Weather Records on 27 August 1951

415 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1951. Highest significance: Pakri, EE.

Key Facts for 27 August 1951

On 27 August 1951, 415 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 385 daily.
Pakri set a daily record precipitation of 45.1 mm (1.8 in) on 27 August 1951.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

415 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 1951: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Globe Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Payson Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goulds Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Voronez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pinal Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sable Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gisela	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kumargram	India	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Salome 6 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sacaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Annandayle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Avanashi	India	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reno Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beito	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Klintonel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dalu	India	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hiasen I Sigdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas Smelter	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Wickenburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Glasgow #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pinedale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppur	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

415 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1951 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 87, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 27 August 1951 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	87
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1951 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 27, daily 385.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

328 broken records

Margins by which the 328 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 111.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1951

Top 20 records on 27 August 1951 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1951	Pakri, EE	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1951	Maricopa 9 SSW, US	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Globe Rs, US	monthly rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Payson Rs, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Goulds Rch, US	all-time rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Voronez, RU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Pinal Rch, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Litchfield Park, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Brawley 2 SW, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Sable Island, CA	all-time high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Vang I Valdres, NO	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Gisela, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Kumargram, IN	daily rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Litchfield Park, US	daily low max	27.2 C (81.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	University Exp STN, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Ajo, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Florence, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Buckeye, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1951	Salome 6 SE, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	36 years	37 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

1807 to 1951

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1951. 1951 had 415 records.

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

Records on 08-27 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1810	1
1811	1
1813	1
1816	1
1827	1
1829	1
1834	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	1
1877	4
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	7
1895	1
1896	4
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	2
1903	22
1904	4
1905	16
1906	27
1907	9
1908	10
1909	10
1910	6
1911	16
1912	40
1913	10
1914	31
1915	37
1916	106
1917	57
1918	18
1919	78
1920	36
1921	27
1922	52
1923	63
1924	245
1925	102
1926	143
1927	395
1928	197
1929	80
1930	247
1931	205
1932	355
1933	368
1934	249
1935	348
1936	806
1937	679
1938	374
1939	191
1940	468
1941	504
1942	476
1943	581
1944	811
1945	414
1946	345
1947	291
1948	987
1949	475
1950	380
1951	415
1952	402
1953	712
1954	594
1955	485
1956	387
1957	615
1958	213
1959	522
1960	365
1961	365
1962	577
1963	335
1964	400
1965	440
1966	406
1967	887
1968	517
1969	780
1970	1,361
1971	640
1972	722
1973	1,519
1974	722
1975	506
1976	565
1977	793
1978	671
1979	917
1980	478
1981	998
1982	828
1983	823
1984	683
1985	660
1986	1,072
1987	1,356
1988	601
1989	854
1990	761
1991	813
1992	1,657
1993	1,087
1994	696
1995	1,143
1996	968
1997	1,189
1998	1,387
1999	1,258
2000	865
2001	1,304
2002	1,027
2003	916
2004	1,037
2005	733
2006	1,090
2007	958
2008	885
2009	701
2010	1,045
2011	1,518
2012	626
2013	629
2014	582
2015	832
2016	968
2017	838
2018	933
2019	1,013
2020	777
2021	635
2022	470
2023	953
2024	600
2025	1,218
2026	815

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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	303
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1