Weather Records on 27 March 2006

1,056 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 March 2006. Highest significance: Port Victoria, AU.

Key Facts for 27 March 2006

On 27 March 2006, 1,056 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
458 were record highs and 178 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 1,025 daily.
Port Victoria set a daily record precipitation of 39.0 mm (1.5 in) on 27 March 2006.
Across 160 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

1,056 stations

1,056 station records on 27 March 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 March 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Port Victoria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Angaston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Big Swamp)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Minlaton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Port Lincoln (Westmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Keyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cummins	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Mount Pleasant	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Corny Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Arno Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Neptune Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote (Karinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Lagoon (Hawks Nest)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Neill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Balaklava	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Palmer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Templeton (Glenalbyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Price	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Port Clinton (Yararoo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tripoli Airport	Libya	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mundoora (Barunga North)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murrays Lagoon (Bayside)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Snowtown (Banyula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Borda Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Yadnarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parndana (Turkey Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Mezquital KM. 150	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mintaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews (Geralka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe 838.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Brook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,056 records

Records set or tied on 27 March 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 141, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 317, Lowest daily minimum 125, Heaviest daily rainfall 373, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 27 March 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	141
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	317
Lowest daily minimum	125
Heaviest daily rainfall	373
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 27 March 2006 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 31, daily 1,025.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

920 broken records

Margins by which the 920 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 March 2006

Top 20 records on 27 March 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 March 2006	Port Victoria, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	120 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 March 2006	Greenock, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	120 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 March 2006	Angaston, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	120 years	76 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Port Lincoln (Big Swamp), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly), AU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	73 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Kapunda, AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Koppio, AU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Minlaton, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	100 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU	monthly rain	75.6 mm (3.0 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Smith Bay (Smiths Bay), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Port Lincoln (Westmere), AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Stansbury, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	120 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Keyneton, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Cummins, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Mount Pleasant, AU	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Yacka, AU	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	96 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Corny Point, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	73 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 March 2006	Coulta, AU	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2006	Penneshaw, AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 March 2006	Yeelana (Brooker), AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	56 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2006. 2006 had 1,056 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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Data for records on 2006-03-27: 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 2026-10-17 (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 50	890
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	14
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2