Weather Records on 27 February 1951

605 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1951. Highest significance: Chapleau 2, CA.

Key Facts for 27 February 1951

On 27 February 1951, 605 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
332 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 596 daily.
Chapleau 2 set a daily record snowfall of 20.3 cm (8.0 in) on 27 February 1951.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

605 stations

605 station records on 27 February 1951 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hilland 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-40.1 C (-40.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-34.2 C (-29.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hyannis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hedal I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mulyie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Almaty	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Paterson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record snow depth	158.0 cm (62.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Spring 1 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record snow depth	184.0 cm (72.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record snow depth	210.0 cm (82.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek Ph 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Norwalk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Manchester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Said	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Colchester 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset Main Street	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record high minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rocklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Storrs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plainfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Addison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

605 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 178, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 154, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 27 February 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	178
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	154
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 27 February 1951 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 7, daily 596.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

438 broken records

Margins by which the 438 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1951

Top 20 records on 27 February 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1951	Chapleau 2, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1951	Gordon 6N, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1951	Hilland 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1951	Zharkent, KZ	daily low min	-40.1 C (-40.2 F)	19.6 C (35.3 F)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1951	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1951	Gordon 6N, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1951	Meeker, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1951	Almaty, KZ	daily low min	-34.2 C (-29.6 F)	14.2 C (25.6 F)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1951	Lemmon, US	all-time snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	7 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1951	Simcoe, CA	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	70 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1951	Hyannis, US	monthly high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1951	Washington, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1951	Watsonville Wtr Wks, US	monthly low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1951	Peterborough, CA	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	68 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1951	Los Alamos, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1951	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	70 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1951	Hedal I Valdres, NO	daily snow depth	160.0 cm (63.0 in)	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1951	Mina, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1951	Manchester, US	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	60 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1951	Mulyie, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	26 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 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1951. 1951 had 605 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	428
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	3