Weather Records on 27 February 1998

1,439 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 1998. Highest significance: Burketown Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 27 February 1998

On 27 February 1998, 1,439 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
922 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 114 monthly and 1,321 daily.
Burketown Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 366.3 mm (14.4 in) on 27 February 1998.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

1,439 stations

1,439 station records on 27 February 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	366.3 mm (14.4 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Augustus Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Galesville 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Minot Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Menomonie	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Donors Hill Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Minnesota City Dam 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescent Dam 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	85.9 cm (33.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Theilman 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Upham 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trempealeau Dam 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bodoquena (Particular)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berthold	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hettinger	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Normanton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canobie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Knobs 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pembina	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lawn Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blanchardville #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brule Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Riversleigh Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa Dam 8	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Falls Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winona Dam 5 A	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fanshawe	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Mills Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,439 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 306, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 616, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 350, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 27 February 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	306
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	616
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	350
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 27 February 1998 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 114, daily 1,321.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,197 broken records

Margins by which the 1,197 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 1998

Top 20 records on 27 February 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 1998	Burketown Post Office, AU	monthly rain	366.3 mm (14.4 in)	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	71 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 February 1998	Augustus Downs Station, AU	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	74 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1998	Galesville 2WSW, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1998	Minot Exp STN, US	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	77 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1998	Hayward Rs, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	62 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1998	New Hampton, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	98 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1998	Menomonie, US	monthly rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1998	Prairie du Chien, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1998	Donors Hill Station, AU	daily rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1998	Minnesota City Dam 5, US	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1998	Spring Grove, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1998	Weyerhaeuser 1N, US	monthly rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	90 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 1998	Tipton, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	104 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1998	Bowbells, US	monthly rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1998	La Crescent Dam 7, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1998	Lead, US	monthly snowfall	85.9 cm (33.8 in)	22.7 cm (8.9 in)	0 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1998	Caledonia, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	104 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1998	Blair, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1998	Theilman 1SSW, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 1998	Calera, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	53 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1998. 1998 had 1,439 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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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	1,189
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1