Weather Records on 27 March 1984

714 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 1984. Highest significance: Ringarooma (Charles Street), AU.

Key Facts for 27 March 1984

On 27 March 1984, 714 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
244 were record highs and 55 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 668 daily.
Ringarooma (Charles Street) set a daily record precipitation of 65.0 mm (2.6 in) on 27 March 1984.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

714 stations

714 station records on 27 March 1984 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 1984: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ringarooma (Charles Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Live Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Petrified Forest Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
McGaffey 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Furmanovo	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Leake (Kooeeyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Glorieta	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Boobyalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moultrie 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Morro Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Folkston 9 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pioneer (Main Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chayan	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clearmont 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bayrkum	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville Cecil Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Narbethong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Launceston (Kings Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson Rch	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Richmond	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rennick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendale Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mvenyane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pirapozinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Macarthur (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtle Bank (Lanoma)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Johnson Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tewkesbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McGaffey 5 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presidente Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.3 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
High Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Castra Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

714 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 1984 by type: Highest daily maximum 133, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 111, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 322, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 27 March 1984 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	133
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	111
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	322
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 27 March 1984 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 39, daily 668.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

579 broken records

Margins by which the 579 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 1984

Top 20 records on 27 March 1984 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 1984	Ringarooma (Charles Street), AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	73 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1984	Live Oak, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	56 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1984	Moorina (Frome Dam), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Petrified Forest Np, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Holbrook, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Jacksonville, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	McGaffey 5 SE, US	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Furmanovo, KZ	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Glorieta, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Jacksonville NAS, US	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Lake Leake (Kooeeyong), AU	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Glorieta, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Apollo Bay, AU	daily rain	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Boobyalla, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Moultrie 2 ESE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	El Morro Natl Mon, US	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	43 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Brownsville, US	all-time high max	41.1 C (106.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Madison, US	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	123.2 mm (4.9 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Folkston 9 SW, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1984	Pioneer (Main Road), AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	7 years	47 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 1984

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1984. 1984 had 714 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1984-03-27: 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	535
50 to 100	29
100 to 150	9
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1