Weather Records on 27 August 1941

504 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1941. Highest significance: Peedamullah, AU.

Key Facts for 27 August 1941

On 27 August 1941, 504 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
118 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 482 daily.
Peedamullah set a daily record precipitation of 51.6 mm (2.0 in) on 27 August 1941.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

504 stations

504 station records on 27 August 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Peedamullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Stuart	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sheikhpura	India	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barh	India	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Webbers Falls 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Boolaloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marhaura(Amnar)	India	Record daily precipitation	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Doorawarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kulikuchi	India	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tittagudi	India	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Byro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jamui	India	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gidhour	India	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kizljar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nanutarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wandagee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Asthawan	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mia Mia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yanrey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Towera	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roebourne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gascoyne Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Braeside 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bidgemia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bihar	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bassawan	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fremantle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Thiruthuraipoond	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karambakkudi	India	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Philippi	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Trinidad 2 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Holy Cross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tallahassee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leech Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

504 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 255.

Records on 27 August 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	255
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 482.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

402 broken records

Margins by which the 402 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 118.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1941

Top 20 records on 27 August 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1941	Peedamullah, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Lyons River, AU	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Mount Stuart, AU	monthly rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Sheikhpura, IN	daily rain	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	118.9 mm (4.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Barh, IN	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Webbers Falls 5 WSW, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Boolaloo, AU	monthly rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Marhaura(Amnar), IN	daily rain	161.5 mm (6.4 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	19 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Jalalpur, IN	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Waterville, US	monthly rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Doorawarrah, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Kulikuchi, IN	daily rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Tittagudi, IN	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Byro, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Jamui, IN	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Gidhour, IN	monthly rain	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Kizljar, RU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Winning, AU	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1941	Nanutarra, AU	monthly rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	43 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1941. 1941 had 504 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1941-08-27: 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	366
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2