Weather Records on 27 March 1979

613 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 1979. Highest significance: Skegness, GB.

Key Facts for 27 March 1979

On 27 March 1979, 613 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 138 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 602 daily.
Skegness set a daily record precipitation of 29.3 mm (1.2 in) on 27 March 1979.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

613 stations

613 station records on 27 March 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bekdas	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Santa Paula	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Alton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lezay	France	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Barreiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kahului AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Acton Escondido Fc261	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bilasuvar	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Descanso Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Van Nuys Fc15A	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Khankandy	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lytle Creek Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Long Beach Daugherty AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fizuly	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tirana	Albania	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Towrana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Downey Fire Dept. Fc107C	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescenta Fc251 C	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winters	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oxnard	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 12 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfords	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yorba Linda	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glasgow	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arys	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gem Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Gabriel Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Topanga Patrol Fc-6	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Altadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Khust	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whittier City Yard Fc106C	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Luis Obispo Poly	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland Hills Pierce College	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

613 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 76, Highest daily minimum 56, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 312, Heaviest daily snowfall 62, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 27 March 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	76
Highest daily minimum	56
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	312
Heaviest daily snowfall	62
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 27 March 1979 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 602.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

509 broken records

Margins by which the 509 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 1979

Top 20 records on 27 March 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 1979	Skegness, GB	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1979	Bekdas, TM	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1979	Santa Paula, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	69 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1979	Ventura, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	69 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1979	Alton, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1979	Debrecen Airport, HU	monthly rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1979	Lezay, FR	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1979	Newport Beach Harbor, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1979	Barreiras, BR	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1979	Kahului AP, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1979	Acton Escondido Fc261, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1979	Bilasuvar, AZ	daily rain	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1979	Descanso Rs, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1979	Van Nuys Fc15A, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1979	Khankandy, AZ	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1979	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1979	Lebec, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1979	Densmore 2N, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1979	Los Angeles Downtown/Usc, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1979	Lytle Creek Rs, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 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

1805 to 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1979. 1979 had 613 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

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Data for records on 1979-03-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	478
50 to 100	25
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1