Weather Records on 27 August 2019

1,013 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 2019. Highest significance: New Orleans Audubon, US.

Key Facts for 27 August 2019

On 27 August 2019, 1,013 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
766 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 973 daily.
New Orleans Audubon set a daily record precipitation of 145.8 mm (5.7 in) on 27 August 2019.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

1,013 stations

1,013 station records on 27 August 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 August 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hirado	Japan	Record daily precipitation	216.9 mm (8.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Guba	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eelde-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Inselsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
M.O. Amini	India	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Souburg	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Seminole	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral Wells AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wiggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washington Sp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murcia	Spain	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record high minimum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hector 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Eden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fairhope 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Geary	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cooper	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
London Corbin AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cotulla la Salle Co AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Potsdam	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yoakum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Del Rio Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port-Aux-Francais (Iles Kergu	France	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Seligman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fruita	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,013 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 436, Lowest daily maximum 104, Highest daily minimum 330, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 118, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 August 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	436
Lowest daily maximum	104
Highest daily minimum	330
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	118
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 August 2019 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 40, daily 973.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

791 broken records

Margins by which the 791 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 142.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 2019

Top 20 records on 27 August 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 2019	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	120 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 August 2019	Hirado, JP	daily rain	216.9 mm (8.5 in)	142.6 mm (5.6 in)	62 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2019	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	125 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Guba, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Partizansk, RU	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Jackson, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Mansfield, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high max	29.0 C (84.2 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	74 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Versailles, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Eelde-1, NL	daily high max	33.4 C (92.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	64 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Boras, SE	daily high max	29.0 C (84.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Spur, US	monthly high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	83 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Kleiner Inselsberg, DE	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	49 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	M.O. Amini, IN	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	West Souburg, NL	daily high max	31.8 C (89.2 F)	2.6 C (4.7 F)	88 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Manistique Wwtp, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Seminole, US	monthly high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	83 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2019	Mineral Wells AP, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2019. 2019 had 1,013 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 2019-08-27: 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 2026-10-17 (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 20	764
20 to 40	20
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1