Weather Records on 27 April 1942

569 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1942. Highest significance: Yudnapinna, AU.

Key Facts for 27 April 1942

On 27 April 1942, 569 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
176 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 555 daily.
Yudnapinna set a daily record precipitation of 27.9 mm (1.1 in) on 27 April 1942.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

569 stations

569 station records on 27 April 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yudnapinna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Truchas	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rpf 206 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sirsi	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tailem Bend	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-Aigoual	France	Record daily precipitation	167.0 mm (6.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corinda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Malboona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bundaleer	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Edgeley 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bird Island	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rpf 126 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sherkawan	India	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coromandel Valley (Branden)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Brighton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Tea Tree Gully Counc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lungleh	India	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ankola	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tamarack	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mitcham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Salisbury Bowling Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Golden Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
North Bay	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Thorndon Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tangorin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uanda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston (Pumping Station)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

569 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 280, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 27 April 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 April 1942 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 555.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

455 broken records

Margins by which the 455 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1942

Top 20 records on 27 April 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1942	Yudnapinna, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1942	Murray Bridge Comparison, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Mannum Council Depot, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Greenock, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Truchas, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Dubuque River, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Rpf 206 Mile, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Sirsi, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Tailem Bend, AU	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Langhorne Creek, AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Thargomindah Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Wallal Downs, AU	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Mont-Aigoual, FR	monthly rain	167.0 mm (6.6 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Corinda, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Mt Ida 3 SE, US	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Glenelg Post Office, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Malboona, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1942	Bundaleer, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	38 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

1795 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1942. 1942 had 569 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1942-04-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 10	354
10 to 20	63
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	4
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1