Weather Records on 27 October 1994

894 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 1994. Highest significance: Vancouver 4 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 27 October 1994

On 27 October 1994, 894 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
378 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 64 monthly and 821 daily.
Vancouver 4 NNE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 86.9 mm (3.4 in) on 27 October 1994.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

894 stations

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

Weather records on 27 October 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Troutdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Willamina	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Estacada 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Dallas 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Otis 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Birni N'Konni	Niger	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Cabinet Gorge	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Moxee City 10 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bonneville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Regis 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pomeroy	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dallesport AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
The Dalles	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stavoren_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Potlatch 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clatskanie	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cloverdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stayton	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Forks Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atibaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.7 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Suphan Buri	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Creek Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dufur	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
N Willamette Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Capuava	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tak	Thailand	Record low minimum temperature	15.1 C (59.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cabralia Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haskins Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Taringo Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pullman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Alvaro Obregon	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Detroit Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
McMillin Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oudemirdum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Goedgevonden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

894 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 76, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 302, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 373, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 27 October 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	76
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	302
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	373
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 27 October 1994 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 64, daily 821.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

735 broken records

Margins by which the 735 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 1994

Top 20 records on 27 October 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 1994	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	monthly rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	79 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1994	Troutdale, US	all-time rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 years	78 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1994	Willamina, US	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	54 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1994	Estacada 2 SE, US	all-time rain	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1994	Dallas 2 NE, US	monthly rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1994	Otis 2 NE, US	monthly rain	173.0 mm (6.8 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1994	Birni N'Konni, NE	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1994	Cabinet Gorge, US	monthly rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1994	Mc Minnville, US	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1994	Moxee City 10 E, US	monthly rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1994	Bonneville Dam, US	daily rain	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 October 1994	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1994	Oregon City, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1994	Saint Regis 1 NE, US	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1994	Pomeroy, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1994	Dallesport AP, US	monthly rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1994	The Dalles, US	monthly rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	101 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1994	Stavoren_1, NL	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1994	Potlatch 3 NNE, US	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1994	Heron 2 NW, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	54 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

1802 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1994. 1994 had 894 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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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 20	673
20 to 40	48
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1