Weather Records on 27 February 2020

661 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 2020. Highest significance: Strathmore, AU.

Key Facts for 27 February 2020

On 27 February 2020, 661 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
242 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 630 daily.
Strathmore set a daily record precipitation of 112.1 mm (4.4 in) on 27 February 2020.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

661 stations

661 station records on 27 February 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.1 mm (4.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Cattaraugus	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldton Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Los Banos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zhumadian	China	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lerida	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Amery Acres	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cdu Katherine Rural Campus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hacker Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nutwood Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Naturaliste	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brian Pastures	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-15.1 C (4.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tipperary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.0 mm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ersov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.8 C (42.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Craig 4SW	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sines Deep Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Donegal 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dowerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cattaraugus	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balgerbine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Union City Filtration Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ekamurra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wanyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral-Nye-Vody	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.0 mm (5.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bakko I Hol	Norway	Record snow depth	188.0 cm (74.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rasht	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Harrison	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kane 1NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Circle Hot Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Xinyang	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chokurdah	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Valley	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Booroondarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Camarillo AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miri	Malaysia	Record high minimum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chokurdah	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-15.3 C (4.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yampa	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

661 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 132, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 301, Heaviest daily snowfall 22, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 27 February 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	132
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	301
Heaviest daily snowfall	22
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 27 February 2020 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 29, daily 630.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

569 broken records

Margins by which the 569 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 2020

Top 20 records on 27 February 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 2020	Strathmore, AU	daily rain	112.1 mm (4.4 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	104 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2020	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	58 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2020	Brockport, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2020	Cattaraugus, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Geraldton Town, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Tezpur, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Georgetown, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	104 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Arena, AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Los Banos, US	monthly high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Zhumadian, CN	monthly rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Lerida, AU	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Lockport 2SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Spearfish, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	66 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Middleboro, US	daily high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	117 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Amery Acres, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Cdu Katherine Rural Campus, AU	daily rain	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Susanville 2SW, US	daily high max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	112 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Angola, US	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Durham, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	117 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2020	Hacker Valley, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	40 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2020. 2020 had 661 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2020-02-27: 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 50	546
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1