Weather Records on 27 April 1944

214 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1944. Highest significance: Columbus Dardc, US.

Key Facts for 27 April 1944

On 27 April 1944, 214 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
32 were record highs and 37 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 210 daily.
Columbus Dardc set a daily record precipitation of 116.8 mm (4.6 in) on 27 April 1944.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

214 stations

214 station records on 27 April 1944 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1944: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Columbus Dardc	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Troy	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winston Salem Reynolds AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gaudan-In-Turkmen	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuni	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Long Branch-Oakhurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rajmahal	India	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pasadena	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wetumpka	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Araria	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kulu	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sankarankoil	India	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
White Sulphur Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Jacinto	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maristova	Norway	Record daily precipitation	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spreckels Hwy Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marietta Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haringhata	India	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Kenny (Yandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arambagh	India	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

214 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1944 by type: Highest daily maximum 13, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 143, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 27 April 1944 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	13
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	143
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 27 April 1944 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 210.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

189 broken records

Margins by which the 189 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 91.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1944

Top 20 records on 27 April 1944 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1944	Columbus Dardc, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1944	Troy, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1944	Winston Salem Reynolds AP, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1944	Santa Maria, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1944	Hawkinsville, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1944	Gaudan-In-Turkmen, TM	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1944	Dublin, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1944	Auburn, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1944	Greensboro, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1944	Tuni, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1944	Marion 1 N, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1944	Santa Barbara, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1944	Long Branch-Oakhurst, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1944	Selma, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1944	Experiment, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1944	Rajmahal, IN	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1944	Pasadena, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1944	Sierra Madre Henszey, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1944	Wetumpka, US	monthly rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 April 1944	Athens, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	28 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 1944

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1944. 1944 had 214 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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Data for records on 1944-04-27: 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 20	167
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2