Weather Records on 27 March 2002

1,257 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 2002. Highest significance: Delegate (Weewalla), AU.

Key Facts for 27 March 2002

On 27 March 2002, 1,257 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
386 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 1,198 daily.
Delegate (Weewalla) set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 27 March 2002.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

1,257 stations

1,257 station records on 27 March 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ocosingo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Sennar	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Krasnohrad	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Culcairn Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Berne Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Eastport	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Waterloo 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tombong (Hillcrest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Uch-Aral	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rossvatn - Heggmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rockdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Robinvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Therry Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hoytville 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Walla Walla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Umfors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sarsfield East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fremont	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Whorouly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
En Nahud	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde Lock 26	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norwalk Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesburg 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Passchendaele	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wyndham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glomfjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mo I Rana III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charleroi Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bombala (Woodburn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Craigie (Finchley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sumoto	Japan	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bardal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.1 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Rsl)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Himeji	Japan	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Troy L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,257 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 238, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 148, Lowest daily minimum 104, Heaviest daily rainfall 552, Heaviest daily snowfall 80, Deepest snow cover 72.

Records on 27 March 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	238
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	148
Lowest daily minimum	104
Heaviest daily rainfall	552
Heaviest daily snowfall	80
Deepest snow cover	72

Records on 27 March 2002 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 58, daily 1,198.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,048 broken records

Margins by which the 1,048 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 2002

Top 20 records on 27 March 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 2002	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2002	Ocosingo, MX	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2002	Sennar, SD	monthly rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2002	Krasnohrad, UA	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2002	Culcairn Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2002	Tallangatta Dcnr, AU	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	100 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2002	Berne Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2002	Eastport, US	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	100 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2002	Waterloo 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2002	Lancaster, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	105 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2002	Gloversville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2002	Tombong (Hillcrest), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2002	Uch-Aral, KZ	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2002	Rossvatn - Heggmo, NO	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2002	Rockdale, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2002	Robinvale, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	69 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2002	Bombala (Therry Street), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2002	Bendoc Park, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	88 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2002	Hoytville 2 NE, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2002	Walla Walla Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	54 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 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2002. 2002 had 1,257 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 2026-10-16 (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	972
50 to 100	54
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1