Weather Records on 27 February 1946

510 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1946. Highest significance: Brooksville Chin Hill, US.

Key Facts for 27 February 1946

On 27 February 1946, 510 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 502 daily.
Brooksville Chin Hill set a daily record precipitation of 86.9 mm (3.4 in) on 27 February 1946.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

510 stations

510 station records on 27 February 1946 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1946: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Crescent City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Korumburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Axel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Toogimbie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Koster (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeton 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Round Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tarome	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wonthaggi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kosmos	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-29.0 C (-20.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bradenton Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.4 C (13.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Olinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Woomargama Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Interst Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perangery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gormandale East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tibooburra Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record snow depth	630.0 cm (248.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman 3 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.8 C (1.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dennison Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

510 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1946 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 329, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 27 February 1946 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	329
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 27 February 1946 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 7, daily 502.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

447 broken records

Margins by which the 447 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1946

Top 20 records on 27 February 1946 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1946	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Crescent City, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Saint Leo, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Millport 4 NE, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Mayville, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Korumburra, AU	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Warragul, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	St Petersburg, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Canfield 1 S, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Axel, NL	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	27 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Hay (Toogimbie), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Stehekin 4 NW, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Emporium 1 E, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1946	Parkdale, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1946	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	65 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1946	Altoona Horseshoe Curv, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1946	Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	32 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

1794 to 1946

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1946. 1946 had 510 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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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 100	443
100 to 200	1
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1