Weather Records on 27 April 2022

567 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 2022. Highest significance: Warrnambool Downs, AU.

Key Facts for 27 April 2022

On 27 April 2022, 567 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
149 were record highs and 256 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 555 daily.
Warrnambool Downs set a monthly record daily precipitation of 186.0 mm (7.3 in) on 27 April 2022.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

567 stations

567 station records on 27 April 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warrnambool Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Broken Hill (Koonawarra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Broken Hill (Langawirra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tottenham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nogliki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Leeman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe (Mt Manara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grassy Butte 2ENE	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Axe	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lansdown Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salamanca Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Challa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bladensburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Westerton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Menindee Dwr Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pilvo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jurien Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Strathearn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilcannia (Mount Murchison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gindalbie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Allerton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maylands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rylstone (Ilford Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 6 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wilbur	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munising	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mooleulooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Osaka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fraser Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hungerford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wales	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rhinelander	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Las Lomitas	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freer	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tilpa (Trevallyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Baden Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Bathurst (Somerton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

567 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 55, Lowest daily maximum 110, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 146, Heaviest daily rainfall 139, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 27 April 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	55
Lowest daily maximum	110
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	146
Heaviest daily rainfall	139
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 27 April 2022 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 555.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

461 broken records

Margins by which the 461 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 April 2022

Top 20 records on 27 April 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 2022	Warrnambool Downs, AU	monthly rain	186.0 mm (7.3 in)	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	72 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 April 2022	Broken Hill (Koonawarra), AU	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2022	Broken Hill (Langawirra), AU	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2022	Tottenham Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2022	Nogliki, RU	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Leeman, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Ivanhoe (Mt Manara), AU	daily rain	67.2 mm (2.6 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Gilgandra (Chelmsford Ave), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	116 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Grassy Butte 2ENE, US	daily snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Menindee Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Peak Hill (Bruie Plains), AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	128 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Bad Axe, US	daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Lansdown Csiro, AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Salamanca Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Challa, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Bladensburg, AU	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Westerton, AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station), AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Menindee Dwr Depot, AU	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2022	Pilvo, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	47 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2022. 2022 had 567 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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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	460
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1