Weather Records on 27 February 1997

1,925 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1997. Highest significance: Glen Innes Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 27 February 1997

On 27 February 1997, 1,925 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
688 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 139 monthly and 1,780 daily.
Glen Innes Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 102.3 mm (4.0 in) on 27 February 1997.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,925 stations

1,925 station records on 27 February 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Glen Innes Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.3 mm (4.0 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Kanab	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Beau Maison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Minonk	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Goovigen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Meadville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brewster 4W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Meandarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jonkersdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes (Mt Mitchell Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hiram	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jamestown 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	152.0 mm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Dumaresq St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pacific	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wabash	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.4 mm (5.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Driggs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.5 cm (12.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,925 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 328, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 360, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 758, Heaviest daily snowfall 269, Deepest snow cover 88.

Records on 27 February 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	328
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	360
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	758
Heaviest daily snowfall	269
Deepest snow cover	88

Records on 27 February 1997 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 139, daily 1,780.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,627 broken records

Margins by which the 1,627 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 533.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1997

Top 20 records on 27 February 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1997	Glen Innes Post Office, AU	daily rain	102.3 mm (4.0 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	100 years	78 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Norwalk Wwtp, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	94 years	78 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Oberlin, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	87 years	76 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Camboon Station, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	100 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Kanab, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	90 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Beau Maison, AU	daily rain	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	81 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Bauhinia Downs Store, AU	daily rain	161.0 mm (6.3 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Logansport Cicott St, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Minonk, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Goovigen Post Office, AU	daily rain	152.2 mm (6.0 in)	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	64 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Mt Perry the Pines, AU	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	95 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Wellston Tippy Dam, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Mimbres 4NNW, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	79 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Meadville 1 S, US	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Brewster 4W, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Bradford Cntrl Fs, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1997	Greensboro, US	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	90 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1997	Meandarra Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.4 mm (2.6 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	42 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1997	Jonkersdam, ZA	daily rain	91.5 mm (3.6 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1997	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	58 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

1794 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1997. 1997 had 1,925 records.

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

Records on 02-27 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1796	1
1806	1
1808	1
1827	1
1836	1
1842	1
1846	2
1848	1
1849	1
1855	1
1858	2
1859	1
1860	1
1867	1
1873	2
1875	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1894	1
1895	1
1896	4
1897	5
1898	5
1899	5
1900	9
1901	3
1902	5
1903	12
1904	12
1905	8
1906	7
1907	10
1908	10
1909	20
1910	36
1911	20
1912	32
1913	23
1914	75
1915	13
1916	43
1917	24
1918	16
1919	77
1920	62
1921	85
1922	79
1923	76
1924	124
1925	157
1926	96
1927	62
1928	78
1929	282
1930	82
1931	234
1932	909
1933	240
1934	1,325
1935	349
1936	347
1937	543
1938	199
1939	995
1940	603
1941	293
1942	256
1943	217
1944	773
1945	753
1946	510
1947	437
1948	1,066
1949	504
1950	440
1951	605
1952	224
1953	271
1954	450
1955	974
1956	361
1957	497
1958	940
1959	245
1960	1,039
1961	356
1962	2,281
1963	958
1964	250
1965	389
1966	395
1967	444
1968	665
1969	483
1970	349
1971	1,177
1972	754
1973	444
1974	538
1975	320
1976	1,721
1977	783
1978	729
1979	716
1980	989
1981	1,066
1982	964
1983	762
1984	1,041
1985	465
1986	1,749
1987	1,400
1988	955
1989	1,246
1990	1,037
1991	558
1992	1,081
1993	1,496
1994	1,367
1995	1,209
1996	2,031
1997	1,925
1998	1,439
1999	633
2000	1,378
2001	888
2002	1,807
2003	997
2004	852
2005	614
2006	835
2007	975
2008	996
2009	1,222
2010	1,075
2011	1,135
2012	570
2013	1,082
2014	937
2015	1,621
2016	743
2017	593
2018	1,124
2019	1,513
2020	661
2021	386
2022	531
2023	893
2024	1,588
2025	623
2026	1,436

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Data for records on 1997-02-27: 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 100	1,567
100 to 200	45
200 to 300	11
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	1