Weather Records on 27 February 2008

996 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 2008. Highest significance: Oberlin, US.

Key Facts for 27 February 2008

On 27 February 2008, 996 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
385 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 952 daily.
Oberlin set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 27 February 2008.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

996 stations

996 station records on 27 February 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Port Sudan	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Brassua Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tribes Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Donora 1 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chardon	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Concord ASOS	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Minnie Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Garnet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record snow depth	114.3 cm (45.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
N Conway	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hornell Almond Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 4 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vinton	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Middle Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Waterville Trtmt Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Myerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glens Falls Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sivas	Turkey	Record low minimum temperature	-14.6 C (5.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Lake Stream	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Finca Argovia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conklingville Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wisemans Ferry (Old Po)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Los Mochis	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kajlastuj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Marsh Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

996 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 202, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 183, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 235, Heaviest daily snowfall 157, Deepest snow cover 80.

Records on 27 February 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	202
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	183
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	235
Heaviest daily snowfall	157
Deepest snow cover	80

Records on 27 February 2008 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 41, daily 952.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

803 broken records

Margins by which the 803 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 2008

Top 20 records on 27 February 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 2008	Oberlin, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2008	Webster Springs, US	monthly rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	106 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2008	Sherburne, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	73 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2008	Port Sudan, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Brassua Dam, US	daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	19.9 cm (7.8 in)	73 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Lancaster, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	109 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Nashua 2 NNW, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	120 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Hanover, US	daily snowfall	18.3 cm (7.2 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Liberty 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	97 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Angelica, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Tribes Hill, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Donora 1 SW, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Cookeville, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Chardon, US	daily snowfall	28.2 cm (11.1 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Cavendish, US	daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	96 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Concord ASOS, US	all-time snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Murrurundi Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2008	Trenton Falls, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	1 year	45 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2008. 2008 had 996 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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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 February 2008
Margin	Records
0 to 100	754
100 to 200	38
200 to 300	10
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1