Weather Records on 27 April 1939

212 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1939. Highest significance: Thursday Island Township, AU.

Key Facts for 27 April 1939

On 27 April 1939, 212 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
117 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 206 daily.
Thursday Island Township set a daily record precipitation of 146.3 mm (5.8 in) on 27 April 1939.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

212 stations

212 station records on 27 April 1939 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1939: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Thursday Island Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chengannur	India	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Booby Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cape York Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gundlupet	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Duck Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pattanamphitta	India	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Turaiyur	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pleasantville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sion 2	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston (Willanthry)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Artern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Novorossijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palghat	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Greiz-Dolau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Carisbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chamarajnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bens Run 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Golden A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Cochituate	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paramakudi	India	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Omalur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kjahta	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Elkins	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Edenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Glenmorgan	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mirpur	Pakistan	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

212 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1939 by type: Highest daily maximum 49, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 76.

Records on 27 April 1939 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	49
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 April 1939 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 206.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

145 broken records

Margins by which the 145 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 109.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1939

Top 20 records on 27 April 1939 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1939	Thursday Island Township, AU	daily rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1939	Quatsino, CA	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	10 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1939	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1939	Bolivar Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Koloa 936, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Chengannur, IN	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Taganrog (Lighthouse), RU	monthly rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	17 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Booby Island Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Urjupinsk, RU	monthly rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	6 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Cape York Post Office, AU	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Gundlupet, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily high min	6.6 C (43.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Duck Hill, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	44 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Pattanamphitta, IN	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Turaiyur, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Gila Bend 2SE, US	monthly high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	15 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Pleasantville 1 N, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Towanda 1 S, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	42 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1939	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily rain	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	87 years	20 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 1939

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1939. 1939 had 212 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	137
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1