Weather Records on 27 April 1931

454 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1931. Highest significance: Spring Hill, AU.

Key Facts for 27 April 1931

On 27 April 1931, 454 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
27 were record highs and 298 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 446 daily.
Spring Hill set a monthly record daily precipitation of 228.6 mm (9.0 in) on 27 April 1931.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

454 stations

454 station records on 27 April 1931 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1931: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Spring Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lismore (Centre Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fulham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.8 mm (9.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	240.8 mm (9.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Riversdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Cajon 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Padwa	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dandaloo (Tyrie Homestead)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	85.0 cm (33.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Brantford	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mullumbimby (Fairview Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	269.2 mm (10.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jumping Sand Hill Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agricultural College	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gage	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Euston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concord Walker Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

454 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1931 by type: Highest daily maximum 12, Lowest daily maximum 164, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 134, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 27 April 1931 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	12
Lowest daily maximum	164
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	134
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 27 April 1931 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 446.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

366 broken records

Margins by which the 366 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1931

Top 20 records on 27 April 1931 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1931	Spring Hill, AU	monthly rain	228.6 mm (9.0 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1931	Casino Airport, AU	monthly rain	181.6 mm (7.1 in)	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1931	Woodburn Post Office, AU	monthly rain	184.7 mm (7.3 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	39 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1931	Lismore (Centre Street), AU	monthly rain	229.9 mm (9.1 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1931	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1931	Stratford, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	65 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1931	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1931	Fulham Park, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1931	Ernest Junction Rail STN, AU	daily rain	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	108.9 mm (4.3 in)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1931	Lawrence Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1931	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	monthly rain	241.8 mm (9.5 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1931	Murwillumbah Post Office, AU	monthly rain	240.8 mm (9.5 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1931	Riversdale, ZA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1931	El Cajon 2 E, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1931	Brome, CA	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	53 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1931	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1931	Woodstock, CA	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	56 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1931	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	monthly rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	29 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1931	Peterborough, CA	daily low max	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	64 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1931	Bathurst, CA	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	30 years	27 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 1931

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1931. 1931 had 454 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 50	352
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1