Weather Records on 27 February 1949

504 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1949. Highest significance: Port Augusta (Nectar Brook), AU.

Key Facts for 27 February 1949

On 27 February 1949, 504 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 497 daily.
Port Augusta (Nectar Brook) set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 27 February 1949.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

504 stations

504 station records on 27 February 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Augusta (Nectar Brook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hammond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Waukaringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Navarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Appila	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Elliot Caravan Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Knowsley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Melrose (Para Gums)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre (Willowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amyton (Pinda Section 63)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Yarley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Longlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Portarlington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Laura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Edithburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Finniss	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Sturts Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Olive Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Redhill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beetaloo Reservoir Old Site	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yorketown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blinman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein (Telowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Valley Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moorna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wonwondah (Mount Zero)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hesso	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mannanarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Serviceton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Saltia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrieton (Yackara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

504 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 443, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 27 February 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	443
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 27 February 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 497.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

477 broken records

Margins by which the 477 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1949

Top 20 records on 27 February 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1949	Port Augusta (Nectar Brook), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1949	Hammond, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Waukaringa, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Navarre, AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Brenham, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Appila, AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Wilmington, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Port Elliot Caravan Park, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Knowsley Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Melrose (Para Gums), AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Cockburn, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Booleroo Centre (Willowie), AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Port Augusta Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Wolseley, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Amyton (Pinda Section 63), AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Booleroo Centre, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Port Augusta (Yarley), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Bordertown, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1949	Longlea, AU	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	10 years	47 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 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1949. 1949 had 504 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1949-02-27: 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 50	458
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	3