Weather Records on 27 August 1965

440 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1965. Highest significance: Mnt Fletcher (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 27 August 1965

On 27 August 1965, 440 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
72 were record highs and 104 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 430 daily.
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk) set a daily record precipitation of 54.0 mm (2.1 in) on 27 August 1965.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

440 stations

440 station records on 27 August 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mnt Fletcher (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Podor	Senegal	Record daily precipitation	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kolar	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Udayagiri	India	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iron River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springbrook Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heartsease	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bhandar	India	Record daily precipitation	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Propria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Winters 9 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Cabonga	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Biscotasing	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Papane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Amos	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chintamani	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tshatsheni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clifford Chambers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alstonville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Glenora	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Numinbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gleniffer	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sodam	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Borio	India	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Villahermosa (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tsolo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colwana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Botanic Gardens - Pmb	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
College Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
The Meadows	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kilmashogue,Lowlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ceara-Mirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

440 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 46, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 264.

Records on 27 August 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	46
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1965 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 8, daily 430.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

354 broken records

Margins by which the 354 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1965

Top 20 records on 27 August 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1965	Mnt Fletcher (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1965	Podor, SN	daily rain	132.5 mm (5.2 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras), BR	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Dixon Wwtp, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Green Mountains, AU	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Mqanduli (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	66 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Defiance, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Kolar, IN	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Udayagiri, IN	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Nossa Senhora Das Dores, BR	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Iron River, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Springbrook Forestry, AU	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Heartsease, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Condong Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Bhandar, IN	daily rain	107.9 mm (4.2 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Propria, BR	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Winters 9 NNE, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Barrage Cabonga, CA	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Biscotasing, CA	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1965	Papane (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	37 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1965. 1965 had 440 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	321
20 to 40	22
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1