Weather Records on 27 February 1954

450 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1954. Highest significance: Bankstown (Condell Park), AU.

Key Facts for 27 February 1954

On 27 February 1954, 450 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
259 were record highs and 36 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 442 daily.
Bankstown (Condell Park) set a daily record precipitation of 81.8 mm (3.2 in) on 27 February 1954.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

450 stations

450 station records on 27 February 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bankstown (Condell Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Earlwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grootfontein	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lynway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woleebee Nevasa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rosewood Walloon Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pahala 21	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaudesert Cryna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Attabari	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bruff Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle Nobbys Signal Statio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lidcombe (Carnarvon Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kundha (Kailkund)	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Derrylin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wynnum Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Centennial Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Turbine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenmount Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sarpsborg	Norway	Record snow depth	54.0 cm (21.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record low minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Harvey Station	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sri Ranbirsingh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

450 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 112, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 120, Heaviest daily snowfall 32, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 27 February 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	112
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	120
Heaviest daily snowfall	32
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 27 February 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 442.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1954

Top 20 records on 27 February 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1954	Bankstown (Condell Park), AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Emu Plains, AU	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Earlwood Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Grootfontein, NA	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Lynway, AU	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Woleebee Nevasa, AU	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Rosewood Walloon Rd, AU	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Stewart, CA	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Delaware 3 WSW, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Pahala 21, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	47 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Parramatta, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	1.6 mm (0.06 in)	120 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Sundance, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Beaudesert Cryna, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Potts Hill Reservoir, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Stewart, CA	daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	30 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Ashfield Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Pine Creek, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Penrith Ladbury Avenue, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1954	Sans Souci (Public School), AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	35 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

1794 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1954. 1954 had 450 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	341
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1