Weather Records on 27 August 2017

838 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 2017. Highest significance: Nixon, US.

Key Facts for 27 August 2017

On 27 August 2017, 838 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
432 were record highs and 260 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 791 daily.
Nixon set an all-time record daily precipitation of 282.2 mm (11.1 in) on 27 August 2017.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

838 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nixon	United States	Record daily precipitation	282.2 mm (11.1 in)	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	346.5 mm (13.6 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Flatonia 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Houston Intercontinental AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	408.2 mm (16.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	323.3 mm (12.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	327.7 mm (12.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dime Box	United States	Record daily precipitation	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kountze	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Houston William P Hobby AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	279.1 mm (11.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cypress	United States	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Katy City	United States	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Caldwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fedor 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	221.0 mm (8.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.0 mm (5.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jeddo 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Schulenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	188.0 mm (7.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mudjug	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	243.8 mm (9.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stockdale 6N	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Thompsons 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	285.2 mm (11.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Houston N Houston	United States	Record daily precipitation	263.7 mm (10.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	307.3 mm (12.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Caney 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.4 mm (8.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
College STN Easterwood Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	189.2 mm (7.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	280.2 mm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont Rsch Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gatesville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thorndale	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	150.4 mm (5.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Speaks 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bellville 6NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Orovada 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baytown	United States	Record daily precipitation	420.9 mm (16.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Luling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rockefeller Wl Refuge	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

838 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 232, Lowest daily maximum 209, Highest daily minimum 200, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 145, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 27 August 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	232
Lowest daily maximum	209
Highest daily minimum	200
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	145
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 2017 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 40, daily 791.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

662 broken records

Margins by which the 662 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 242.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 2017

Top 20 records on 27 August 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 2017	Nixon, US	all-time rain	282.2 mm (11.1 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	71 years	86 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 August 2017	Conroe, US	monthly rain	346.5 mm (13.6 in)	204.0 mm (8.0 in)	71 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 August 2017	Liberty, US	monthly rain	284.5 mm (11.2 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	102 years	78 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Flatonia 4SE, US	daily rain	197.4 mm (7.8 in)	172.5 mm (6.8 in)	91 years	77 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Huntsville, US	monthly rain	196.9 mm (7.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	71 years	75 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Brenham, US	daily rain	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	111.7 mm (4.4 in)	78 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Cuero, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	99 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Houston Intercontinental AP, US	all-time rain	408.2 mm (16.1 in)	145.6 mm (5.7 in)	28 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Columbus, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Houston-Westbury, US	all-time rain	323.3 mm (12.7 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Smithville, US	monthly rain	327.7 mm (12.9 in)	151.7 mm (6.0 in)	35 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Dime Box, US	monthly rain	206.5 mm (8.1 in)	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	42 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Kountze, US	monthly rain	174.2 mm (6.9 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	30 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Houston William P Hobby AP, US	daily rain	279.1 mm (11.0 in)	242.5 mm (9.5 in)	63 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	daily rain	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	96 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Cypress, US	monthly rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Yoakum, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Katy City, US	daily rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	58 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Lexington, US	monthly rain	201.9 mm (7.9 in)	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	23 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2017	Wharton, US	daily rain	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	44 years	63 of 100 (Major)

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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2017. 2017 had 838 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2017-08-27: 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 50	624
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2