Weather Records on 27 July 2016

565 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 2016. Highest significance: Jarensk, RU.

Key Facts for 27 July 2016

On 27 July 2016, 565 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
399 were record highs and 24 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 545 daily.
Jarensk set an all-time record daily precipitation of 99.3 mm (3.9 in) on 27 July 2016.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

565 stations

565 station records on 27 July 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jarensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
Waren	Germany	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Darganata	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Thibodaux 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sosunovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grantsville 1ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville 22 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
South Forest (Plummers Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Durban Intl	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Grim Baps	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Tempelhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mission 14 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambane	Mozambique	Record high minimum temperature	22.1 C (71.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Katkesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kilauea 1134	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tirschenreuth-Lodermuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Toyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsdale (West Minstone Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Bergstrom Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Buch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bouse	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mangareva	French Polynesia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Niigata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	32.7 C (90.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Minette	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elsmere 9 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nashville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ingomar 9 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nakanno	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
London Locks	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte Douglas AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Troughton Island	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.5 C (88.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro Wtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

565 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 142, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 257, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 142.

Records on 27 July 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	142
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	257
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	142
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 2016 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 16, daily 545.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

406 broken records

Margins by which the 406 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 2016

Top 20 records on 27 July 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 2016	Jarensk, RU	all-time rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	74 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 July 2016	Wittenberg, DE	all-time rain	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	89 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 July 2016	Waren, DE	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	74 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2016	Columbus, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	99 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2016	Darganata, UZ	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	26 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2016	Thibodaux 4 SE, US	monthly rain	140.5 mm (5.5 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	121 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 July 2016	Jackson, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2016	Sosunovo, RU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2016	Grantsville 1ESE, US	monthly rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	62 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2016	Brackettville 22 N, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2016	Takada, JP	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2016	Ainsworth, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2016	George W 2 SSW, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2016	South Forest (Plummers Road), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2016	Middleboro, US	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	116 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2016	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily low max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	90 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2016	Durban Intl, ZA	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2016	Houston-Westbury, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2016	Oneonta, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 2016	Cape Grim Baps, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	7 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

1805 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 2016. 2016 had 565 records.

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

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	590
2015	743
2016	565
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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Data for records on 2016-07-27: 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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-13. Last revised 13 October 2026 (2026-10-13).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	381
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1