwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moulamein Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barnawartha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nicholson (Yendalock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
San Remo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Leichardt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dandongadale (Mountain View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart Mill State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mitta Mitta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wangaratta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hinnomunjie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tolmie (Langley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Paynesville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mornington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Truchas	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtleford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rutherglen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sarsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lardner (Brandie Braes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Red Hill South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lakefield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bungowannah (Roseleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gooram Gong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Yannathan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Culgoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

995 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 785, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 27 February 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	785
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 27 February 1939 by timescale: all-time 18, monthly 89, daily 888.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

916 broken records

Margins by which the 916 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1939

Top 20 records on 27 February 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1939	Yackandandah, AU	all-time rain	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	77 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Heyfield State School, AU	monthly rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Osbornes Flat, AU	all-time rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	14 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Epping, AU	all-time rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Daylesford, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Tribune 1W, US	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Kingston, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	65 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Romsey, AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Mooroopna, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Little River (Mount Rothwell), AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Woomelang, AU	monthly rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Boxwood, AU	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Dunolly, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Kergunyah South, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Bindi, AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Cowes, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Kew, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Yea, AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1939	Lakefield, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1939. 1939 had 995 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1939-02-27: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 February 1939
Margin	Records
0 to 100	907
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1