Weather Records on 27 February 1987

1,400 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1987. Highest significance: Hay Springs, US.

Key Facts for 27 February 1987

On 27 February 1987, 1,400 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
226 were record highs and 231 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 80 monthly and 1,313 daily.
Hay Springs set a monthly record daily snowfall of 36.8 cm (14.5 in) on 27 February 1987.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

1,400 stations

1,400 station records on 27 February 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hay Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mullen 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Upton	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eastonville 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Potter	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Archer	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Palo Verde	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Colorado Springs Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	65.4 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluffs	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Placerville 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chaco Canyon Natl Mon	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dupree	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott Love Fld	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Turnersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glen-Ayle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Calvillo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eastonville 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tylertown 5ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Philip AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Santiago	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh 8 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gascon	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murdo	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zwieselberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pulaski 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kaycee	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clifford Chambers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Byers 5 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,400 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 165, Highest daily minimum 132, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 647, Heaviest daily snowfall 146, Deepest snow cover 150.

Records on 27 February 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	165
Highest daily minimum	132
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	647
Heaviest daily snowfall	146
Deepest snow cover	150

Records on 27 February 1987 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 80, daily 1,313.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,181 broken records

Margins by which the 1,181 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 787.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1987

Top 20 records on 27 February 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1987	Hay Springs, US	monthly snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	72 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 February 1987	Pommelsbrunn, DE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1987	Akron 4 E, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1987	Interior 3 NE, US	all-time snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1987	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	84.9 mm (3.3 in)	71 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1987	Mullen 3S, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1987	Leroy 5 WSW, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	86 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1987	Lodgepole, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1987	Upton, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.5 cm (4.9 in)	71 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1987	Sterling, US	monthly snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1987	Ludlow, ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1987	Eastonville 2 NNW, US	monthly rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1987	Potter, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1987	Leroy 5 WSW, US	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1987	Sterling, US	monthly snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1987	Archer, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1987	Harrison, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	71 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1987	Payson, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1987	Palo Verde, MX	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1987	Milesville 5 NE, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	54 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 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1987. 1987 had 1,400 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 1987-02-27: 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 100	1,108
100 to 200	61
200 to 300	8
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	1