Weather Records on 27 July 1985

571 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1985. Highest significance: Cordova 2 ENE, US.

Key Facts for 27 July 1985

On 27 July 1985, 571 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
140 were record highs and 213 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 557 daily.
Cordova 2 ENE set a daily record precipitation of 89.9 mm (3.5 in) on 27 July 1985.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 452 records.

Record Map

571 stations

571 station records on 27 July 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pelican Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Bernard	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Birmingham AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Byhalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ottertail	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tatum	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhnyj Tagil	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Los Reyes	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Satenas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cockaponset Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crossroads 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meadows of Dan 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record low maximum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
El Salto (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record low maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sardis Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
York Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tulia	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Birch Hill Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enid Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Billingsley	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Njaksimvol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kostroma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oneida	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Manuel	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Heath	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Balmorhea	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

571 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 43, Lowest daily maximum 117, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 96, Heaviest daily rainfall 218.

Records on 27 July 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	43
Lowest daily maximum	117
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	96
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1985 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 10, daily 557.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

450 broken records

Margins by which the 450 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1985

Top 20 records on 27 July 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1985	Cordova 2 ENE, US	daily rain	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1985	Water Valley, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	84 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1985	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Hanover, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Pinson, US	monthly rain	152.9 mm (6.0 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Langley AFB, US	daily rain	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Pelican Rapids, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Saint Bernard, US	daily rain	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	8 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Senatobia, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Birmingham AP, US	monthly rain	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Duncan, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	2 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Oneonta, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	85 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Byhalia, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Rochester, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Ottertail, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Tatum, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	18 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Nizhnyj Tagil, RU	all-time rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Abbeville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Los Reyes, MX	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1985	Satenas, SE	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	43 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

1805 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1985. 1985 had 571 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 07-27 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1815	2
1820	1
1832	2
1847	1
1852	1
1856	2
1857	2
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	4
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1881	2
1882	1
1883	5
1884	2
1886	1
1887	3
1888	3
1889	4
1890	5
1891	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	1
1897	5
1898	2
1899	4
1900	5
1901	11
1902	4
1903	13
1904	13
1905	7
1906	16
1907	14
1908	17
1909	18
1910	7
1911	51
1912	89
1913	43
1914	44
1915	31
1916	143
1917	46
1918	103
1919	86
1920	67
1921	123
1922	95
1923	142
1924	71
1925	234
1926	131
1927	69
1928	222
1929	177
1930	786
1931	429
1932	172
1933	414
1934	471
1935	289
1936	971
1937	407
1938	287
1939	284
1940	632
1941	457
1942	258
1943	326
1944	398
1945	337
1946	680
1947	389
1948	485
1949	418
1950	797
1951	207
1952	476
1953	248
1954	294
1955	521
1956	325
1957	372
1958	491
1959	395
1960	385
1961	277
1962	1,009
1963	584
1964	335
1965	434
1966	594
1967	559
1968	391
1969	588
1970	379
1971	1,083
1972	790
1973	751
1974	403
1975	588
1976	426
1977	878
1978	583
1979	749
1980	760
1981	1,233
1982	584
1983	1,455
1984	1,613
1985	571
1986	836
1987	1,108
1988	936
1989	1,103
1990	846
1991	763
1992	791
1993	1,317
1994	1,851
1995	1,192
1996	950
1997	1,173
1998	1,363
1999	820
2000	1,019
2001	1,265
2002	816
2003	1,064
2004	1,552
2005	1,743
2006	1,321
2007	904
2008	784
2009	829
2010	1,330
2011	1,007
2012	823
2013	1,110
2014	591
2015	744
2016	564
2017	460
2018	737
2019	597
2020	842
2021	1,131
2022	855
2023	826
2024	646
2025	853
2026	1,170

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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).