Weather Records on 27 February 1989

1,246 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1989. Highest significance: Carthage, US.

Key Facts for 27 February 1989

On 27 February 1989, 1,246 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
514 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 101 monthly and 1,144 daily.
Carthage set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 27 February 1989.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

1,246 stations

1,246 station records on 27 February 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carthage	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chapman Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Parma Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ornskoldsvik	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vale	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hudiksvall	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Indal_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Haljum	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 4 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murray	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quebradillas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paxton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rundbacken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nungarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Calero Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tapoco	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nyssa	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Allardt	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morovis 1 N	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Copperhill	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Storbron	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tecumseh 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salima	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mnt Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Osawatomie	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boddington Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,246 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 256, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 258, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 364, Heaviest daily snowfall 207, Deepest snow cover 87.

Records on 27 February 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	256
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	258
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	364
Heaviest daily snowfall	207
Deepest snow cover	87

Records on 27 February 1989 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 101, daily 1,144.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,059 broken records

Margins by which the 1,059 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 830.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1989

Top 20 records on 27 February 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1989	Carthage, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	94 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1989	Chapman Hill, AU	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Parma Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Clarksville Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	83 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	94 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Holland Wtp, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	81 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Ornskoldsvik, SE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Scottsville, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Sidney 6NNW, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Vale, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Parnu, EE	monthly high min	4.2 C (39.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	106 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Hudiksvall, SE	daily rain	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Indal_D, SE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Haljum, SE	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	St. Petersburg, RU	monthly high max	10.2 C (50.4 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Springfield Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	47 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Hopkinsville, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Kingston, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Wakefield 4 W, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	95 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1989	Murray, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	52 years	46 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1989. 1989 had 1,246 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 1989-02-27: 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 200	1,056
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1