Weather Records on 27 October 2002

1,040 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 2002. Highest significance: Santiago Chivela, MX.

Key Facts for 27 October 2002

On 27 October 2002, 1,040 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
350 were record highs and 287 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 1,013 daily.
Santiago Chivela set a monthly record daily precipitation of 245.9 mm (9.7 in) on 27 October 2002.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

1,040 stations

1,040 station records on 27 October 2002 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 October 2002: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Santiago Chivela	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	245.9 mm (9.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Qionghai	China	Record daily precipitation	185.3 mm (7.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Highland Home	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Woodward	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vang I Valdres	Norway	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anahuac	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pericos	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Apaseo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brundidge	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Planta Ramos Millan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Chimalapa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ternej	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.7 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Phetchabun	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Andalusia 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pahrump 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Supply 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Higgins	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crane	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kushiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Finca Ocotlan	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ameca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Oxthoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elba	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Georgiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bayview Model Basin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seeley Lake Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arnett 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pampa #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dalian	China	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Obihiro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hiroo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cinco Seores	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,040 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 2002 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 166, Highest daily minimum 218, Lowest daily minimum 121, Heaviest daily rainfall 353, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 27 October 2002 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	166
Highest daily minimum	218
Lowest daily minimum	121
Heaviest daily rainfall	353
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 27 October 2002 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 1,013.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

799 broken records

Margins by which the 799 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 160.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 2002

Top 20 records on 27 October 2002 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 2002	Santiago Chivela, MX	monthly rain	245.9 mm (9.7 in)	114.1 mm (4.5 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 October 2002	Greenville, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	84 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 October 2002	Qionghai, CN	daily rain	185.3 mm (7.3 in)	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Salamanca, MX	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	De Bilt, NL	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Highland Home, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Norwich, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Woodward, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	102 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Vang I Valdres, NO	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Evergreen, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Libby 32 SSE, US	daily low min	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Sugar Land, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Anahuac, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Grandfalls 3SSE, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Pericos, MX	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Ponce 4 E, PR	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Paola, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	93 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Rosalia, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	83 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Apaseo, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 2002	Hamilton, US	daily low min	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	91 years	38 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

1802 to 2002

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 2002. 2002 had 1,040 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	724
20 to 40	53
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1