Weather Records on 27 August 1993

1,087 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 1993. Highest significance: Oxford 1 E, US.

Key Facts for 27 August 1993

On 27 August 1993, 1,087 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
457 were record highs and 432 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,046 daily.
Oxford 1 E set a daily record precipitation of 116.3 mm (4.6 in) on 27 August 1993.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 433 records.

Record Map

1,087 stations

1,087 station records on 27 August 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Frontera Hidalgo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Haboro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bosque del Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrov Gaj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wakamatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Star Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Berezovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Methoni	Greece	Record high maximum temperature	37.0 C (98.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Arivaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Pierce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Agulhas	South Africa	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sasabe 7 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Creston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Volshskiy Gmo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kuna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Katsuura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bladensburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashurst Hayden Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westcliffe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saran-Paul	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Organ Pipe Cactus Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blanca 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colby 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minnie Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yokosuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Luqa	Malta	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chania	Greece	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,087 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 197, Lowest daily maximum 196, Highest daily minimum 260, Lowest daily minimum 236, Heaviest daily rainfall 198.

Records on 27 August 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	197
Lowest daily maximum	196
Highest daily minimum	260
Lowest daily minimum	236
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 1993 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 37, daily 1,046.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

799 broken records

Margins by which the 799 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 1993

Top 20 records on 27 August 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 1993	Oxford 1 E, US	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1993	Enterprise, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 August 1993	Frontera Hidalgo, MX	daily rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Cerro, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Haboro, JP	daily rain	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Bosque del Apache, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Pierce 1 E, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Aleksandrov Gaj, RU	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Winona, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Wakamatsu, JP	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Nogales 6 N, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Star Lake, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Humacao 2 SSE, PR	all-time high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Gila Bend 2SE, US	monthly low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	83 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Vallecito Dam, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Fruitland, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	82 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Berezovo, RU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Methoni, GR	daily high max	37.0 C (98.6 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Snowflake, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 1993	Kumagaya, JP	daily rain	156.0 mm (6.1 in)	99.5 mm (3.9 in)	4 years	45 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 1993. 1993 had 1,087 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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Data for records on 1993-08-27: 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 20	760
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	5