Weather Records on 27 February 1945

753 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1945. Highest significance: Rowlesburg 1, US.

Key Facts for 27 February 1945

On 27 February 1945, 753 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 733 daily.
Rowlesburg 1 set a daily record precipitation of 72.6 mm (2.9 in) on 27 February 1945.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

753 stations

753 station records on 27 February 1945 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Spring	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kingfisher	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Childress 3 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caldwell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vanceburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kings Mills	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Cochin	India	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Point Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eumundi - Crescent Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.2 mm (7.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gilbert River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Claysville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Johnstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah 2 WNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Biggenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morningside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Denison Hwy 60 Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

753 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 74, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 410, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 32.

Records on 27 February 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	74
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	410
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	32

Records on 27 February 1945 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 733.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

660 broken records

Margins by which the 660 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 889.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1945

Top 20 records on 27 February 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1945	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1945	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1945	Fairmont, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Mena, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Arthur City, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Morgantown 1, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Cave Run Lake, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	High Brg Lock 7, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Grafton 1 NE, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Ashland, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Louisa 2 S, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Mammoth Spring, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Chandler, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Booneville 3 W, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Frankfort Downtown, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Kingfisher, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Glengallan, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Obley, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1945	Shawnee, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 years	45 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

1794 to 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1945. 1945 had 753 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

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Data for records on 1945-02-27: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	658
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1