Weather Records on 27 February 2015

1,621 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 2015. Highest significance: Trenton Falls, US.

Key Facts for 27 February 2015

On 27 February 2015, 1,621 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
170 were record highs and 888 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 1,600 daily.
Trenton Falls set a daily record snow depth of 78.7 cm (31.0 in) on 27 February 2015.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

1,621 stations

1,621 station records on 27 February 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Oak Ridge Atdd	United States	Record snow depth	102.0 cm (40.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Machias	United States	Record snow depth	175.3 cm (69.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Albuquerque Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mys Krilon	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arcola	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Portales	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
House	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wise 1SE	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oberon (Springbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner 5 S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tatum	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah 7E	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lakewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tatum	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Morton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
West Haldon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ovre Sirdal	Norway	Record snow depth	240.0 cm (94.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Conowingo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsboro	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bravo	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Floydada 9SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hart	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nashville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hovenweep Nm	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roswell Ind Air Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tamar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Is L&D 15	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,621 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 541, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 347, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 110, Deepest snow cover 307.

Records on 27 February 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	541
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	347
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	110
Deepest snow cover	307

Records on 27 February 2015 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 18, daily 1,600.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,339 broken records

Margins by which the 1,339 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 864.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 2015

Top 20 records on 27 February 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 2015	Trenton Falls, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	92 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2015	Oak Ridge Atdd, US	all-time snow depth	102.0 cm (40.2 in)	51.0 cm (20.1 in)	0 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2015	Machias, US	daily snow depth	175.3 cm (69.0 in)	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2015	Albuquerque Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	99 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Saltville 1N, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Mys Krilon, RU	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Muleshoe #1, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Arcola, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Ft Davis, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	112 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Walsenburg 1 NW, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Putnam, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	103 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Grundy, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Portales, US	daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	109 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	House, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Spur, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	103 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Wise 1SE, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Lubbock, US	daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Oberon (Springbank), AU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	115 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2015	Ft Sumner 5 S, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	67 years	49 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2015. 2015 had 1,621 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 200	1,316
200 to 400	18
400 to 600	4
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1