Weather Records on 27 April 1969

543 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1969. Highest significance: Cottonwood Falls, US.

Key Facts for 27 April 1969

On 27 April 1969, 543 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
93 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 532 daily.
Cottonwood Falls set a daily record precipitation of 83.8 mm (3.3 in) on 27 April 1969.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

543 stations

543 station records on 27 April 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hinckley	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vesljana	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ontonagon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Turocak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tishomingo Natl Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tastyp	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madill	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kondoma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emmett	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lecompton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Colstrip	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lead	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newell	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wamego 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Meade	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Junction City	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eldorado Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dumont 2 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.5 C (76.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Notre Dame du Laus	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

543 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 59, Highest daily minimum 47, Lowest daily minimum 81, Heaviest daily rainfall 273, Heaviest daily snowfall 30, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 27 April 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	59
Highest daily minimum	47
Lowest daily minimum	81
Heaviest daily rainfall	273
Heaviest daily snowfall	30
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 27 April 1969 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 532.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

468 broken records

Margins by which the 468 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1969

Top 20 records on 27 April 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1969	Cottonwood Falls, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1969	Eureka 1E, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1969	Collegeville St John's, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1969	Enterprise, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Cambridge, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Hinckley, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Belle Fourche, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Vesljana, RU	monthly rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Mora, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	New London, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Milaca, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Ontonagon, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	68 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Turocak, RU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Moose Lake 1 SSE, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Maryville 2E, US	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Tishomingo Natl Wr, US	daily rain	97.3 mm (3.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Clermont-Ferrand, FR	daily rain	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Princeton, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Tastyp, RU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1969	Madill, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	12 years	46 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1969. 1969 had 543 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 1969-04-27: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	452
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	2