Weather Records on 27 August 1964

400 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1964. Highest significance: Ashland, US.

Key Facts for 27 August 1964

On 27 August 1964, 400 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 164 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 389 daily.
Ashland set a daily record precipitation of 79.8 mm (3.1 in) on 27 August 1964.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

400 stations

400 station records on 27 August 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mine Centre	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ignace	Canada	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kjahta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pulingoth	India	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Two Buttes	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mirzapur	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
El-Golea	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Estevan Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Badagara	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oak City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hugo	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Perkins	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Brownsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Merta City	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Antlers	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ogden Pioneer Ph	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dryden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kottarakara	India	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Panna	India	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hope 3 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

400 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 107, Highest daily minimum 37, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 126.

Records on 27 August 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	107
Highest daily minimum	37
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1964 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 389.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

316 broken records

Margins by which the 316 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1964

Top 20 records on 27 August 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1964	Ashland, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1964	Minas Nuevas, MX	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1964	Mine Centre, CA	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1964	Franklin, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1964	Ignace, CA	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1964	Kjahta, RU	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1964	Asheville, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1964	Marshall, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1964	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	3.5 C (38.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	86 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1964	Jerome, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1964	Jonkoping, SE	daily high max	28.3 C (82.9 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	34 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1964	Independence, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1964	Pauls Valley 4 WSW, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1964	Ft Pierce, US	monthly rain	150.9 mm (5.9 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1964	Ashton 1N, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	64 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1964	Pulingoth, IN	daily rain	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1964	Idabel, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1964	Sedro-Woolley, US	monthly low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	51 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1964	Tura, IN	daily rain	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1964	Clearwater, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1964. 1964 had 400 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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Data for records on 1964-08-27: 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 20	295
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1