Weather Records on 27 August 1952

402 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1952. Highest significance: St Andrews, CA.

Key Facts for 27 August 1952

On 27 August 1952, 402 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
174 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 386 daily.
St Andrews set a daily record high minimum temperature of 18.9 C (66.0 F) on 27 August 1952.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

402 stations

402 station records on 27 August 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kancheepuram	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chingleput	India	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyyar	India	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Etah	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bharatpur	India	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Akbarpur	India	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Safipur	India	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barharwa	India	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Shillong	India	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madurantakam	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madhuban	India	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Attur	India	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barpeta	India	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cherrapunji	India	Record daily precipitation	400.3 mm (15.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Charkhari	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Groot Constantia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tomahawk Spirit Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chugwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Purnea	India	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mehgawan	India	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Etawah	India	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Eastland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sadiya India	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Shahabad	India	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
San Jon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Henrietta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kamsack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fatehgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

402 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 94.

Records on 27 August 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	94
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 386.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

264 broken records

Margins by which the 264 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 166.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1952

Top 20 records on 27 August 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1952	St Andrews, CA	daily high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1952	Kancheepuram, IN	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1952	Chingleput, IN	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1952	Cheyyar, IN	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1952	Meeker, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1952	Parshall, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1952	Etah, IN	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1952	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1952	Carlyle, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1952	Bharatpur, IN	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1952	Akbarpur, IN	daily rain	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1952	Bathurst, CA	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	60 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1952	Safipur, IN	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1952	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1952	Barharwa, IN	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1952	Rifle, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1952	Bulken, NO	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	49 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1952	Winnemucca AP, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	74 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1952	Upper Shillong, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1952	Milledgeville, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	45 years	29 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

1807 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1952. 1952 had 402 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 25	245
25 to 50	16
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1