Weather Records on 27 August 1963

335 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1963. Highest significance: Mancos 1SW, US.

Key Facts for 27 August 1963

On 27 August 1963, 335 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 329 daily.
Mancos 1SW set a daily record precipitation of 35.6 mm (1.4 in) on 27 August 1963.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

335 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Francisco I. Madero	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Akron	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
P.P. Channel	India	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Everton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hardoi	India	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thana	India	Record daily precipitation	144.4 mm (5.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aldersbach-Kriestorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pendra Road	India	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Shencottah	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Malegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wahoo	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Adairsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Animas 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angul	India	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tharsa	India	Record daily precipitation	94.1 mm (3.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgram	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Umerkhed	India	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mandangad	India	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cortez	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Wingate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Union 3 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Adilabad	India	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Poonampet	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Chickasha	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record low maximum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tellichery	India	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Naduvattam	India	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

335 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 60, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 70, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 142.

Records on 27 August 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	60
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	70
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 329.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

241 broken records

Margins by which the 241 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 59.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1963

Top 20 records on 27 August 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1963	Mancos 1SW, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1963	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Nossen, DE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Evelyn Sharp Fld, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Francisco I. Madero, MX	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Akron, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Dresden Wahnsdorf, DE	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	P.P. Channel, IN	daily rain	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Everton, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Ericson 8 WNW, US	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	81 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Hardoi, IN	daily rain	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Mesa Verde Np, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Thana, IN	daily rain	144.4 mm (5.7 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Aldersbach-Kriestorf, DE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Pendra Road, IN	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Shencottah, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	N Loup, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1963	Malegaon, IN	daily rain	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	35 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 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1963. 1963 had 335 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 10	179
10 to 20	28
20 to 30	22
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	2