Weather Records on 27 February 1971

1,177 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1971. Highest significance: Corvallis State UNIV, US.

Key Facts for 27 February 1971

On 27 February 1971, 1,177 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
345 were record highs and 385 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 43 monthly and 1,132 daily.
Corvallis State UNIV set a daily record snowfall of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 27 February 1971.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

1,177 stations

1,177 station records on 27 February 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Virginia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon Coldstream Ranch	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ogdensburg 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen 20NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Riddle	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Lookout A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Lookout A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong (Aut)	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Armstrong (Aut)	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Olinda (Andreza)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	142.5 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Grove 2 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barisaho	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cottage Grove 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Jong Ranch, Howic	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Montevideo 1SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record snow depth	132.1 cm (52.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haileybury	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barstow	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salem 5 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Babbitt 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.5 cm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leech Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Landsburg	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oakville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Egito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,177 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 156, Lowest daily maximum 216, Highest daily minimum 189, Lowest daily minimum 169, Heaviest daily rainfall 254, Heaviest daily snowfall 156, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 27 February 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	156
Lowest daily maximum	216
Highest daily minimum	189
Lowest daily minimum	169
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	156
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 27 February 1971 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 43, daily 1,132.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

995 broken records

Margins by which the 995 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 482.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1971

Top 20 records on 27 February 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1971	Corvallis State UNIV, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	77 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1971	Ft Ripley, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1971	Solon Springs, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1971	White River, CA	daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	71 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1971	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1971	Virginia, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1971	Vernon Coldstream Ranch, CA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1971	Vernon Coldstream Ranch, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	35 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1971	Tower 2S, US	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1971	Ogdensburg 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1971	Aberdeen 20NNE, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1971	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1971	Grand Rapids Forestry Lab, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1971	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	16.2 cm (6.4 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1971	Silver Creek Falls, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1971	Mc Minnville, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	74 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1971	Brooklet 1 W, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1971	Riddle, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1971	Sioux Lookout A, CA	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1971	Sioux Lookout A, CA	monthly snowfall	32.5 cm (12.8 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	28 years	47 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

1794 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1971. 1971 had 1,177 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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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 February 1971
Margin	Records
0 to 100	954
100 to 200	33
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	2