Weather Records on 27 March 1939

356 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 1939. Highest significance: Haigler, US.

Key Facts for 27 March 1939

On 27 March 1939, 356 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 352 daily.
Haigler set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 27 March 1939.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

356 stations

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

Weather records on 27 March 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Szeged	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bunda Bunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nurpur	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paxton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson (Caalong Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maitland West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rouchel Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wauneta	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Granada Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mirannie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ambari	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Halsey 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lanji	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bluewater 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Budhlada	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Angermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anjar	India	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanumangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wittstock-Rote Muhle	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaisalmer	India	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

356 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 38, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 59, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 27 March 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	38
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	59
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 27 March 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 352.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

305 broken records

Margins by which the 305 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 1939

Top 20 records on 27 March 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 1939	Haigler, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1939	Szeged, HU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1939	Bunda Bunda, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1939	Holyoke, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1939	Nurpur, IN	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1939	Bridgeport, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1939	Macon, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1939	Talbotton, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1939	Wray, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1939	Paxton, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1939	Robertson (Caalong Street), AU	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1939	Purdum, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1939	Maitland West, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1939	Rouchel Brook, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1939	Eufaula, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1939	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1939	Wauneta, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1939	Granada Station, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	9 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1939	Porterville, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1939	Americus, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	28 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

1805 to 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1939. 1939 had 356 records.

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

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

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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 50	286
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1