Weather Records on 27 August 1985

660 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1985. Highest significance: Belgrade (Observatory), RS.

Key Facts for 27 August 1985

On 27 August 1985, 660 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
249 were record highs and 221 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 641 daily.
Belgrade (Observatory) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 75.6 mm (3.0 in) on 27 August 1985.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

660 stations

660 station records on 27 August 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ballidu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kokardine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Combolcha	Ethiopia	Record low minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sand I Ryfylke II	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milmocundin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Zapote	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carnesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nis	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roldal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miahuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barguzin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paulding	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elberta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ozark	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Webster Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willigulli North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Birraban	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pagosa Springs 1SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Newton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Caiana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
McGill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	122.7 mm (4.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pioche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Idabel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santaquin Chlorinator	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cakir	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Union Springs 9 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
UNIV of Utah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Debrecen Airport	Hungary	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rothamsted	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
White Sands Natl Mon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

660 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 139, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 110, Heaviest daily rainfall 190.

Records on 27 August 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	139
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	110
Heaviest daily rainfall	190
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1985 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 18, daily 641.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

478 broken records

Margins by which the 478 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1985

Top 20 records on 27 August 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1985	Belgrade (Observatory), RS	monthly rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1985	Mellette 4 W, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Ballidu, AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Kokardine, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Douglas, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Combolcha, ET	daily low min	5.1 C (41.2 F)	5.9 C (10.6 F)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Sand I Ryfylke II, NO	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Huajintlan, MX	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Milmocundin, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	70 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Laketown, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	El Zapote, MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Jerome, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Carnesville, US	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Nis, RS	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Blakely, US	daily low max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Roldal, NO	daily rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	82 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Bajramaly, TM	daily low max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	92 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Brackettville, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	80 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1985	Miahuatlan (Dge), MX	daily high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	28 years	35 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1985. 1985 had 660 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 10	434
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1