Weather Records on 17 April 1927

256 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 April 1927. Highest significance: Albion Park Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 17 April 1927

On 17 April 1927, 256 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 232 daily.
Albion Park Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 180.3 mm (7.1 in) on 17 April 1927.
Across 166 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 454 records.

Record Map

256 stations

256 station records on 17 April 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 April 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Albion Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wollongong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	236.0 mm (9.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Chatsbury (Maryland)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
St Marys Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cataract River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tallong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nowra Council Offices	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brogers Creek Upper (Cookville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lawson (Wilson Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Katoomba (Murri St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga (Grathawai)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prospect Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nord-Rana	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bungonia (Inverary Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Singleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Springwood Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bettowynd (Condry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Victoria (Mt Victoria (S	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barkerville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong (Beatrice Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ryde Pumping Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oberon (Jenolan Caves)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ashfield Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

256 records

Records set or tied on 17 April 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 99, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 17 April 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	99
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 17 April 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 232.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

211 broken records

Margins by which the 211 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 180.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 April 1927

Top 20 records on 17 April 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 April 1927	Albion Park Post Office, AU	monthly rain	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Darkes Forest (Kintyre), AU	monthly rain	213.9 mm (8.4 in)	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Wollongong Post Office, AU	daily rain	236.0 mm (9.3 in)	179.4 mm (7.1 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Chatsbury (Maryland), AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Nowra Treatment Works, AU	monthly rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca, AU	daily rain	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Princeton, CA	monthly snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Concord Walker Hospital, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Tustervatnet, NO	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	St Marys Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Cataract River, AU	monthly rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Tallong, AU	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Sogndal - Selseng, NO	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Picton Council Depot, AU	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Nowra Council Offices, AU	monthly rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Brogers Creek Upper (Cookville, AU	daily rain	183.4 mm (7.2 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Lawson (Wilson Street), AU	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
17 April 1927	Katoomba (Murri St), AU	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	12 years	39 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

1799 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1927. 1927 had 256 records.

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

Records on 04-17 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1807	1
1808	1
1815	1
1817	1
1818	1
1819	1
1823	1
1825	1
1830	1
1835	3
1837	1
1845	1
1847	2
1851	1
1852	3
1853	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1862	1
1865	2
1868	1
1873	4
1874	1
1875	3
1877	4
1878	2
1880	2
1889	1
1890	2
1891	2
1892	4
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	6
1898	3
1899	1
1900	2
1901	4
1902	4
1903	5
1904	19
1905	11
1906	14
1907	16
1908	38
1909	7
1910	29
1911	33
1912	27
1913	20
1914	83
1915	30
1916	30
1917	32
1918	35
1919	39
1920	87
1921	148
1922	96
1923	71
1924	74
1925	103
1926	140
1927	256
1928	308
1929	145
1930	238
1931	216
1932	615
1933	261
1934	234
1935	374
1936	308
1937	439
1938	564
1939	618
1940	337
1941	460
1942	415
1943	285
1944	334
1945	475
1946	492
1947	461
1948	622
1949	439
1950	293
1951	441
1952	529
1953	818
1954	650
1955	394
1956	486
1957	277
1958	702
1959	434
1960	553
1961	667
1962	597
1963	702
1964	766
1965	411
1966	409
1967	935
1968	745
1969	728
1970	547
1971	924
1972	546
1973	589
1974	244
1975	666
1976	1,630
1977	906
1978	620
1979	810
1980	675
1981	621
1982	965
1983	1,365
1984	720
1985	917
1986	997
1987	960
1988	1,082
1989	638
1990	1,065
1991	614
1992	1,105
1993	847
1994	1,047
1995	1,211
1996	1,044
1997	889
1998	1,795
1999	1,730
2000	1,082
2001	1,013
2002	2,284
2003	1,037
2004	761
2005	572
2006	1,430
2007	863
2008	842
2009	779
2010	606
2011	982
2012	920
2013	1,796
2014	913
2015	813
2016	977
2017	469
2018	1,585
2019	458
2020	1,165
2021	701
2022	831
2023	628
2024	690
2025	1,058
2026	838

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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 25	190
25 to 50	8
50 to 75	8
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	2