Weather Records on 27 March 1994

1,122 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 1994. Highest significance: Newport 1 NW, US.

Key Facts for 27 March 1994

On 27 March 1994, 1,122 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
422 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 82 monthly and 1,033 daily.
Newport 1 NW set an all-time record daily precipitation of 127.0 mm (5.0 in) on 27 March 1994.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

1,122 stations

1,122 station records on 27 March 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
El Rito	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Allardt	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge Atdd	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lidice	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	212.0 mm (8.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rodovia Anchieta-Cota 400	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	325.9 mm (12.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Keiser	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston - Yeager AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Sot	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moulton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rhodhiss Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville Intnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chiang Mai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sandia Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceburg Filt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cubatao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	252.7 mm (9.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston Radio Wliv	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Louisa 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crossville Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
London Corbin AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St. Brandon (St. Ra	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mae Hong Son	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dilia	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Raleigh Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Helen	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford Hydro STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Donkerhoek (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tapoco	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Steelville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ze da Rosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,122 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 247, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 175, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 428, Heaviest daily snowfall 52, Deepest snow cover 62.

Records on 27 March 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	247
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	175
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	428
Heaviest daily snowfall	52
Deepest snow cover	62

Records on 27 March 1994 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 82, daily 1,033.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

887 broken records

Margins by which the 887 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 686.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 1994

Top 20 records on 27 March 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 1994	Newport 1 NW, US	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1994	Tullahoma, US	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	55 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1994	El Rito, US	monthly snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1994	Asheville, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1994	Guntersville, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1994	Eagle Nest, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1994	Allardt, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1994	Knoxville AP, US	monthly rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1994	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1994	Oak Ridge Atdd, US	daily rain	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1994	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1994	Lidice, BR	all-time rain	212.0 mm (8.3 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1994	Dayton 2SE, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1994	Rodovia Anchieta-Cota 400, BR	daily rain	325.9 mm (12.8 in)	185.9 mm (7.3 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1994	Elizabethton, US	monthly rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	91 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1994	Keiser, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1994	Charleston - Yeager AP, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1994	Somerset 2 N, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1994	Asheville AP, US	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1994	Cullowhee, US	all-time rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	49 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 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1994. 1994 had 1,122 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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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 100	847
100 to 200	29
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	1