Weather Records on 27 August 1982

828 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1982. Highest significance: Arcadia, US.

Key Facts for 27 August 1982

On 27 August 1982, 828 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
246 were record highs and 369 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 61 monthly and 766 daily.
Arcadia set a daily record precipitation of 124.5 mm (4.9 in) on 27 August 1982.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

828 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cook STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bunker 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uwajima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	186.5 mm (7.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Strelkovoe	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reynolds	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Henry 3W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lost River	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Turtle Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oita	Japan	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petatlan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mandan Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hallnas-Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 2WNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Coloma	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

828 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 124, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 245, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 27 August 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	124
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	245
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 61, daily 766.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

626 broken records

Margins by which the 626 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1982

Top 20 records on 27 August 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1982	Arcadia, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1982	Salem, US	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	37 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Mtn Home 1 NNW, US	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Angoon Pwr, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Cook STN, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Lajas Substn, PR	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Brunswick, US	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Mexico, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Rugby, US	monthly low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Fredericktown, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Bunker 4N, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Sedalia Wtp, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Park Rapids Muni AP, US	monthly low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	85 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Fort Frances, CA	daily low min	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Long Prairie, US	monthly low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Edmore 4NW, US	monthly low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Fargo Hector Intl AP, US	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Union, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1982	Milan, IT	daily low max	19.9 C (67.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	193 years	42 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1982. 1982 had 828 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 1982-08-27: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	576
20 to 40	33
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1