Weather Records on 27 July 2001

1,265 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 2001. Highest significance: Willow City, US.

Key Facts for 27 July 2001

On 27 July 2001, 1,265 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
446 were record highs and 348 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,229 daily.
Willow City set a daily record precipitation of 69.9 mm (2.8 in) on 27 July 2001.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,265 stations

1,265 station records on 27 July 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Willow City	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Crystal Springs Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hague	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kuinre	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mullen 21 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla 1NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Carbean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rowlesburg 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	265.4 mm (10.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Frederiksoord	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rougemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Painter 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bottineau	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Giddings 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yetman (Warialda Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orly	France	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Summersville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Puntilla	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sharcovschina	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vacoas (Mauritius)	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Salvador El Seco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
John Flannagan Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pearisburg 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Cajoncito	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Alford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Alley Point (Poplars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Paz (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wooroolin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Veendam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Asuncion Nochixtlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emmaville (Strathbogie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,265 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 155, Highest daily minimum 306, Lowest daily minimum 193, Heaviest daily rainfall 471.

Records on 27 July 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	155
Highest daily minimum	306
Lowest daily minimum	193
Heaviest daily rainfall	471
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 2001 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 22, daily 1,229.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

980 broken records

Margins by which the 980 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 151.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 2001

Top 20 records on 27 July 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 2001	Willow City, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2001	Moran, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	96 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2001	Yates Ctr, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	107 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2001	Louisburg, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	59 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2001	Crystal Springs Exp STN, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	88 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2001	Madison 3NNW, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2001	Culbertson, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	99 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2001	Hague, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2001	Beckley Va Hospital, US	all-time rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	74 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2001	Kuinre, NL	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2001	Rocky Mt, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2001	Mullen 21 NW, US	all-time rain	150.6 mm (5.9 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2001	Rolla 1NE, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2001	Clarksville, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2001	Carbean, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2001	Rowlesburg 1, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2001	Qinzhou, CN	daily rain	265.4 mm (10.4 in)	151.0 mm (5.9 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2001	Frederiksoord, NL	daily rain	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2001	Rougemont, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2001	Painter 2 W, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	52 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2001. 2001 had 1,265 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	590
2015	743
2016	565
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,171

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Data for records on 2001-07-27: 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 2026-10-13 (13 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	889
20 to 40	66
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1