Weather Records on 27 April 1989

1,320 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1989. Highest significance: Penola Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 27 April 1989

On 27 April 1989, 1,320 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
732 were record highs and 154 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 162 monthly and 1,156 daily.
Penola Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 32.6 mm (1.3 in) on 27 April 1989.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,320 stations

1,320 station records on 27 April 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Penola Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Miles City AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (Kotupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Knightstown 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	218.6 mm (8.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.0 mm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mott	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Reeder 13 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Green Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.5 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Binna Burra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Norris Madison Pwr House	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Richardton Abbey	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo (Myrtle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	207.6 mm (8.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Menangle Jmai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Klerkskraal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Usta 8 WNW Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Cairn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (the Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Choteau	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Reeder	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Crow Agency	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hanzhong	China	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grootvlakte	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Geraldine	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ralph 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.2 cm (10.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Postmasburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vredefort (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jeogla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darkes Forest (Kintyre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Widgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nowendoc (Beaufort)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tlacotepec	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amidon	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sun Rvr 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,320 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 459, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 273, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 381, Heaviest daily snowfall 35, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 27 April 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	459
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	273
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	381
Heaviest daily snowfall	35
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 27 April 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 162, daily 1,156.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,042 broken records

Margins by which the 1,042 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1989

Top 20 records on 27 April 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1989	Penola Post Office, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	91 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1989	Miles City AP, US	all-time snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	39 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1989	Insizwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1989	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Seward AP, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Ebor (Kotupna), AU	daily rain	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	26 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Knightstown 2 ENE, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Dorrigo Post Office, AU	daily rain	218.6 mm (8.6 in)	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	26 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Helensburgh (Sawan St), AU	daily rain	203.0 mm (8.0 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	84 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Mott, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	73 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Reeder 13 N, US	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Green Mountains, AU	daily rain	151.5 mm (6.0 in)	119.7 mm (4.7 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Belle Fourche, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Binna Burra, AU	daily rain	112.6 mm (4.4 in)	84.7 mm (3.3 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Norris Madison Pwr House, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Richardton Abbey, US	monthly rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Dorrigo (Myrtle St), AU	daily rain	207.6 mm (8.2 in)	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Menangle Jmai, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Klerkskraal (Pol), ZA	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1989	Usta 8 WNW Kelly Rch, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 years	48 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1989. 1989 had 1,320 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 1989-04-27: 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	1,011
50 to 100	13
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1