Weather Records on 8 April 1927

160 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 April 1927. Highest significance: Charlottetown, CA.

Key Facts for 8 April 1927

On 8 April 1927, 160 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
53 were record highs and 59 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 158 daily.
Charlottetown set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 8 April 1927.
Across 157 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

160 stations

160 station records on 8 April 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 April 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 7N	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tunis	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
El Paso	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Godegard	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Orono	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	190.0 cm (74.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brazoria	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Crosbyton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-5.9 C (21.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lawrence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Provincetown 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Two Harbors	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Havre Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

160 records

Records set or tied on 8 April 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 41, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 38, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 8 April 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	41
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 8 April 1927 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 158.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

119 broken records

Margins by which the 119 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 April 1927

Top 20 records on 8 April 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 April 1927	Charlottetown, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1927	Norwich, US	all-time rain	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1927	Lamar 7N, US	monthly rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	33 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1927	McPherson, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
8 April 1927	Algona, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Mt Ayr, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Pratt 3NW, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Northwood, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Tunis, TN	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Moscow U of I, US	daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Mitchell 2 N, US	daily rain	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Moab, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	0 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Holly, US	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Astoria, US	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Tbilisi, GE	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Buckeye, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Astoria, US	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	39 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Agassiz Cda, CA	daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
8 April 1927	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 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

1798 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1927. 1927 had 160 records.

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

Records on 04-08 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1809	3
1815	1
1830	1
1837	1
1838	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	5
1865	1
1866	1
1871	3
1877	1
1879	1
1881	1
1883	2
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1889	4
1890	2
1894	3
1895	3
1896	2
1897	2
1898	3
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	9
1903	9
1904	7
1905	20
1906	4
1907	20
1908	18
1909	16
1910	20
1911	17
1912	84
1913	8
1914	42
1915	69
1916	100
1917	42
1918	43
1919	82
1920	90
1921	440
1922	117
1923	109
1924	194
1925	184
1926	164
1927	160
1928	450
1929	614
1930	261
1931	447
1932	105
1933	158
1934	190
1935	523
1936	662
1937	129
1938	813
1939	707
1940	254
1941	235
1942	359
1943	534
1944	283
1945	669
1946	337
1947	263
1948	569
1949	206
1950	932
1951	244
1952	562
1953	519
1954	322
1955	306
1956	621
1957	397
1958	360
1959	421
1960	366
1961	623
1962	470
1963	566
1964	814
1965	473
1966	315
1967	568
1968	499
1969	765
1970	399
1971	798
1972	1,636
1973	1,104
1974	559
1975	1,410
1976	383
1977	1,469
1978	822
1979	446
1980	755
1981	736
1982	2,690
1983	1,321
1984	1,041
1985	826
1986	901
1987	783
1988	1,224
1989	1,360
1990	907
1991	1,886
1992	534
1993	706
1994	678
1995	812
1996	1,289
1997	2,009
1998	1,101
1999	1,221
2000	817
2001	1,865
2002	761
2003	1,918
2004	676
2005	976
2006	680
2007	2,681
2008	896
2009	1,027
2010	1,128
2011	1,197
2012	407
2013	711
2014	715
2015	825
2016	924
2017	584
2018	1,745
2019	826
2020	916
2021	742
2022	930
2023	585
2024	1,256
2025	484
2026	407

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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 50	115
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1