Weather Records on 27 March 1954

265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 1954. Highest significance: Fortine 1 N, US.

Key Facts for 27 March 1954

On 27 March 1954, 265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 259 daily.
Fortine 1 N set a monthly record daily precipitation of 34.0 mm (1.3 in) on 27 March 1954.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

265 stations

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

Weather records on 27 March 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vavenby	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newgate	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chittoor	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rapelje	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fort McPherson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Newgate	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Punganur	India	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milnes Landing	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Koegasbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ioco Refinery	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rooipoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook Cove	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tappen	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Turtleford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-32.8 C (-27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Choteau	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Glacier	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gleichen	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Karikode	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gudiyatham	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lowman	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rest Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Danger Point - Vrt.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rapur	India	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Avanigadda	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Piler(Pileru)	India	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middelpos (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rayachoti	India	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bapatla	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Villiersdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	0.5 cm (0.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mercanam	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

265 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 88, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 88, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 27 March 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	88
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 27 March 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 259.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

217 broken records

Margins by which the 217 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 165.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 1954

Top 20 records on 27 March 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 1954	Fortine 1 N, US	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1954	Vavenby, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1954	Newgate, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1954	Fortine 1 N, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1954	Chittoor, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1954	Rapelje, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1954	Coleman, CA	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1954	Fort McPherson, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	59 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1954	Coleman, CA	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	23 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1954	Newgate, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1954	Browning, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1954	Augusta, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	33 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1954	Richland, US	daily low min	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1954	Clearbrook, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	51 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1954	Chilliwack, CA	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1954	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	55 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1954	Punganur, IN	monthly rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	10 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1954	Milnes Landing, CA	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1954	Kaslo, CA	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 March 1954	Emerson, CA	daily low max	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	55 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

1805 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1954. 1954 had 265 records.

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

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

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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 25	194
25 to 50	9
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	2