Weather Records on 27 August 1968

517 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1968. Highest significance: Muncheberg, DE.

Key Facts for 27 August 1968

On 27 August 1968, 517 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 256 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 509 daily.
Muncheberg set a daily record precipitation of 42.0 mm (1.7 in) on 27 August 1968.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

517 stations

517 station records on 27 August 1968 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1968: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tirumangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mogzon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Griffiss AFB	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsburgh AFB	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Satyamangalam	India	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chatrapatti	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dindigul	India	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natham	India	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Inverness 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montezuma 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
1 N McLeansboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Three Rivers	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presa la Angostura	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Caledonia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fremont	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
West Bend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vevay	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Porterville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chazy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rainer Ohanapecosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rantoul	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Disraeli	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

517 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1968 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 122, Highest daily minimum 42, Lowest daily minimum 134, Heaviest daily rainfall 210.

Records on 27 August 1968 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	122
Highest daily minimum	42
Lowest daily minimum	134
Heaviest daily rainfall	210
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1968 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 509.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

411 broken records

Margins by which the 411 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 39.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1968

Top 20 records on 27 August 1968 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1968	Muncheberg, DE	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Mullen 3S, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Sorve, EE	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Turaiyur, IN	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Carroll, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Tirumangalam, IN	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Mogzon, RU	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Griffiss AFB, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	70 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Ravenna, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	69 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Plattsburgh AFB, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	69 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Penedo, BR	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Satyamangalam, IN	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	71 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Buckley 1 NE, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	48 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1968	Huntingdon, CA	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	82 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1968	Farmland 5 NNW, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	71 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1968	Perth Regional Office, AU	daily low max	10.8 C (51.4 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	70 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1968	Chatrapatti, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1968	Geneseo, US	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	71 years	33 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 1968

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1968. 1968 had 517 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 5	333
5 to 10	40
10 to 15	15
15 to 20	6
20 to 25	9
25 to 30	5
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	2