Weather Records on 27 July 1997

1,173 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 July 1997. Highest significance: Tulcea, RO.

Key Facts for 27 July 1997

On 27 July 1997, 1,173 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
623 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 1,128 daily.
Tulcea set an all-time record daily precipitation of 134.5 mm (5.3 in) on 27 July 1997.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

1,173 stations

1,173 station records on 27 July 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 July 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tulcea	Romania	Record daily precipitation	134.5 mm (5.3 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Izmail	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Theunissen (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Ukhta Kalevala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Olivine	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Idomia	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Emmetsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grovelsjon	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kirklington	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jokioinen Jokioisten Observato	Finland	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lulea Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Zevenfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Galati	Romania	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Westminter Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Skjaekerfossen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fagerheden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Circleville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moreson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wattle Flat General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yelabuga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Juan de Los Planes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Calero Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Doornpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrangobilly Caves	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ocozocoautla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sutherland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Green 12 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wesselsbron (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Montello 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
El Nogal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Martin Chalchicuautla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Qingdao	China	Record high maximum temperature	37.4 C (99.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dandong	China	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolotlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Soderhamn A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ruxton Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eugowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yanchi	China	Record daily precipitation	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yanji	China	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,173 records

Records set or tied on 27 July 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 223, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 400, Lowest daily minimum 87, Heaviest daily rainfall 396.

Records on 27 July 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	223
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	400
Lowest daily minimum	87
Heaviest daily rainfall	396
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 July 1997 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 33, daily 1,128.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

869 broken records

Margins by which the 869 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 July 1997

Top 20 records on 27 July 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 July 1997	Tulcea, RO	all-time rain	134.5 mm (5.3 in)	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1997	Izmail, UA	all-time rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	105 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1997	Theunissen (Mun), ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	86 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1997	Ukhta Kalevala, RU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1997	Olivine, ZA	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1997	Ufa, RU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	68 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1997	Witsieshoek, ZA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1997	State UNIV, US	daily high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	100 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1997	Idomia, ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 July 1997	Emmetsburg, US	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1997	Grovelsjon, SE	monthly rain	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1997	Beckley Va Hospital, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	88 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1997	Kirklington, ZA	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1997	Pretoria-New Cemetry, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1997	Jokioinen Jokioisten Observato, FI	daily rain	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1997	Lulea Flygplats, SE	monthly rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1997	Ayutla, MX	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1997	Zevenfontein, ZA	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1997	Galati, RO	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 July 1997	Belmont, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	52 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 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1997. 1997 had 1,173 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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Data for records on 1997-07-27: 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 10	719
10 to 20	101
20 to 30	32
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1