Weather Records on 27 August 1975

506 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1975. Highest significance: Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova, RU.

Key Facts for 27 August 1975

On 27 August 1975, 506 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
114 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 493 daily.
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova set an all-time record daily precipitation of 59.9 mm (2.4 in) on 27 August 1975.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

506 stations

506 station records on 27 August 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Santana Do Matos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bothwell (Franklin Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Magadan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Canastota	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Haskinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Apsley (Parki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lunawanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Locke	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sunny Corner (Snow Line)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandford (Maydena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Jeronimo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pierre Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oatlands (Bow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Judbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tasman Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nubeena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loxahatchee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Highmarket 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hostotipaquillo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Epping Forest (Forton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Port Hastings	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Mill 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fayetteville (Pwc)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kentfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaverdale 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Black Springs Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

506 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 41, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 264.

Records on 27 August 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	41
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	264
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1975 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 11, daily 493.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

405 broken records

Margins by which the 405 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1975

Top 20 records on 27 August 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1975	Gmo Im.E.K.Fedorova, RU	all-time rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1975	Santana Do Matos, BR	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1975	Bothwell (Franklin Street), AU	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1975	Magadan, RU	monthly rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Canastota, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Haskinville, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Apsley (Parki), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Lunawanna, AU	daily rain	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Murdo, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Wattle Hill, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Canaan, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Mt Locke, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Sunny Corner (Snow Line), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Sandford (Maydena), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	68 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	First Connecticut Lake, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Fazenda Sao Jeronimo, BR	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Newark, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Schenley Lock 5, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Charlotte Douglas AP, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1975	Ouse (Millbrook), AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	46 years	44 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1975. 1975 had 506 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 10	315
10 to 20	58
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	1