Weather Records on 27 April 1983

921 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1983. Highest significance: Hughenden Station, AU.

Key Facts for 27 April 1983

On 27 April 1983, 921 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
355 were record highs and 179 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 867 daily.
Hughenden Station set a daily record precipitation of 44.7 mm (1.8 in) on 27 April 1983.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

921 stations

921 station records on 27 April 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hughenden Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sovetskaja Gavan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterino-Nikolskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Wondoola Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hambledon Mill Csr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sellheim	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Springlea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fujin	China	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Madowla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	140.6 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Park Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Churchill A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.3 cm (9.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clutha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Schagen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Partizansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Svobodnyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Habarovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Meringa Sugar Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gilberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Zara Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Surbiton Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dores Do Manhumirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wando Vale Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Belogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Glendower Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Stone Exelby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Booroondarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Melnichnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hughenden Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory Springs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Capivari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maxwelton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shamrock Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cameron Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlyon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Estevao Pinto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Point Arena	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbine Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Man	Cote D'Ivoire	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palmerville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Comet Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tierawoomba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cracow Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gorin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

921 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 233, Lowest daily minimum 132, Heaviest daily rainfall 377, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 27 April 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	233
Lowest daily minimum	132
Heaviest daily rainfall	377
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 27 April 1983 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 54, daily 867.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

804 broken records

Margins by which the 804 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1983

Top 20 records on 27 April 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1983	Hughenden Station, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	90 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1983	De Bilt, NL	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1983	Charters Towers Post Office, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1983	Blagovescensk, RU	monthly rain	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1983	Sovetskaja Gavan, RU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.7 mm (1.0 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Ekaterino-Nikolskoe, RU	monthly rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	14 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Wondoola Station, AU	monthly rain	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Hambledon Mill Csr, AU	daily rain	165.0 mm (6.5 in)	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	66 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Sellheim, AU	daily rain	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Springlea, AU	monthly rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Fujin, CN	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Madowla, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Bambaroo, AU	daily rain	140.6 mm (5.5 in)	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	25 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Langmorn, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	69 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Oak Park Station, AU	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Churchill A, CA	daily snowfall	24.3 cm (9.6 in)	14.4 cm (5.7 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Clutha Station, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	68 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Sapphire Post Office, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Westermarkelsdorf/Fehmarn, DE	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1983	Schagen, NL	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	29 years	51 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1983. 1983 had 921 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 1983-04-27: 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	786
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1