Weather Records on 27 August 1961

365 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1961. Highest significance: Botany No.1 Dam, AU.

Key Facts for 27 August 1961

On 27 August 1961, 365 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
100 were record highs and 80 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 354 daily.
Botany No.1 Dam set a daily record precipitation of 68.8 mm (2.7 in) on 27 August 1961.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

365 stations

365 station records on 27 August 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Botany No.1 Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dwarka	India	Record daily precipitation	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	312.2 mm (12.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mechanicville 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Vale (Hoskins Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cobbity (Roseneath)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gaspe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Forest (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Parli	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Appin Church St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Woronora Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Patillas Dam	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Audley National Park Bottom St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nelligen (Thule Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bringelly (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	265.9 mm (10.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kenny Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sumter	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sullurpet	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bexley Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Exeter	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kangaroo Valley (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cadia Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sans Souci (Public School)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jamberoo (Lorna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mont Laurier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wisconsin Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Earlwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khambha	India	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Water Supply	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Maddens Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cutchogue	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Narara Research Stati	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liverpool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dapto West (Stane Dykes)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

365 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 185.

Records on 27 August 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	185
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1961 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 8, daily 354.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

289 broken records

Margins by which the 289 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 166.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1961

Top 20 records on 27 August 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1961	Botany No.1 Dam, AU	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1961	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1961	Dwarka, IN	daily rain	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	154.7 mm (6.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Cidra 1 E, PR	all-time rain	312.2 mm (12.3 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Mechanicville 2 S, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Camden (Brownlow Hill), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Maunabo, PR	daily rain	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	166.4 mm (6.6 in)	18 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Moss Vale (Hoskins Street), AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Cobbity (Roseneath), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	69 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Helensburgh (Sawan St), AU	daily rain	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Gaspe, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Sutton Forest (Uralba), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Parli, IN	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Dorado 2 WNW, PR	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Vysnij Volocek, RU	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Appin Church St, AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Woronora Dam, AU	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Patillas Dam, PR	daily rain	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1961	Somerset, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	46 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1961. 1961 had 365 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 25	240
25 to 50	37
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	3