Weather Records on 27 February 1955

974 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1955. Highest significance: Weimar, DE.

Key Facts for 27 February 1955

On 27 February 1955, 974 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
238 were record highs and 384 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 962 daily.
Weimar set a daily record snow depth of 10.0 cm (3.9 in) on 27 February 1955.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

974 stations

974 station records on 27 February 1955 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Bergedorf	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Windy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Peebles 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eleanor	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gary	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ocean Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steveston	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoe City	United States	Record daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coquitlam Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Falmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clay	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bull Harbour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsgate	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Jacks Creek No3)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Contest	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pikeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plashett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saltspring Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Little Hickman Lock 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kokstad	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sooke Lake	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville (Krui Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Keremeos	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lewisburg 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arcturus Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

974 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 51, Lowest daily maximum 242, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 142, Heaviest daily rainfall 243, Heaviest daily snowfall 95, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 27 February 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	51
Lowest daily maximum	242
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	142
Heaviest daily rainfall	243
Heaviest daily snowfall	95
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 27 February 1955 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 962.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

805 broken records

Margins by which the 805 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 356.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1955

Top 20 records on 27 February 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1955	Weimar, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1955	Williamstown, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Maysville Wwtp, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Hamburg Bergedorf, DE	daily snow depth	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Pine Ridge (Windy), AU	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Peebles 1 S, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Orange Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Montpelier Rs, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Lake Eleanor, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Chilo Meldahl Locks & Dam, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Gary, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Ocean Falls, CA	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	29.3 cm (11.5 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Steveston, CA	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Tahoe City, US	daily snowfall	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	34.8 cm (13.7 in)	51 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Uccle, BE	daily low min	-9.0 C (15.8 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Coquitlam Lake, CA	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	21 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Bizana (Bos), ZA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Falmouth, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	9 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Clay, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1955	Bull Harbour, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 years	39 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1955. 1955 had 974 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	760
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	1