Weather Records on 27 August 2020

777 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 August 2020. Highest significance: Grand Coteau, US.

Key Facts for 27 August 2020

On 27 August 2020, 777 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
574 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 761 daily.
Grand Coteau set a daily record precipitation of 158.2 mm (6.2 in) on 27 August 2020.
Across 165 earlier years (1807 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

777 stations

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

Weather records on 27 August 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Leesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pine Ridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bunkie	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ville Platte	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
W Monroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Carencro	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock AP Adams Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gambona	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jharsuguda	India	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bienville 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.8 mm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Big Fk 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Little Rock AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nanping	China	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Selma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Camilla 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tifton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Rvr Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Joe Pool Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Orange 9 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.1 mm (6.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Koran	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Searchlight	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Niceville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ferron	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aliceville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gravelly	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Vize	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nazimovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bogg Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

777 records

Records set or tied on 27 August 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 234, Lowest daily maximum 41, Highest daily minimum 340, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 138.

Records on 27 August 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	234
Lowest daily maximum	41
Highest daily minimum	340
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	138
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 August 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 761.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

560 broken records

Margins by which the 560 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 August 2020

Top 20 records on 27 August 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 August 2020	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	106.1 mm (4.2 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 August 2020	Alexandria, US	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	120 years	78 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2020	Oden 1 SE, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2020	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	105 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2020	Leesville, US	daily rain	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	69 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2020	Abbeville, US	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	106 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2020	El Dorado Goodwin Fld, US	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2020	Pine Ridge, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	56 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2020	Bunkie, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2020	Ville Platte, US	daily rain	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 August 2020	W Monroe, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	61 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2020	Carencro, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2020	Crowley 2 NE, US	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2020	Little Rock AP Adams Fld, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2020	Monticello Muni AP, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2020	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2020	Cooperstown, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	126 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2020	Jeanerette 5 NW, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2020	Logansport, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 August 2020	Gambona, CG	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 years	50 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1807 to 2020. 2020 had 777 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 2020-08-27: 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	516
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	18
60 to 80	10
80 to 100	5
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1