Weather Records on 27 October 1949

182 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 1949. Highest significance: Ponnur(Ponnuru), IN.

Key Facts for 27 October 1949

On 27 October 1949, 182 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
35 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 177 daily.
Ponnur(Ponnuru) set a daily record precipitation of 152.9 mm (6.0 in) on 27 October 1949.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

182 stations

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

Weather records on 27 October 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ponnur(Ponnuru)	India	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Purushottampur	India	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nguiu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pundi	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Puri	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gumma	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lifjell	Norway	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tekkali	India	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nandigama	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gajapathinagaram	India	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sompeta	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Basudevpur (Eram)	India	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nawarangpur	India	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Castra Central	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maihar	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvur(Tiruvvru)	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gunupur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Polavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Indpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Itchapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tirrengower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khatra	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington (Ware Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katbari	India	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Russelkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Purulia	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bom Jesus da Lapa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Srikakulam	India	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Amod	India	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Basirhat	India	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge St Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

182 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 12, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 27 October 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	12
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 27 October 1949 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 177.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

156 broken records

Margins by which the 156 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 1949

Top 20 records on 27 October 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 1949	Ponnur(Ponnuru), IN	daily rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1949	Purushottampur, IN	daily rain	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	97.2 mm (3.8 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1949	Nguiu, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1949	Pundi, IN	daily rain	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	111.7 mm (4.4 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1949	Puri, IN	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1949	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1949	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1949	Gumma, IN	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1949	Lifjell, NO	monthly snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	13 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1949	Tekkali, IN	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1949	Parnu, EE	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	70 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1949	Nandigama, IN	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1949	Gajapathinagaram, IN	daily rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1949	Velikie Luki, RU	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.9 C (5.2 F)	60 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1949	Sompeta, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1949	Basudevpur (Eram), IN	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1949	Nawarangpur, IN	monthly rain	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1949	Warren 3 S, US	monthly low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	43 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1949	Castra Central, AU	monthly rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1949	Maihar, IN	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	25 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

1802 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1949. 1949 had 182 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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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	130
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2