Weather Records on 27 August 1943

581 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1943. Highest significance: La Veta Pass, US.

Key Facts for 27 August 1943

On 27 August 1943, 581 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
298 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 556 daily.
La Veta Pass set a daily record precipitation of 38.4 mm (1.5 in) on 27 August 1943.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

581 stations

581 station records on 27 August 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
La Veta Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bah	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rena	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fatehabad	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berinag	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Haskell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajpuri(Rampur)	India	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karimnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Highland Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Petersburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Healesville (Mount St Leonard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record low maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Baheri	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Angai	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehpur Sikri	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Edinburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
The Oaks John Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mahasamund	India	Record daily precipitation	125.2 mm (4.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Khairagarh	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Osbornes Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kotkhai	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rehli	India	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Toothdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kotarh	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karauli	India	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Agra	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mainpuri	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

581 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 192, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 106, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 233, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 August 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	192
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	106
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	233
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 August 1943 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 19, daily 556.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

472 broken records

Margins by which the 472 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1943

Top 20 records on 27 August 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1943	La Veta Pass, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1943	Belleville, CA	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	76 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1943	Vinga, SE	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	14 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1943	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1943	Bah, IN	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1943	Tombstone, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1943	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1943	Rena, NO	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1943	Cimarron, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1943	Fatehabad, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1943	Faerder Fyr, NO	daily rain	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1943	Nord Odal, NO	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1943	Berinag, IN	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1943	Marshfield Exp Farm, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1943	Graz, AT	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1943	Stromsfoss Sluse, NO	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1943	Haskell, US	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	46 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1943	Rajpuri(Rampur), IN	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1943	Loudon 1 E, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1943	Milan Exp STN, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	43 years	29 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

1807 to 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1943. 1943 had 581 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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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	401
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	2