Weather Records on 27 February 1963

958 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1963. Highest significance: Indi, IN.

Key Facts for 27 February 1963

On 27 February 1963, 958 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
99 were record highs and 590 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 926 daily.
Indi set a monthly record daily precipitation of 55.4 mm (2.2 in) on 27 February 1963.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

958 stations

958 station records on 27 February 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Indi	India	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Miraj Obsy	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Columinjuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bareli	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.3 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tendukhera	India	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Areia Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Itagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bilgi	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shirol	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Umrer	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cheraw	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Umari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lumberton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Siler City 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Neuse 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paracuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Porteiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Palhano	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Governador Dix-Sept Rosado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaslo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oakland 1 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

958 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 474, Heaviest daily rainfall 142, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 56.

Records on 27 February 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	474
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	56

Records on 27 February 1963 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 28, daily 926.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

814 broken records

Margins by which the 814 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1963

Top 20 records on 27 February 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1963	Indi, IN	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	74 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1963	Sholapur, IN	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1963	Miraj Obsy, IN	monthly rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Norseman, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Rocky Mt, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Columinjuba, BR	daily rain	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Bareli, IN	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Antenor Navarro, BR	daily rain	105.3 mm (4.1 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	33 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Luis Gomes, BR	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Tendukhera, IN	monthly rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Regensburg, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Tarboro 1 S, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Weldon, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Areia Branca, BR	monthly rain	175.0 mm (6.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Itagua, BR	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Bilgi, IN	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Shirol, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1963	Watertown, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	61 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

1794 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1963. 1963 had 958 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 1963-02-27: 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	753
50 to 100	38
100 to 150	17
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1