Weather Records on 27 April 1954

875 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1954. Highest significance: Petoskey, US.

Key Facts for 27 April 1954

On 27 April 1954, 875 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
241 were record highs and 253 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 861 daily.
Petoskey set a daily record precipitation of 42.4 mm (1.7 in) on 27 April 1954.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

875 stations

875 station records on 27 April 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mmabatho Arpt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Juanbung	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Slurry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leeukop	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Westminster	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Iola	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Knowsley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Semans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Welgeleven	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Barkerville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canfield 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Martinsville 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Balfour Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hope Little Mountain	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dundurn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ilulissat (Jakobshavn)	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Enzelberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Seven Persons	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Roswell Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppuvanam	India	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weltevrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Vrededorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenns Ferry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Willapa Harbor	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Hazelton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Mines	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maple Creek	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pilger	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Joubert Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zwartruggens (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Doornkom	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Santo Antonio de Russas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

875 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 47, Lowest daily maximum 136, Highest daily minimum 194, Lowest daily minimum 117, Heaviest daily rainfall 321, Heaviest daily snowfall 59, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 April 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	47
Lowest daily maximum	136
Highest daily minimum	194
Lowest daily minimum	117
Heaviest daily rainfall	321
Heaviest daily snowfall	59
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 April 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 861.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

737 broken records

Margins by which the 737 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1954

Top 20 records on 27 April 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1954	Petoskey, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1954	San German 4 W, PR	monthly rain	170.2 mm (6.7 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Lichtenburg, ZA	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Mmabatho Arpt, ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Kingston Queens U, CA	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Juanbung, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Turgaj, KZ	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Slurry, ZA	monthly rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Leeukop, ZA	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Barkerville, CA	daily low min	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	65 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Charlevoix, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Grant City, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	New Westminster, CA	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	78 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Whitewood, CA	daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	49 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Iola, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	82 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Harrisville, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Knowsley Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1954	Semans, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 years	37 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1954. 1954 had 875 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	688
25 to 50	28
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	5
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1