Weather Records on 27 February 1972

754 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1972. Highest significance: Ovando, US.

Key Facts for 27 February 1972

On 27 February 1972, 754 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
303 were record highs and 58 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 731 daily.
Ovando set a monthly record daily snowfall of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 27 February 1972.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

754 stations

754 station records on 27 February 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ovando	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brisco	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Valemount	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ovando	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
McBride 4SE	Canada	Record daily snowfall	42.7 cm (16.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Galt Moe	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mazama 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rainer Ohanapecosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Golden A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hope A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgewick	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tara (Santo Antonio Do Tara)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Port Angeles	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Entrance	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olympia AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record snow depth	137.2 cm (54.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Victoria Int'l A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rustplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	-18.8 C (-1.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ovando	United States	Record snow depth	121.9 cm (48.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cle Elum	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Assare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hope A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jasper	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Head	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Polebridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valsetz	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grapeview 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milingimbi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

754 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 214, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 89, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 262, Heaviest daily snowfall 112, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 27 February 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	214
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	89
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	262
Heaviest daily snowfall	112
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 27 February 1972 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 20, daily 731.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

615 broken records

Margins by which the 615 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1972

Top 20 records on 27 February 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1972	Ovando, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1972	Alagoa Nova (Laranjeiras), BR	daily rain	106.8 mm (4.2 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Valemount, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Brisco, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Snoqualmie Falls, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Superior, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Mc Minnville, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Oregon City, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Valemount, CA	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Ovando, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	McBride 4SE, CA	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	McBride 4SE, CA	monthly snowfall	42.7 cm (16.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Cambridge Galt Moe, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Mazama 6 SE, US	all-time rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Rainer Ohanapecosh, US	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Leavenworth 3 S, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Golden A, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Golden A, CA	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1972	Hope A, CA	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	6 years	41 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1972. 1972 had 754 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	560
50 to 100	39
100 to 150	7
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1