Weather Records on 27 April 1993

1,285 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 1993. Highest significance: Barkly East, ZA.

Key Facts for 27 April 1993

On 27 April 1993, 1,285 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
913 were record highs and 158 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 148 monthly and 1,136 daily.
Barkly East set a daily record precipitation of 37.4 mm (1.5 in) on 27 April 1993.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,285 stations

1,285 station records on 27 April 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rabula (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Millheim	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huitzilac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Den Haag	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Avoca	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eastport	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.1 C (57.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Manoa 712.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	11.6 C (52.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trier	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.2 C (82.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ipanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Strasbourg-Entzheim	France	Record high maximum temperature	29.0 C (84.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sogndal - Selseng	Norway	Record snow depth	143.0 cm (56.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Tegel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zuerich/Fluntern	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chain of Lagoons	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.8 C (80.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kleve	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Delhi 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	22.6 C (72.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Tempelhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hemse	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	25.4 C (77.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,285 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 574, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 339, Lowest daily minimum 120, Heaviest daily rainfall 156, Heaviest daily snowfall 34, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 27 April 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	574
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	339
Lowest daily minimum	120
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	34
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 27 April 1993 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 148, daily 1,136.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,135 broken records

Margins by which the 1,135 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 310.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 1993

Top 20 records on 27 April 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 1993	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	101 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 April 1993	Freiburg, DE	daily high max	29.2 C (84.6 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	99 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Rabula (Bos), ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Karlsruhe, DE	daily high max	28.6 C (83.5 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	99 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Boras, SE	daily high max	26.8 C (80.2 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high max	25.5 C (77.9 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	95 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily high max	28.0 C (82.4 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Geisenheim, DE	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	107 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Halmstad, SE	monthly high min	11.6 C (52.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Millheim, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Schwerin, DE	daily high max	27.1 C (80.8 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily high max	28.1 C (82.6 F)	4.1 C (7.4 F)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Huitzilac, MX	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Den Haag, ZA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Avoca, ZA	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Vasteras-Hasslo, SE	monthly high max	25.9 C (78.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	5.2 C (9.4 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Lindenberg, DE	monthly high min	15.5 C (59.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 1993	Greifswald, DE	daily high max	24.6 C (76.3 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	84 years	42 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1993. 1993 had 1,285 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 1993-04-27: 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	1,111
50 to 100	19
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1