Weather Records on 27 February 1959

245 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1959. Highest significance: New Hazelton, CA.

Key Facts for 27 February 1959

On 27 February 1959, 245 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 232 daily.
New Hazelton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 47.5 mm (1.9 in) on 27 February 1959.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

245 stations

245 station records on 27 February 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Hazelton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Calitzdorp Pol	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	364.0 mm (14.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Burnett 3 S	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	379.7 mm (14.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goondi Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	356.1 mm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	268.5 mm (10.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver Pmo	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.7 C (63.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ravensthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mangochi	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tully Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	460.5 mm (18.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Dearborn	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gladwin	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Joao Do Sabugi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.3 mm (3.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Parelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ioco Refinery	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.7 C (38.7 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Apatzingan (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bannister	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	France	Record high maximum temperature	18.1 C (64.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

245 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 83, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 27 February 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	83
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 27 February 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 232.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

204 broken records

Margins by which the 204 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1959

Top 20 records on 27 February 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1959	New Hazelton, CA	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1959	Calitzdorp Pol, ZA	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1959	Innisfail, AU	daily rain	364.0 mm (14.3 in)	158.8 mm (6.3 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1959	Burnett 3 S, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1959	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	16.5 C (61.7 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1959	Oxford, GB	monthly high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1959	Babinda Post Office, AU	daily rain	379.7 mm (14.9 in)	216.1 mm (8.5 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1959	Goondi Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	356.1 mm (14.0 in)	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1959	Uccle, BE	daily high max	18.4 C (65.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	112 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1959	Mourilyan Post Office, AU	daily rain	268.5 mm (10.6 in)	147.1 mm (5.8 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1959	Salvador, BR	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1959	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily high max	14.2 C (57.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1959	Karlshamn, SE	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	76 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1959	Saentis, CH	daily high max	4.2 C (39.6 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	73 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1959	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	monthly high max	17.7 C (63.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	41 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1959	Sheffield, GB	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	67 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1959	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	61 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1959	Muenster, DE	daily high max	15.2 C (59.4 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	67 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1959	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily high max	17.0 C (62.6 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	56 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1959	Arnsberg, DE	daily high max	15.6 C (60.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	67 years	28 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

1794 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1959. 1959 had 245 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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Data for records on 1959-02-27: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 February 1959
Margin	Records
0 to 100	199
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1