Weather Records on 27 April 1919

69 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1919. Highest significance: Moreton Telegraph Station, AU.

Key Facts for 27 April 1919

On 27 April 1919, 69 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
16 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 69 daily.
Moreton Telegraph Station set a daily record precipitation of 45.7 mm (1.8 in) on 27 April 1919.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

69 stations

69 station records on 27 April 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moreton Telegraph Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Griquatown (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Battleford	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

69 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 21, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 April 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 April 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 69.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

57 broken records

Margins by which the 57 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1919

Top 20 records on 27 April 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1919	Moreton Telegraph Station, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1919	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	31.1 C (88.0 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1919	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Oxford, GB	daily rain	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	5.2 mm (0.20 in)	62 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	44 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Gravenhurst, CA	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily low max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	2.2 mm (0.09 in)	22 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily rain	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	37 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Crawley, ZA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily snowfall	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	daily low max	2.3 C (36.1 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	37 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Varberg, SE	daily rain	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	0.9 mm (0.04 in)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Koffiefontein (Pol), ZA	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Griquatown (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	27 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1919	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	24 years	14 of 100 (Routine)

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 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1919. 1919 had 69 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 April 1919
Margin	Records
0 to 10	54
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1