Weather Records on 27 February 2002

1,807 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 2002. Highest significance: Gloucester Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 27 February 2002

On 27 February 2002, 1,807 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
401 were record highs and 1,090 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 1,767 daily.
Gloucester Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 81.8 mm (3.2 in) on 27 February 2002.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

1,807 stations

1,807 station records on 27 February 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bamboo Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mount Barnett	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Traneberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Loksak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dingo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Niles	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brady	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tyler Pounds Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlerton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McGregor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blasillo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ennis	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wagoner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
South Pass City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stephenville Clark Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Melmoth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bessaker	Norway	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Balmorhea	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Shoals 8 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sierra Blanca 2 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vaughan Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.7 C (33.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blanco	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eastland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,807 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 228, Lowest daily maximum 494, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 596, Heaviest daily rainfall 211, Heaviest daily snowfall 84, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 27 February 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	228
Lowest daily maximum	494
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	596
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	84
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 27 February 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 1,767.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,504 broken records

Margins by which the 1,504 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 240.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 2002

Top 20 records on 27 February 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 2002	Gloucester Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	109 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2002	Bamboo Creek, AU	daily rain	146.0 mm (5.7 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2002	Mount Barnett, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2002	Vladikavkaz, RU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Traneberg, SE	monthly rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Loksak, RU	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Dingo Post Office, AU	daily rain	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Marathon, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	9.4 C (16.9 F)	87 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Niles, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13.4 cm (5.3 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Morstone Station, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Lawrence, US	daily high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	99 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Brady, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Sonora, US	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Liberty, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	16.6 cm (6.5 in)	35 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Tyler Pounds Fld, US	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	104 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Bloomingdale, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	94 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Elizabethton, US	daily low max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily high max	6.0 C (42.8 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Keene, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2002	Fowlerton, US	monthly low min	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	86 years	44 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2002. 2002 had 1,807 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 2002-02-27: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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 50	1,488
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1