Weather Records on 27 August 1990

761 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1990. Highest significance: Leusi, RU.

Key Facts for 27 August 1990

On 27 August 1990, 761 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
537 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 747 daily.
Leusi set a daily record precipitation of 43.6 mm (1.7 in) on 27 August 1990.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

761 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leusi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Luiz Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tyumen Amsg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Houlton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Jalturovosk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aguas Do Vere (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	117.7 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Dos Patos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pomerode	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Capulines	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goldsboro 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nevada City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arrozeira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St Peter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Juba	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Galveston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Russell Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
San Cristobal	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tihosuco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boise City 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Corrales	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mexia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tiete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.4 C (63.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warnow	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ajaccio	France	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guntersville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neumunster	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	6.4 C (43.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

761 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 221, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 316, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 111.

Records on 27 August 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	221
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	316
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1990 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 10, daily 747.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

494 broken records

Margins by which the 494 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1990

Top 20 records on 27 August 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1990	Leusi, RU	daily rain	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Luiz Alves, BR	daily rain	99.2 mm (3.9 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Tyumen Amsg, RU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Houlton AP, US	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Jalturovosk, RU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Aguas Do Vere (Pcd), BR	daily rain	117.7 mm (4.6 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	24.2 C (75.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Pilliga (Nirvana), AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Rio Dos Patos, BR	monthly rain	94.3 mm (3.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Puente Colgante, MX	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Pomerode, BR	daily rain	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Los Capulines, MX	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Forrest Aero, AU	monthly rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	43 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Goldsboro 4 SE, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	83 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Nevada City, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	94 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Susanville 2SW, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Greenfield, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Arcadia, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1990	Red Oak, US	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	36 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1990. 1990 had 761 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	463
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1