Weather Records on 3 April 1927

85 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 April 1927. Highest significance: Goorangoola, AU.

Key Facts for 3 April 1927

On 3 April 1927, 85 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
33 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 83 daily.
Goorangoola set a daily record precipitation of 58.2 mm (2.3 in) on 3 April 1927.
Across 159 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 486 records.

Record Map

85 stations

85 station records on 3 April 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 April 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manilla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Somerton (Bective Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Suntop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cuerindi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Braunschweig (T.H.)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.1 C (-18.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Wittenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Centre Hall	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Muncheberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	181.0 cm (71.3 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hollister 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Birch Tree	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Gnomery	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
La Porte	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Magnolia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Golconda	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

85 records

Records set or tied on 3 April 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 38, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 3 April 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 3 April 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 83.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

68 broken records

Margins by which the 68 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 April 1927

Top 20 records on 3 April 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 April 1927	Goorangoola, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	5 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 April 1927	Degilbo Rail STN, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Coldwater, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	37 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	St Georges, CA	monthly low min	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij, RU	daily rain	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Klamath Falls 2 SSW, US	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Bad Muskau, DE	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Nossen, DE	daily rain	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Coldwater, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Magdeburg, DE	daily rain	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Zerbst, DE	daily rain	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Manilla Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	27 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	26 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Somerton (Bective Estate), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Suntop, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	10 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Doberlug-Kirchhain, DE	daily rain	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	3.4 mm (0.13 in)	18 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Cuerindi, AU	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	27 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Braunschweig (T.H.), DE	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	24 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
3 April 1927	Jacobsdal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 years	16 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

1815 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1927. 1927 had 85 records.

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

Records on 04-03 in each year
Year	Records
1815	3
1830	1
1838	1
1848	1
1849	1
1850	1
1862	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	4
1875	1
1876	2
1878	1
1879	4
1880	2
1881	5
1882	1
1883	3
1884	1
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	4
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1895	1
1896	3
1897	2
1898	3
1899	6
1900	12
1901	15
1902	2
1903	14
1904	2
1905	20
1906	9
1907	8
1908	14
1909	17
1910	25
1911	26
1912	19
1913	41
1914	28
1915	47
1916	159
1917	48
1918	20
1919	29
1920	60
1921	108
1922	24
1923	80
1924	207
1925	94
1926	205
1927	85
1928	378
1929	582
1930	148
1931	224
1932	308
1933	269
1934	732
1935	464
1936	1,264
1937	308
1938	216
1939	325
1940	500
1941	308
1942	334
1943	478
1944	760
1945	1,032
1946	683
1947	421
1948	313
1949	354
1950	713
1951	487
1952	243
1953	290
1954	1,051
1955	472
1956	842
1957	660
1958	591
1959	537
1960	506
1961	665
1962	353
1963	1,010
1964	615
1965	561
1966	437
1967	439
1968	446
1969	345
1970	572
1971	590
1972	732
1973	417
1974	877
1975	2,015
1976	340
1977	898
1978	498
1979	997
1980	713
1981	1,264
1982	1,183
1983	832
1984	1,046
1985	804
1986	634
1987	1,577
1988	975
1989	951
1990	1,018
1991	719
1992	1,974
1993	812
1994	574
1995	675
1996	736
1997	1,155
1998	1,051
1999	1,486
2000	1,167
2001	890
2002	1,190
2003	971
2004	840
2005	1,138
2006	776
2007	874
2008	935
2009	1,008
2010	1,325
2011	1,491
2012	1,027
2013	847
2014	796
2015	528
2016	637
2017	570
2018	1,085
2019	535
2020	916
2021	1,250
2022	721
2023	1,289
2024	1,027
2025	1,476
2026	725

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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	64
20 to 40	2
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1