Weather Records on 27 April 1978

694 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1978. Highest significance: Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE.

Key Facts for 27 April 1978

On 27 April 1978, 694 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 334 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 655 daily.
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte set a daily record precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 27 April 1978.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

694 stations

694 station records on 27 April 1978 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1978: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Farmville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Baker City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Enterprise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sheaville 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Reimlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Krumbach-Edenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rottweil	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingen/Donau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kabale	Uganda	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buchanan	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Baker Kbkr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Catemaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chatham	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Remanso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Milledgeville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tuxcueca	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Floyd 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Songiston (Mtn STN)	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
New Meadows Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Edenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Va Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snow Hill 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boone	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Achisaj	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burno-Oktyabrsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

694 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1978 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 186, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 148, Heaviest daily rainfall 204, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 27 April 1978 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	186
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	148
Heaviest daily rainfall	204
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 27 April 1978 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 655.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 119.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1978

Top 20 records on 27 April 1978 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1978	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1978	Union, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Wytheville, US	daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Wallowa, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Farmville, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	25 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Baker City AP, US	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	9 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Charlotte Court House, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Tartu, EE	daily low min	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	89 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Enterprise Rs, US	monthly rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	0 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Sheaville 1 SE, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Burkes Garden, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	79 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Aach, DE	monthly rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	42 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Reimlingen, DE	monthly rain	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Danville 2 SE, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Krumbach-Edenhausen, DE	monthly rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	42 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Rottweil, DE	daily rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Dillingen/Donau, DE	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Randolph 5 NNE, US	monthly rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Warsaw 2 NW, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1978	Hechingen, DE	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	43 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 1978

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1978. 1978 had 694 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 20	536
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	2
60 to 80	8
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3