Weather Records on 27 February 1990

1,037 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1990. Highest significance: Twistetal-Muhlhausen, DE.

Key Facts for 27 February 1990

On 27 February 1990, 1,037 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
383 were record highs and 99 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 982 daily.
Twistetal-Muhlhausen set a daily record precipitation of 28.6 mm (1.1 in) on 27 February 1990.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

1,037 stations

1,037 station records on 27 February 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Twistetal-Muhlhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lawton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Balmorhea	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eichstatt-Landershofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kassel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kr.Ansbach Weidenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zapaluta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Booker	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuihaele Mill 206	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kukuihaele Hic 199	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Freystadt-Oberndorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.9 C (35.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hollenstein (Kraftwerk)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wornitz-Bottenweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Regnier	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgetown Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springerville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgehampton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McGrath AP	United States	Record snow depth	129.5 cm (51.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Campolide	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	118.8 mm (4.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oderen	France	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
El-Ton	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McCracken	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaspiyskiy	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.2 C (104.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karnak (Rosedale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gudermes	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	20.5 C (68.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
College Obsy	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amiandos	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,037 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 199, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 504, Heaviest daily snowfall 36, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 27 February 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	199
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	504
Heaviest daily snowfall	36
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 27 February 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 55, daily 982.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

927 broken records

Margins by which the 927 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1990

Top 20 records on 27 February 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1990	Twistetal-Muhlhausen, DE	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1990	Mtn Park, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Saentis, CH	daily rain	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Lawton, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Balmorhea, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	McKinley Park, US	daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Eichstatt-Landershofen, DE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Kassel, DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Kr.Ansbach Weidenbach, DE	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	3 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Zapaluta, MX	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Odesa, UA	monthly high max	18.6 C (65.5 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Odessa, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Palmerville, AU	daily high max	37.0 C (98.6 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Booker, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Kukuihaele Mill 206, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Halmstad, SE	daily high min	2.6 C (36.7 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	107 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Altastenberg, DE	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	56 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1990	Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	50 years	38 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1990. 1990 had 1,037 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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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	915
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1