Weather Records on 27 March 1992

884 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 1992. Highest significance: Cayuga Lock #1, US.

Key Facts for 27 March 1992

On 27 March 1992, 884 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
224 were record highs and 91 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 857 daily.
Cayuga Lock #1 set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 27 March 1992.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

884 stations

884 station records on 27 March 1992 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 1992: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Iron Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El Choy	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Varazdin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tonichi	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Caverns	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Washington	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Suaqui Grande (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Tigre	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Buena (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Rsch Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lindley 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pamplona (Observatorio)	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canandaigua 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Las Adjuntas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Micos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chesterfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Damian Carmona	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Tezoyo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hayfield Pumping Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Knightville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petersham 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Skaneateles	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
McCarran Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ticuman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Great Sand Dunes Np & Preserve	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coronel Macedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nacori Chico (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chinipas (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Modderrivier (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brawley 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Whitney Point Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

884 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 1992 by type: Highest daily maximum 45, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 179, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 518, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 27 March 1992 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	45
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	179
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	518
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 27 March 1992 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 857.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

752 broken records

Margins by which the 752 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 371.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 1992

Top 20 records on 27 March 1992 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 1992	Cayuga Lock #1, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1992	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1992	Iron Mtn, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1992	Waterloo, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1992	Cortland, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	El Choy, MX	monthly rain	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	Newark, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	Varazdin, HR	monthly rain	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	Brewerton Lock 23, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	Tonichi, MX	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	Mitchell Caverns, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	Towanda 1 S, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	Mt Washington, US	daily snowfall	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	37.1 cm (14.6 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	Suaqui Grande (Smn), MX	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	Corning, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	Searchlight, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	Elmira, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	Oswego, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	El Tigre, MX	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1992	Agua Buena (Smn), MX	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	48 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

1805 to 1992

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1992. 1992 had 884 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 03-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1806	1
1807	1
1808	2
1822	1
1830	1
1837	1
1840	1
1845	1
1850	2
1853	3
1859	1
1861	1
1862	4
1865	1
1867	2
1870	2
1873	2
1877	1
1879	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	5
1888	3
1890	7
1891	1
1892	4
1894	4
1895	2
1896	5
1897	7
1898	9
1899	1
1901	7
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	29
1906	27
1907	36
1908	19
1909	9
1910	28
1911	12
1912	32
1913	87
1914	45
1915	24
1916	40
1917	35
1918	50
1919	26
1920	34
1921	113
1922	40
1923	129
1924	244
1925	74
1926	196
1927	81
1928	287
1929	186
1930	227
1931	434
1932	480
1933	127
1934	328
1935	236
1936	246
1937	660
1938	306
1939	356
1940	491
1941	263
1942	478
1943	323
1944	859
1945	771
1946	762
1947	777
1948	442
1949	530
1950	513
1951	378
1952	285
1953	375
1954	265
1955	1,780
1956	585
1957	193
1958	306
1959	359
1960	630
1961	595
1962	469
1963	615
1964	495
1965	701
1966	522
1967	531
1968	559
1969	519
1970	402
1971	1,009
1972	542
1973	507
1974	485
1975	1,873
1976	540
1977	1,058
1978	907
1979	613
1980	416
1981	609
1982	883
1983	1,192
1984	714
1985	992
1986	1,131
1987	727
1988	809
1989	1,839
1990	1,080
1991	1,862
1992	884
1993	1,186
1994	1,122
1995	1,048
1996	1,220
1997	957
1998	1,479
1999	763
2000	618
2001	1,350
2002	1,257
2003	706
2004	1,357
2005	931
2006	1,056
2007	1,752
2008	944
2009	1,001
2010	542
2011	973
2012	909
2013	1,382
2014	1,135
2015	1,070
2016	701
2017	463
2018	621
2019	512
2020	860
2021	433
2022	1,302
2023	1,426
2024	565
2025	1,338
2026	1,464

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Data for records on 1992-03-27: 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	737
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1