Weather Records on 27 April 2026

450 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 2026. Highest significance: Hillsboro, US.

Key Facts for 27 April 2026

On 27 April 2026, 450 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 405 daily.
Hillsboro set a daily record precipitation of 111.8 mm (4.4 in) on 27 April 2026.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

450 stations

450 station records on 27 April 2026 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 2026: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Toluca (Obs)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Longford	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tonganoxie 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hysham	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low maximum temperature	3.8 C (38.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Arthur 7 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Houston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hibbing Chisholm Hibbing AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lecompton	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rairden 2WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Topeka Forbes Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guadalajara	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Wayne Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wills Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Louis Lambert Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winona Dam 5 A	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph AFB	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tapachula Chis	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	30.2 C (86.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Srinagar	India	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hardin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ferris	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Northway AP	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Muncie Delaware Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Uzhhorod	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sonora	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

450 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 2026 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 119, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 27 April 2026 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	119
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 27 April 2026 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 45, daily 405.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

324 broken records

Margins by which the 324 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 2026

Top 20 records on 27 April 2026 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 2026	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2026	Lincoln, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2026	Springfield Abraham Lincoln Ca, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Charleston, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Appleton City, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Salisbury, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Toluca (Obs), MX	daily high min	18.2 C (64.8 F)	7.1 C (12.8 F)	56 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Topeka ASOS, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Longford, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Minneapolis, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	104 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Tonganoxie 5SE, US	monthly rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Lincoln 1 SE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	104 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Hysham, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Kansas City Intl AP, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Sarajevo, BA	daily low max	3.8 C (38.8 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	108 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	New Meadows Rs, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Chinook, US	daily low min	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	124 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Marshall, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2026	Lake Arthur 7 SW, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	113 years	42 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 2026

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2026. 2026 had 450 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 2026-04-27: 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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	294
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1