Weather Records on 27 March 1999

763 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 1999. Highest significance: Port Isabel, US.

Key Facts for 27 March 1999

On 27 March 1999, 763 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
286 were record highs and 193 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 738 daily.
Port Isabel set a daily record precipitation of 89.4 mm (3.5 in) on 27 March 1999.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

763 stations

763 station records on 27 March 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Isabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Carlindie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Nullagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Anahuac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Crailsheim-Alexandersreut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fada N'Gourma	Burkina Faso	Record high maximum temperature	48.5 C (119.3 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Simmern-Wahlbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gottingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Juarez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cullowhee	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Yorktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
McAllen Miller Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lorch/Rhein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sabinas (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Laredo 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Allende (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro de Ortega	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrangobilly Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Del Rio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Whim Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Britton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Caesars Head	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Ramones	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecillo (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood 8SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rand Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saarbrucken/Ensheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Neudenau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nancy-Ochey	France	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kennebec	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Weinbiet	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McCamey	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ixcateopan de Tlapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karratha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pforzheim-Eutingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

763 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 172, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 239, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 27 March 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	172
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	239
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 27 March 1999 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 738.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

638 broken records

Margins by which the 638 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 1999

Top 20 records on 27 March 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 1999	Port Isabel, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1999	Carlindie, AU	daily rain	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1999	Noreena Downs, AU	daily rain	101.2 mm (4.0 in)	75.8 mm (3.0 in)	81 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1999	Alpine, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	32 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1999	Hot Springs, US	daily snowfall	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	19.3 cm (7.6 in)	72 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1999	Nullagine, AU	all-time rain	192.0 mm (7.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1999	Big Wells 2W, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1999	Carrizo Springs 3S, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1999	Anahuac, MX	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 March 1999	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1999	Marshall, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	99 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1999	Mainz-Lerchenberg (Zdf), DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1999	Cold Bay AP, US	daily snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	42 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1999	Crailsheim-Alexandersreut, DE	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1999	Falls City 7 WSW, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1999	Fada N'Gourma, BF	all-time high max	48.5 C (119.3 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1999	Simmern-Wahlbach, DE	daily rain	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1999	Gottingen, DE	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1999	Juarez, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 1999	Cullowhee, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	88 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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1999. 1999 had 763 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	629
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1