Weather Records on 27 February 2023

893 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 February 2023. Highest significance: Ft Dodge 5NNW, US.

Key Facts for 27 February 2023

On 27 February 2023, 893 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
317 were record highs and 171 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 862 daily.
Ft Dodge 5NNW set a daily record precipitation of 25.9 mm (1.0 in) on 27 February 2023.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

893 stations

893 station records on 27 February 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 February 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bucks Creek	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record daily precipitation	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Randolph	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Buttonwillow	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Eskridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bushong 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 8 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Manila	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshoni	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Falls 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Reynolds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford Gtr Rockford AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Milwaukee Mitchell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Goshen Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eldora	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lecompton	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palma de Mallorca Cmt	Spain	Record daily precipitation	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perry Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Menorca/Mao	Spain	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boysen Dam	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Atkinson Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alta Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kenosha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Creek 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

893 records

Records set or tied on 27 February 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 142, Highest daily minimum 162, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 304, Heaviest daily snowfall 41, Deepest snow cover 60.

Records on 27 February 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	142
Highest daily minimum	162
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	304
Heaviest daily snowfall	41
Deepest snow cover	60

Records on 27 February 2023 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 29, daily 862.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

680 broken records

Margins by which the 680 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 February 2023

Top 20 records on 27 February 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 February 2023	Ft Dodge 5NNW, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	120 years	75 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2023	Iowa City, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	129 years	75 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2023	Clarinda, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	108 years	74 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2023	Horton, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	75 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2023	Maryville 2E, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2023	Atchison, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	122 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2023	Bucks Creek, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2023	Sarajevo, BA	daily rain	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2023	Tasiilaq, GL	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2023	Hampton, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	120 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2023	Marshalltown, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	117 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2023	Randolph, US	all-time snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	117 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2023	Buttonwillow, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2023	Eskridge, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 February 2023	Bushong 5 W, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2023	Adrian 2 NNE, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2023	Ames 8 WSW, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2023	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2023	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 February 2023	Manila, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	112 years	57 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2023. 2023 had 893 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	655
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1