Weather Records on 27 April 1920

44 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1920. Highest significance: Camden 3 W, US.

Key Facts for 27 April 1920

On 27 April 1920, 44 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
5 were record highs and 12 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 42 daily.
Camden 3 W set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 27 April 1920.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

44 stations

44 station records on 27 April 1920 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1920: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roermond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Helmond	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nidingen A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vinga	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stoney Creek	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Harpers Ferry River	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfurt/Main (Feldbergstr.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

44 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1920 by type: Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 24, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 27 April 1920 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	24
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 April 1920 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 42.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

40 broken records

Margins by which the 40 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 89.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1920

Top 20 records on 27 April 1920 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1920	Camden 3 W, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Uccle, BE	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Roermond, NL	daily rain	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Helmond, NL	daily rain	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Halmstad, SE	daily rain	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Boras, SE	daily rain	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Wangerooge, DE	daily rain	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	14 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Gravenhurst, CA	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Cap Madeleine, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Arnsberg, DE	daily rain	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	3 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Nidingen A, SE	monthly rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	0.7 mm (0.03 in)	19 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Vinga, SE	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	2.6 mm (0.10 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Varberg, SE	daily rain	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	1 year	18 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Tashkent, UZ	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Halden, NO	daily rain	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Tampa, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	8 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Tashkent, UZ	daily low max	9.8 C (49.6 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	9 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1920	Coen Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 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 1920

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1920. 1920 had 44 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	38
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1