Weather Records on 27 March 1949

530 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 1949. Highest significance: Tamala, AU.

Key Facts for 27 March 1949

On 27 March 1949, 530 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
311 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 498 daily.
Tamala set an all-time record daily precipitation of 233.7 mm (9.2 in) on 27 March 1949.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

530 stations

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

Weather records on 27 March 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tamala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Westgrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dunoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alstonville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stewarts River Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Quarter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Menasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lambton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Broadwater Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Joseph 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maranguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Flint	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yandarloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnawarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotteburg Rsvr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford Hills	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Finch Hatton Cook St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Girardeau	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

530 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 235, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 27 March 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	235
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 27 March 1949 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 31, daily 498.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

418 broken records

Margins by which the 418 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 1949

Top 20 records on 27 March 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 1949	Tamala, AU	all-time rain	233.7 mm (9.2 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	8 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1949	Westgrove, AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1949	Dunoon, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1949	O'Neill, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1949	Alstonville Post Office, AU	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1949	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1949	Stewarts River Public School, AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1949	West Quarter, AU	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1949	Bottineau, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1949	Menasha, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1949	Cairo River, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1949	Lambton, CA	monthly rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1949	Inwood 2 SW, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1949	Northwood, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1949	Redwood Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1949	Broadwater Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1949	St Joseph 3 N, US	monthly rain	135.4 mm (5.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1949	Maranguape, BR	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1949	Austin #2, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1949	Sikeston, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	49 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

1805 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1949. 1949 had 530 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

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Data for records on 1949-03-27: 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 100	413
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1