Weather Records on 27 April 1980

706 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1980. Highest significance: Lichtentanne, DE.

Key Facts for 27 April 1980

On 27 April 1980, 706 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 277 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 688 daily.
Lichtentanne set a daily record snow depth of 13.0 cm (5.1 in) on 27 April 1980.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

706 stations

706 station records on 27 April 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Abbott 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Aue	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gorodovikovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oberviechtach	Germany	Record snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Divnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conowingo Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Wildenau	Germany	Record snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Plain Dealing	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moorefield 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Oy-Mittelberg	Germany	Record snow depth	72.0 cm (28.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jumatan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cuero	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin 3 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	53.0 cm (20.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 32 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kenai AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pryor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fernie	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coeur D'Alene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elk City 1NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pickens 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dyer 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lawton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sherman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Romney 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Attenkam	Germany	Record snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Seligman	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fortine 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Carway	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

706 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 157, Lowest daily maximum 177, Highest daily minimum 120, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 111, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 40.

Records on 27 April 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	157
Lowest daily maximum	177
Highest daily minimum	120
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	40

Records on 27 April 1980 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 688.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

554 broken records

Margins by which the 554 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 950.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1980

Top 20 records on 27 April 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1980	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	115 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 April 1980	Abbott 1 SE, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1980	Chemnitz, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1980	Aue, DE	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Parsberg/Oberpfalz-Eglwang, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Pemfling-Pitzling, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Gorodovikovsk, RU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Oberviechtach, DE	daily snow depth	12.0 cm (4.7 in)	11.0 cm (4.3 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Bad-Sohl Elster, DE	daily snow depth	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Belgrade (Observatory), RS	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Divnoe, RU	monthly rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Ft Bidwell, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Durant, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	64 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	St. Petersburg, RU	daily high min	10.4 C (50.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	89 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Conowingo Dam, US	monthly rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	70 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Selb/Oberfranken-Wildenau, DE	daily snow depth	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Mena, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	69 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1980	Plain Dealing, US	daily low max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	70 years	35 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1980. 1980 had 706 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 200	550
200 to 400	2
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1