Weather Records on 27 August 1940

468 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1940. Highest significance: Greenville, US.

Key Facts for 27 August 1940

On 27 August 1940, 468 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 172 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 451 daily.
Greenville set a daily record precipitation of 81.3 mm (3.2 in) on 27 August 1940.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

468 stations

468 station records on 27 August 1940 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1940: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chatra	India	Record daily precipitation	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pachet(Kharai)	India	Record daily precipitation	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisonville 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Indus	India	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ghatsila Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Contai	India	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Howe	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parsa	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manbazar	India	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pawnee City	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baripada	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsbluff W B Heilig Fld AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morenci	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Silda Belpahari	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sherghati	India	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

468 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1940 by type: Highest daily maximum 18, Lowest daily maximum 112, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 212.

Records on 27 August 1940 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	18
Lowest daily maximum	112
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1940 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 451.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

373 broken records

Margins by which the 373 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 170.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1940

Top 20 records on 27 August 1940 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1940	Greenville, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Chatra, IN	daily rain	160.5 mm (6.3 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Tuscola, US	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Pachet(Kharai), IN	daily rain	224.0 mm (8.8 in)	170.4 mm (6.7 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Morrisonville 4 SE, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Indus, IN	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Confluence 1 NW, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Clarinda, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Marietta Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Balasore, IN	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Atchison, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Ghatsila Sr, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Contai, IN	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Howe, US	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Parsa, IN	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	18 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Jhaldah(Jhalda), IN	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1940	Carlinville, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	40 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

1807 to 1940

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1940. 1940 had 468 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 1940-08-27: 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 25	325
25 to 50	35
50 to 75	10
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1