Weather Records on 27 August 1980

478 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1980. Highest significance: Tezpur, IN.

Key Facts for 27 August 1980

On 27 August 1980, 478 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
126 were record highs and 199 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 459 daily.
Tezpur set a daily record precipitation of 130.0 mm (5.1 in) on 27 August 1980.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

478 stations

478 station records on 27 August 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jaransk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sotchi	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Langsloot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murom	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lukojanov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuckerton 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Loup City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gettysburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alouette Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puyallup 2 W Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bucuresti-Baneasa	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kjusjur	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Roads 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tygda	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Russell Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mercedes 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Petrun	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chatom	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Johnson 11 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chapala	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dudinka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tuxpan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Macuspana (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Chernjaevo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tuapse	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Springview 2NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

478 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 65, Lowest daily maximum 91, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 108, Heaviest daily rainfall 152, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 August 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	65
Lowest daily maximum	91
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	108
Heaviest daily rainfall	152
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 August 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 19, daily 459.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1980

Top 20 records on 27 August 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1980	Tezpur, IN	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1980	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1980	Arhangelsk, RU	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	4.2 C (7.6 F)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1980	Huntingdon, CA	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1980	Jaransk, RU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1980	Sotchi, RU	daily low min	10.5 C (50.9 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1980	Langsloot, ZA	monthly rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	58 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1980	Darwin Airport, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1980	Murom, RU	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1980	Lukojanov, RU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1980	Osage, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	84 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1980	Leoti, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	86 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1980	Tuckerton 2 NE, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1980	Ostrov Sosnovez, RU	daily low min	0.7 C (33.3 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1980	Poretskoye, RU	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1980	Laghouat, DZ	daily high min	27.0 C (80.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	64 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1980	Loup City, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	66 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1980	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1980	Gettysburg, US	daily low max	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	77 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 August 1980	Alouette Lake, CA	monthly rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	52 years	32 of 100 (Routine)

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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1980. 1980 had 478 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	347
20 to 40	10
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1