Weather Records on 27 July 1959

395 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1959. Highest significance: Bonney Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 27 July 1959

On 27 July 1959, 395 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
112 were record highs and 107 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 386 daily.
Bonney Downs set a daily record precipitation of 39.4 mm (1.6 in) on 27 July 1959.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 453 records.

Record Map

395 stations

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

Weather records on 27 July 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Red Deer	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Junagadh	India	Record daily precipitation	211.8 mm (8.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lacombe Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arwal	India	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bamboo Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Achinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ganmain (Dullah Dullah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dug (Dag)	India	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Perkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Okeene	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pilga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Apache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ellendale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Okemah	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Watonga	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weatherford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cloud Chief 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Geary	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canelo 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Erick	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ilav	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Stirling	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mandsaur	India	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bastrop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Holly 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

395 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 64, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 36, Heaviest daily rainfall 175, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 27 July 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	64
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	36
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1959 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 386.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

319 broken records

Margins by which the 319 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 104.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1959

Top 20 records on 27 July 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1959	Bonney Downs, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1959	Mount Florance, AU	monthly rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1959	Ohotsk, RU	daily rain	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1959	Weatherford, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Oakwood 3 SW, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Red Deer, CA	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Hobart Muni AP, US	daily rain	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Junagadh, IN	daily rain	211.8 mm (8.3 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Lacombe Cda, CA	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Eufaula 6 SSW, US	daily rain	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Arwal, IN	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Cloud Chief 2 SE, US	all-time rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Bamboo Springs, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Hillsdown, CA	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Achinsk, RU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	58 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Weldon, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Ganmain (Dullah Dullah), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Dug (Dag), IN	daily rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1959	Perkins, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 years	41 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

1805 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1959. 1959 had 395 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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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	274
20 to 40	27
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1