Weather Records on 27 August 1957

615 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1957. Highest significance: Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU.

Key Facts for 27 August 1957

On 27 August 1957, 615 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
40 were record highs and 230 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 575 daily.
Maclean (McLachlan Street) set a daily record precipitation of 114.0 mm (4.5 in) on 27 August 1957.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

615 stations

615 station records on 27 August 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Maclean (McLachlan Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
South Grafton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Yamba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Roomal	India	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chandrapur	India	Record daily precipitation	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mandla	India	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (McPherson)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Calliope Public School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nimbin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canning Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dumpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brushgrove Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dhuti	India	Record daily precipitation	171.5 mm (6.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Copmanhurst Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mundo Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hebron	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rathdowney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coffs Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pokolbin (Ben Ean)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Urara (the Knoll)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.7 mm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alstonville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jarpara	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Khitoli	India	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uitkyk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Akuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wyong (Wyong Golf Club)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kathghora	India	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Glenowen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Broadwater Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

615 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 182, Highest daily minimum 21, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 345.

Records on 27 August 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	182
Highest daily minimum	21
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	345
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1957 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 39, daily 575.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

521 broken records

Margins by which the 521 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 147.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1957

Top 20 records on 27 August 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1957	Maclean (McLachlan Street), AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	96.2 mm (3.8 in)	67 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1957	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	monthly rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1957	South Grafton Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1957	Yamba Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1957	Red Range (Victoria St), AU	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Roomal, IN	daily rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Chandrapur, IN	daily rain	144.3 mm (5.7 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa, AU	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Seward AP, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Kyogle Post Office, AU	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	5 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Mandla, IN	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	112.1 mm (4.4 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Orskar_A, SE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Old Koreelah (McPherson), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Calliope Public School, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Mt Mee, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1957	Ulmarra (Newsagency), AU	daily rain	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	20 years	52 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

1807 to 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1957. 1957 had 615 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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Data for records on 1957-08-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	440
20 to 40	49
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1