Weather Records on 27 February 1966

395 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1966. Highest significance: Mana 1026, US.

Key Facts for 27 February 1966

On 27 February 1966, 395 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
128 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 373 daily.
Mana 1026 set a daily record precipitation of 99.6 mm (3.9 in) on 27 February 1966.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

395 stations

395 station records on 27 February 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lehal	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waiawa 943	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lezay	France	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Phillaur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans WSO City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poplarville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nara Visa	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-48.8 C (-55.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record snow depth	90.0 cm (35.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ivdel	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.8 C (-50.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.7 C (-5.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Svyatoy Nos;Cape(Closed)	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-25.1 C (-13.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Biser	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Syracuse 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	8.8 C (47.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Orje	Norway	Record snow depth	92.0 cm (36.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	107.0 cm (42.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kanin Nos	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.2 C (-15.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Assiniboia	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

395 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 79, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 133, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 27 February 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	79
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	133
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 27 February 1966 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 373.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

362 broken records

Margins by which the 362 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1966

Top 20 records on 27 February 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1966	Mana 1026, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1966	Santander Centro, ES	daily rain	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1966	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	13.5 C (56.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	117 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1966	Morgan City, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1966	Anahuac, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1966	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1966	Franklin 3 NW, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1966	Huntingdon, CA	daily high max	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1966	Lehal, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1966	Karesuando, SE	daily low max	-24.9 C (-12.8 F)	6.4 C (11.5 F)	62 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1966	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	67 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1966	Waiawa 943, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1966	Poitiers - Biard, FR	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1966	Kokpekty, KZ	monthly high min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1966	Lake Wenatchee, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1966	Lezay, FR	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1966	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily low max	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1966	Robe Comparison, AU	daily low min	8.4 C (47.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	73 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1966	Phillaur, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 February 1966	Crowley 2 NE, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 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

1794 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1966. 1966 had 395 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 1966-02-27: 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	349
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1