Weather Records on 27 April 1976

810 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1976. Highest significance: Buffalo, US.

Key Facts for 27 April 1976

On 27 April 1976, 810 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
84 were record highs and 551 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 795 daily.
Buffalo set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 27 April 1976.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

810 stations

810 station records on 27 April 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bel'cy	Moldova	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Blackfoot Fire Dept	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ivano-Frankivsk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul Is AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hugoton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ura-Tyube	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pocatello Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsdale 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Custer	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbackshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Westfield 2 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hovaling	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morganton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Houlton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lordsburg 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bones I Bardu	Norway	Record snow depth	143.0 cm (56.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	103.0 cm (40.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ternopil	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

810 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 291, Highest daily minimum 48, Lowest daily minimum 260, Heaviest daily rainfall 112, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 27 April 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	291
Highest daily minimum	48
Lowest daily minimum	260
Heaviest daily rainfall	112
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 27 April 1976 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 11, daily 795.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

603 broken records

Margins by which the 603 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 470.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1976

Top 20 records on 27 April 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1976	Buffalo, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	76 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1976	Vasilevici, BY	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1976	Bel'cy, MD	all-time rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	62 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1976	Blackfoot Fire Dept, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1976	Buffalo, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Aberdeen Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	62 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Lima, US	all-time snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Ivano-Frankivsk, UA	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Lima, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Fayette, US	monthly low max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	84 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Livingston, US	monthly rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	51 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Saint Paul Is AP, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Uppsala_Aut, SE	daily low max	2.1 C (35.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	116 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Hugoton, US	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Ura-Tyube, TJ	daily rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Pocatello Rgnl AP, US	monthly snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	21 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Nicosia, CY	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	87 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Martinsdale 3 NNW, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Arcade, US	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	78 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1976	Custer, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	54 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1976. 1976 had 810 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 1976-04-27: 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 100	586
100 to 200	14
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1