Weather Records on 27 August 1955

485 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1955. Highest significance: Muenster, DE.

Key Facts for 27 August 1955

On 27 August 1955, 485 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
313 were record highs and 71 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 479 daily.
Muenster set a daily record precipitation of 44.1 mm (1.7 in) on 27 August 1955.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

485 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 1955: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muenster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hailakundi India	India	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parvatipur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bikrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	222.5 mm (8.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tallyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Guhagar	India	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Alta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dholera	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gadhchiroli	India	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kunghari	India	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jagdalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sac City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tekamah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Silver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marmarth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nuzvid	India	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

485 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1955 by type: Highest daily maximum 135, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 101.

Records on 27 August 1955 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	135
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1955 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 479.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

374 broken records

Margins by which the 374 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 83.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1955

Top 20 records on 27 August 1955 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1955	Muenster, DE	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1955	Gillette 3SE, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1955	Hailakundi India, IN	daily rain	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1955	Red Rvr, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1955	Timovskoe, RU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1955	Lyon - St Exupery, FR	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1955	Parvatipur, IN	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1955	Valdez WSO, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1955	Oakland, US	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	59 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1955	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	79 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1955	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	60 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1955	Kalingapatam, IN	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1955	Bikrampur, IN	monthly rain	222.5 mm (8.8 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1955	Tallyabra, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1955	Alpine, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1955	Greeley, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	59 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1955	Niulii 179, US	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	48 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1955	Jaggiayapet, IN	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1955	Tg Jiu, RO	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1955	Sredny Vasjugan, RU	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	31 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 1955

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1955. 1955 had 485 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	350
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1