Weather Records on 27 April 2006

705 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 2006. Highest significance: Victoria River Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 27 April 2006

On 27 April 2006, 705 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
322 were record highs and 207 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 656 daily.
Victoria River Downs set a daily record precipitation of 140.0 mm (5.5 in) on 27 April 2006.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

705 stations

705 station records on 27 April 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victoria River Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Mundrabilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Eucla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
El Obeid	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
En Nahud	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Oolloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Willeroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.3 mm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hodgson River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Montejinni	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oberschleissheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tanami Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bullita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kidman Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	261.4 mm (10.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eyre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tipperary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Centre Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.2 mm (5.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yibin	China	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Volshskiy Gmo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Izium	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coniston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Markovo	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Humble Pump STN 5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oake Marsh Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Phetchabun	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lockwood	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Statesville 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.0 mm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plauen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Rosa	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wave Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sosnovka-1	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bavertrask	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Ignatius	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Angola	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hebron	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ngukurr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Banka Banka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Russkaja Poljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

705 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 115, Highest daily minimum 217, Lowest daily minimum 92, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 27 April 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	115
Highest daily minimum	217
Lowest daily minimum	92
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 27 April 2006 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 46, daily 656.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 2006

Top 20 records on 27 April 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 2006	Victoria River Downs, AU	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	116.4 mm (4.6 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2006	Mundrabilla Station, AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	84 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2006	Eucla, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2006	El Obeid, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	En Nahud, SD	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Oolloo, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Willeroo, AU	monthly rain	126.3 mm (5.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Hodgson River, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Montejinni, AU	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Oberschleissheim, DE	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Tanami Downs, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	19 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Bullita, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Kidman Springs, AU	all-time rain	261.4 mm (10.3 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Douglas River, AU	daily rain	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Elliott, AU	daily rain	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	23 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Kingstree, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Eyre, AU	monthly rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	81 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Tipperary, AU	daily rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2006	Centre Island, AU	daily rain	135.2 mm (5.3 in)	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	19 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

1795 to 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2006. 2006 had 705 records.

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

Records on 04-27 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1801	1
1802	2
1812	1
1814	1
1817	3
1828	1
1838	1
1841	1
1843	1
1852	1
1853	1
1855	1
1856	1
1857	1
1862	2
1873	2
1874	4
1879	1
1882	2
1884	2
1885	5
1887	1
1888	4
1890	3
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	7
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1899	5
1900	4
1901	3
1903	5
1904	11
1905	16
1906	13
1907	31
1908	27
1909	51
1910	8
1911	37
1912	5
1913	73
1914	19
1915	77
1916	36
1917	47
1918	55
1919	69
1920	44
1921	71
1922	151
1923	110
1924	103
1925	113
1926	287
1927	114
1928	404
1929	71
1930	80
1931	454
1932	331
1933	328
1934	275
1935	227
1936	97
1937	377
1938	467
1939	212
1940	268
1941	361
1942	569
1943	374
1944	214
1945	476
1946	512
1947	373
1948	535
1949	516
1950	617
1951	409
1952	722
1953	651
1954	875
1955	937
1956	685
1957	552
1958	461
1959	470
1960	684
1961	313
1962	741
1963	768
1964	711
1965	568
1966	1,282
1967	733
1968	372
1969	543
1970	1,142
1971	758
1972	645
1973	1,188
1974	926
1975	820
1976	810
1977	801
1978	694
1979	758
1980	706
1981	1,148
1982	685
1983	921
1984	1,754
1985	1,141
1986	1,225
1987	1,482
1988	893
1989	1,320
1990	1,321
1991	1,028
1992	2,163
1993	1,285
1994	1,614
1995	806
1996	1,034
1997	1,588
1998	872
1999	544
2000	1,171
2001	1,138
2002	1,024
2003	840
2004	937
2005	675
2006	705
2007	1,055
2008	1,032
2009	1,299
2010	751
2011	1,291
2012	1,015
2013	568
2014	656
2015	608
2016	755
2017	918
2018	407
2019	626
2020	497
2021	450
2022	567
2023	536
2024	574
2025	659
2026	450

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Data for records on 2006-04-27: 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	500
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1