Weather Records on 27 August 2016

968 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 2016. Highest significance: Juzhno-Kurilsk, RU.

Key Facts for 27 August 2016

On 27 August 2016, 968 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
592 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 947 daily.
Juzhno-Kurilsk set a daily record precipitation of 84.8 mm (3.3 in) on 27 August 2016.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

968 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Juzhno-Kurilsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Amity 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sodankyla AWS	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Anacortes	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Finsterwolde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Zyrjanka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Moma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kovdor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Warradarge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Innadong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Damascus 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wellesbourne	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schmucke	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nemuro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Petrified Forest Np	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elfin Cove	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valern	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nachiki	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksburg 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Karragullen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mandurah Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tomsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	34.5 C (94.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Sawan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Merrill Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Perth Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	France	Record high maximum temperature	33.6 C (92.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montabaur	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

968 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 329, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 263, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 236.

Records on 27 August 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	329
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	263
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	236
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 2016 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 21, daily 947.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

814 broken records

Margins by which the 814 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 2016

Top 20 records on 27 August 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 2016	Juzhno-Kurilsk, RU	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Healy, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	93 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Skegness, GB	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Amity 4 NE, US	daily rain	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Ness City, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Sodankyla AWS, FI	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Brownsville, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Anacortes, US	daily high max	32.8 C (91.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	101 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Norton 9SSE, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Finsterwolde, NL	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Zyrjanka, RU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Densmore 2N, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	102 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Kenai AP, US	daily high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	111 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Ust-Moma, RU	monthly rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Hohenwald, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	109 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Smithville Lake, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Kovdor, RU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Avon Park 2 W, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	120 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Bordeaux-Merignac, FR	daily high max	37.4 C (99.3 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	109 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2016	Ust-Maja, RU	monthly low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	85 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

1807 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2016. 2016 had 968 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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Data for records on 2016-08-27: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	749
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	16
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1