Weather Records on 27 August 1959

522 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1959. Highest significance: Vajda-Guba, RU.

Key Facts for 27 August 1959

On 27 August 1959, 522 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
274 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 516 daily.
Vajda-Guba set a daily record precipitation of 28.3 mm (1.1 in) on 27 August 1959.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

522 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vajda-Guba	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
South Johnstone Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Innamincka Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sagwara	India	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mourilyan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fernie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fischers Store	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eromanga - Webber St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wadhwan	India	Record daily precipitation	102.5 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Limoeiro de Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nuguru(Venkitapu)	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Richland Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banswara	India	Record daily precipitation	147.8 mm (5.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Durg(Drug)	India	Record daily precipitation	103.2 mm (4.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Copperas Cove	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tanbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manpur(Tappa)	India	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rajim	India	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Powell River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dhoraji	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Smithfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ambagarh Chowki	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indargarh	India	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ocampo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Osceola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Austin Montopolis Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

522 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 30, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 244, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 192, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 27 August 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	30
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	244
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	192
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 516.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

380 broken records

Margins by which the 380 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 151.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1959

Top 20 records on 27 August 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1959	Vajda-Guba, RU	daily rain	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1959	Mather 3 NW, US	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1959	South Johnstone Exp STN, AU	monthly rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Llanrheidol Station, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Antigo, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Innamincka Station, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Sagwara, IN	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Mourilyan Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Hatfield, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Fernie, CA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Caro Wwtp, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Fischers Store, US	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	70 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Eromanga - Webber St, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Wadhwan, IN	daily rain	102.5 mm (4.0 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	30 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	San Marcos, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Limoeiro de Anadia, BR	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Nuguru(Venkitapu), IN	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	151.2 mm (6.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Richland Ctr, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1959	Karasjok, NO	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 years	40 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 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1959. 1959 had 522 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	334
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1