Weather Records on 27 February 2011

1,135 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 2011. Highest significance: Custer, US.

Key Facts for 27 February 2011

On 27 February 2011, 1,135 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
366 were record highs and 374 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 62 monthly and 1,072 daily.
Custer set a daily record snow depth of 38.1 cm (15.0 in) on 27 February 2011.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

1,135 stations

1,135 station records on 27 February 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Custer	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Milford	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Coorow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Polar Gmo Im.E.T.Krenkelj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericktown 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Merida	Venezuela	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Emporia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Turlock #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quincy Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belltower	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Asotin 14 SW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record snow depth	200.7 cm (79.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wyalkatchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oelrichs	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Guayameo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lands End Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yale 1 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle 4 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hermosa 3 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lava Beds Nat Mon	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Heemstede	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton 2W	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cordes	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown Rs	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tantoyuca	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Veenendaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burney	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandusky	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plevna	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Castricum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oracle 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Castleford 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Imlay	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newhalem	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ross Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walpole 3	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holcombe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willow Rsvr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tepetitan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,135 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 174, Lowest daily maximum 222, Highest daily minimum 192, Lowest daily minimum 152, Heaviest daily rainfall 179, Heaviest daily snowfall 78, Deepest snow cover 138.

Records on 27 February 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	174
Lowest daily maximum	222
Highest daily minimum	192
Lowest daily minimum	152
Heaviest daily rainfall	179
Heaviest daily snowfall	78
Deepest snow cover	138

Records on 27 February 2011 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 62, daily 1,072.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

817 broken records

Margins by which the 817 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 839.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 2011

Top 20 records on 27 February 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 2011	Custer, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	81 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2011	Milford, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2011	Coorow, AU	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Polar Gmo Im.E.T.Krenkelj, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Fredericktown 4 S, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Merida, VE	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Emporia ASOS, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Whitehall, US	all-time snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Locke 2 W, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Fairfield, AU	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Turlock #2, US	daily low min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	116 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Leavenworth, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Cuyamaca, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Quincy Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Belltower, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	1 year	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Asotin 14 SW, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Rison, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	108 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Kotzebue AP, US	daily snow depth	200.7 cm (79.0 in)	83.9 cm (33.0 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Wyalkatchem, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2011	Oelrichs, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	44 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2011. 2011 had 1,135 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 2026-10-16 (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 200	803
200 to 400	10
400 to 600	3
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1