Weather Records on 27 August 1979

917 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1979. Highest significance: Goroke (Post Office), AU.

Key Facts for 27 August 1979

On 27 August 1979, 917 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
162 were record highs and 191 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 877 daily.
Goroke (Post Office) set a daily record precipitation of 37.4 mm (1.5 in) on 27 August 1979.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

917 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Junsele	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Chatillon-Coligny	France	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Faulkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Aldinga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Clear Lake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (Clare)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwell 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Euabalong (Booberoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palmaryville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oliphantspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Confluence 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bysonder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lakin	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mexquitic	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ornskoldsvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kubbe	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola (Lake Everard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Billilla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rocklands Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham Kingston Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Forse	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Multra	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lang Lang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Armeria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Healdsburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glen Osmond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Glenside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oxley (Tupra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Bernardo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hex Krantz	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Morse	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Calcannia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

917 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 139, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 562, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 27 August 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	139
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	562
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1979 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 39, daily 877.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

773 broken records

Margins by which the 773 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1979

Top 20 records on 27 August 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1979	Goroke (Post Office), AU	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1979	Junsele, SE	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	93 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1979	Chatillon-Coligny, FR	all-time rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1979	Hollis 5E, US	monthly rain	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1979	Faulkton, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1979	Cobar (Lerida), AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1979	Aldinga Post Office, AU	monthly rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1979	Artesia 6S, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	78.4 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1979	Calera, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1979	Wilcannia (Mount Murchison), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1979	Cobar (Paddington), AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1979	Dumas, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1979	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	86 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1979	Clear Lake, AU	monthly rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1979	Hatfield (Clare), AU	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1979	Claude, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1979	Maxwell 3 NW, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1979	Euabalong (Booberoi), AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1979	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	83 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1979	Palmaryville, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	46 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1979. 1979 had 917 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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Data for records on 1979-08-27: 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 10	616
10 to 20	103
20 to 30	35
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1