Weather Records on 27 February 1982

964 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1982. Highest significance: Mt Ida 3 SE, US.

Key Facts for 27 February 1982

On 27 February 1982, 964 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
97 were record highs and 300 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 940 daily.
Mt Ida 3 SE set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 27 February 1982.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

964 stations

964 station records on 27 February 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jessieville	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Union City	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Seal Rocks Camping Reserve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkley	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Morgenrood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Transou	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carnasaw Twr	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lynchburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Astolfo Dutra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Forsyth 6 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Culpeper	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Samaria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bluestone Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Agulhas Negras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	113.6 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dolisie	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bent Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Patterson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clemson UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Roanoke-Blacksburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Areal (Granja Gabi)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Velho (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nimrod Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carter Twr	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Curral Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiso	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pisgah Forest 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Mtn Twr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows of Dan 5 SW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coweeta Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

964 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 260, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 299, Heaviest daily snowfall 168, Deepest snow cover 100.

Records on 27 February 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	260
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	299
Heaviest daily snowfall	168
Deepest snow cover	100

Records on 27 February 1982 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 21, daily 940.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

846 broken records

Margins by which the 846 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1982

Top 20 records on 27 February 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1982	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	109 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1982	Burkes Garden, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1982	Jessieville, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Union City, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	85 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Seal Rocks Camping Reserve, AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Brinkley, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	91 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Morgenrood, ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Transou, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Carnasaw Twr, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Lynchburg Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Murphy 4ESE, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Wytheville, US	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	15.8 cm (6.2 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Franklin, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Idabel, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Mount Anderson, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Astolfo Dutra, BR	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Black Rock, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	76 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Covington 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	54 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1982	Copperhill, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	67 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

1794 to 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1982. 1982 had 964 records.

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

Records on 02-27 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1796	1
1806	1
1808	1
1827	1
1836	1
1842	1
1846	2
1848	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	4
1897	5
1898	5
1899	5
1900	9
1901	3
1902	5
1903	12
1904	12
1905	8
1906	7
1907	10
1908	10
1909	20
1910	36
1911	20
1912	32
1913	23
1914	75
1915	13
1916	43
1917	24
1918	16
1919	77
1920	62
1921	85
1922	79
1923	76
1924	124
1925	157
1926	96
1927	62
1928	78
1929	282
1930	82
1931	234
1932	909
1933	240
1934	1,325
1935	349
1936	347
1937	543
1938	199
1939	995
1940	603
1941	293
1942	256
1943	217
1944	773
1945	753
1946	510
1947	437
1948	1,066
1949	504
1950	440
1951	605
1952	224
1953	271
1954	450
1955	974
1956	361
1957	497
1958	940
1959	245
1960	1,039
1961	356
1962	2,281
1963	958
1964	250
1965	389
1966	395
1967	444
1968	665
1969	483
1970	349
1971	1,177
1972	754
1973	444
1974	538
1975	320
1976	1,721
1977	783
1978	729
1979	716
1980	989
1981	1,066
1982	964
1983	762
1984	1,041
1985	465
1986	1,749
1987	1,400
1988	955
1989	1,246
1990	1,037
1991	558
1992	1,081
1993	1,496
1994	1,367
1995	1,209
1996	2,031
1997	1,925
1998	1,439
1999	633
2000	1,378
2001	888
2002	1,807
2003	997
2004	852
2005	614
2006	835
2007	975
2008	996
2009	1,222
2010	1,075
2011	1,135
2012	570
2013	1,082
2014	937
2015	1,621
2016	743
2017	593
2018	1,124
2019	1,513
2020	661
2021	386
2022	531
2023	893
2024	1,588
2025	623
2026	1,436

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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 50	696
50 to 100	87
100 to 150	39
150 to 200	15
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	4
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1