Weather Records on 27 August 1972

722 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1972. Highest significance: Serra Negra Do Norte, BR.

Key Facts for 27 August 1972

On 27 August 1972, 722 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
242 were record highs and 194 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 673 daily.
Serra Negra Do Norte set a monthly record daily precipitation of 118.0 mm (4.6 in) on 27 August 1972.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

722 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Serra Negra Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Limoeiro Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Inga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sitio Passagem	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Cruzeta	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Assare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Branca (Imoroti)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Egito	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Maracanau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Coremas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Florida	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jucurutu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Taboleiro Grande	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beaverhead R/S	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Yeso 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Upanema (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caririacu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
House	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Martins	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Erofej Pavlovic	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Governador Dix-Sept Rosado	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Caraubas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pocinhos (Joffily)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tambe (Itambe)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Knapp 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sousa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Penedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Tite	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conchas Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springer	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rjazan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Luis Gomes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Cora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amazar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morada Nova	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Acude Malhada Vermelha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Patu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Catole Do Rocha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caballo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
S. Goncalo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sumidouro-Usina Sao Jorge	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Fidel 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Joao Do Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Antenor Navarro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Jua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

722 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 152, Highest daily minimum 127, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 286.

Records on 27 August 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	152
Highest daily minimum	127
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	286
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 47, daily 673.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

608 broken records

Margins by which the 608 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1972

Top 20 records on 27 August 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1972	Serra Negra Do Norte, BR	monthly rain	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	58 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1972	Ft Bayard 4W, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1972	Escada, BR	monthly rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1972	Limoeiro Do Norte, BR	monthly rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1972	Inga, BR	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	Pombal, BR	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	Sitio Passagem, BR	monthly rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	Acude Cruzeta, BR	monthly rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	Assare, BR	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	Agua Branca (Imoroti), BR	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	Sao Jose Do Egito, BR	monthly rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	Maracanau, BR	monthly rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	Acude Coremas, BR	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	W Branch 3SE, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	Florida, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	Jucurutu, BR	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	Ft Valley 2 E, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	Turners Falls, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	Taboleiro Grande, BR	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1972	Beaverhead R/S, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	21 years	51 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1972. 1972 had 722 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	532
20 to 40	61
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1