Weather Records on 27 August 1945

414 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1945. Highest significance: Tirupoondi, IN.

Key Facts for 27 August 1945

On 27 August 1945, 414 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
61 were record highs and 225 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 375 daily.
Tirupoondi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 215.9 mm (8.5 in) on 27 August 1945.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

414 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 1945: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Cp&L	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nagappattinam	India	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pilibhit City	India	Record daily precipitation	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tiruppattur	India	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Perundurai	India	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Palamner	India	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nagerutari	India	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gingee	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Budaun	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Deoband	India	Record daily precipitation	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kuppam	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tindivanam	India	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Simcoe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dharmapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sholavandan	India	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thammampatty	India	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Edna 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sealy	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forbesganj	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balaghat	India	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Spring 1 ENE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gabriels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ladania	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hariharganj	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kenton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Lofty Summit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Salimpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.5 C (90.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

414 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1945 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 39, Lowest daily minimum 192, Heaviest daily rainfall 128.

Records on 27 August 1945 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	39
Lowest daily minimum	192
Heaviest daily rainfall	128
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1945 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 375.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 151.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1945

Top 20 records on 27 August 1945 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1945	Tirupoondi, IN	monthly rain	215.9 mm (8.5 in)	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1945	Austwell, US	monthly rain	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Victoria Cp&L, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Nagappattinam, IN	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Pilibhit City, IN	daily rain	176.3 mm (6.9 in)	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Tiruppattur, IN	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Houston Wb City, US	all-time rain	211.3 mm (8.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Alvin, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Perundurai, IN	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Queenstown (Copper Mine), AU	monthly rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Palamner, IN	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Spring Hill, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Liberty, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Gormanston (Gould Street), AU	monthly rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Nagerutari, IN	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Gingee, IN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Budaun, IN	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Deoband, IN	daily rain	119.1 mm (4.7 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1945	Kuppam, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	19 years	37 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 1945

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1945. 1945 had 414 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 20	274
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1