Weather Records on 27 February 1986

1,749 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1986. Highest significance: Basel Binningen, CH.

Key Facts for 27 February 1986

On 27 February 1986, 1,749 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
881 were record highs and 554 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 134 monthly and 1,613 daily.
Basel Binningen set a daily record snow depth of 37.0 cm (14.6 in) on 27 February 1986.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 499 records.

Record Map

1,749 stations

1,749 station records on 27 February 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Schallstadt-Mengen	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vogtsburg-Oberrotweil	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tkvarcheli	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Uberlingen/Bodensee	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Radolfzell-Markelfingen	Germany	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hamel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warrenton 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williambury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mullheim	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rheinfelden	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Carlos Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watsonville Wtr Wks	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Angatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pearsall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sta. Cruz de Tenerife	Spain	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waltershausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.1 C (-11.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buckeye	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parker	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vogtsburg-Oberrotweil	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-12.3 C (9.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uman	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-23.8 C (-10.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Geyser Rch	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eads	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,749 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 682, Lowest daily maximum 230, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 324, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 54.

Records on 27 February 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	682
Lowest daily maximum	230
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	324
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	54

Records on 27 February 1986 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 134, daily 1,613.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,419 broken records

Margins by which the 1,419 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1986

Top 20 records on 27 February 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1986	Basel Binningen, CH	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Freiburg, DE	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Schallstadt-Mengen, DE	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Vogtsburg-Oberrotweil, DE	daily snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Tkvarcheli, GE	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Uberlingen/Bodensee, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Radolfzell-Markelfingen, DE	daily snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Elma, US	monthly high max	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Warren, US	monthly high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	90 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Freiburg, DE	daily low max	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	96 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Virginia City, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	93 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Chama, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	101 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	106 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Hamel, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Warrenton 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	86 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Williambury, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Mullheim, DE	daily snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Rangely 1E, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	86 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1986	Rheinfelden, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	2 years	39 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1986. 1986 had 1,749 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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Data for records on 1986-02-27: 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	1,385
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	4
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1