Weather Records on 27 August 2010

1,045 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 2010. Highest significance: Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE.

Key Facts for 27 August 2010

On 27 August 2010, 1,045 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
549 were record highs and 314 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 1,008 daily.
Leipzig-Holzhausen set a daily record precipitation of 39.5 mm (1.6 in) on 27 August 2010.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

1,045 stations

1,045 station records on 27 August 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pryor	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hereford	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sondrestrom	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kredarica	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Puyacatengo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mukdahan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Teapa (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Black Spur	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Lucas Arroyo Paloma	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Siliguri	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jabiru Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe Nwr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Samaria	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Michelstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deuselbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Valerio Trujano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lauchapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Tapiro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarifa	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	33.5 C (92.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oschatz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huntley Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mobile Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vicente Guerrero	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Altgeringswalde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Klippeneck	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/Alcantarilla	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	43.0 C (109.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia/San Javier	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bozeman Montana State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Artesia 6S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jaltenango (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	151.9 mm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,045 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 307, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 242, Lowest daily minimum 216, Heaviest daily rainfall 182.

Records on 27 August 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	307
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	242
Lowest daily minimum	216
Heaviest daily rainfall	182
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 2010 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 35, daily 1,008.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

749 broken records

Margins by which the 749 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 2010

Top 20 records on 27 August 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 2010	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	128 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2010	Leipzig-Schkeuditz, DE	daily rain	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	11.6 mm (0.5 in)	109 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Pryor, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Hereford, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	104 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Mountainair, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Sondrestrom, GL	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Kredarica, SI	daily rain	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Puyacatengo, MX	daily rain	151.6 mm (6.0 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Mukdahan, TH	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	123 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Teapa (Dge), MX	daily rain	136.4 mm (5.4 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Cape Tribulation Store, AU	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Black Spur, AU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	San Lucas Arroyo Paloma, MX	daily low min	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Siliguri, IN	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Jabiru Airport, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Muleshoe Nwr, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2010	Samaria, MX	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	60 years	43 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

1807 to 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2010. 2010 had 1,045 records.

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

Records on 08-27 in each year
Year	Records
1807	3
1810	1
1811	1
1813	1
1816	1
1827	1
1829	1
1834	1
1846	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	1
1859	1
1863	1
1864	3
1865	2
1869	1
1870	1
1871	1
1874	1
1876	1
1877	4
1880	1
1881	2
1882	1
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	2
1889	1
1890	10
1891	4
1892	1
1894	7
1895	1
1896	4
1899	5
1900	5
1901	6
1902	2
1903	22
1904	4
1905	16
1906	27
1907	9
1908	10
1909	10
1910	6
1911	16
1912	40
1913	10
1914	31
1915	37
1916	106
1917	57
1918	18
1919	78
1920	36
1921	27
1922	52
1923	63
1924	245
1925	102
1926	143
1927	395
1928	197
1929	80
1930	247
1931	205
1932	355
1933	368
1934	249
1935	348
1936	806
1937	679
1938	374
1939	191
1940	468
1941	504
1942	476
1943	581
1944	811
1945	414
1946	345
1947	291
1948	987
1949	475
1950	380
1951	415
1952	402
1953	712
1954	594
1955	485
1956	387
1957	615
1958	213
1959	522
1960	365
1961	365
1962	577
1963	335
1964	400
1965	440
1966	406
1967	887
1968	517
1969	780
1970	1,361
1971	640
1972	722
1973	1,519
1974	722
1975	506
1976	565
1977	793
1978	671
1979	917
1980	478
1981	998
1982	828
1983	823
1984	683
1985	660
1986	1,072
1987	1,356
1988	601
1989	854
1990	761
1991	813
1992	1,657
1993	1,087
1994	696
1995	1,143
1996	968
1997	1,189
1998	1,387
1999	1,258
2000	865
2001	1,304
2002	1,027
2003	916
2004	1,037
2005	733
2006	1,090
2007	958
2008	885
2009	701
2010	1,045
2011	1,518
2012	626
2013	629
2014	582
2015	832
2016	968
2017	838
2018	933
2019	1,013
2020	777
2021	635
2022	470
2023	953
2024	600
2025	1,218
2026	815

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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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	729
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3