Weather Records on 27 February 2017

593 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 2017. Highest significance: Possum Park, AU.

Key Facts for 27 February 2017

On 27 February 2017, 593 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
242 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 571 daily.
Possum Park set a daily record precipitation of 57.6 mm (2.3 in) on 27 February 2017.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

593 stations

593 station records on 27 February 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Possum Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
San Diego Miramar NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Olenja Rechka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Adler	Russia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Miles Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kosrae	Federated States of Micronesia	Record daily precipitation	212.3 mm (8.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Beira	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lingle 2WSW	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Palomar Mtn Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Long Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo Bill Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Circle	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taroom Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Philippine	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Radio Kvnu	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston AP	United States	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeside 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Potomac	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Echo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sybille Rsch Unit	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Skegness	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bickleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Trial Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neozhidannyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Arequipa	Peru	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clearbrook	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Babuskin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.7 C (21.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Castleford 2 N	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weber Basin Pump Plt 3	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poway Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Njukzha	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bolshoe Goloustnoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aginskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffrey City	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melsom	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palm Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Rest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

593 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 93, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 47, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 27 February 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	93
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	47
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 27 February 2017 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 19, daily 571.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

489 broken records

Margins by which the 489 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 431.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 2017

Top 20 records on 27 February 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 2017	Possum Park, AU	daily rain	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	84 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2017	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2017	San Diego Miramar NAS, US	all-time rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2017	Olenja Rechka, RU	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2017	Adler, RU	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	18 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2017	Walnut Grove, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	112 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2017	Chula Vista, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	79 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2017	Miles Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	111 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2017	Kosrae, FM	daily rain	212.3 mm (8.4 in)	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2017	Beira, MZ	daily rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2017	Campo, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2017	Lingle 2WSW, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	43.1 cm (17.0 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2017	Lydenburg, ZA	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2017	Wallace, US	daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	20.5 cm (8.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2017	Stanley, US	daily snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2017	Palomar Mtn Obsy, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2017	Dubois, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	83 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2017	Long Creek, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2017	Buffalo Bill Dam, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	105 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2017	Circle, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 years	45 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2017. 2017 had 593 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 100	475
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1