Weather Records on 27 April 2011

1,291 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 2011. Highest significance: Sewanee, US.

Key Facts for 27 April 2011

On 27 April 2011, 1,291 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
796 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 31 were all-time records, 177 monthly and 1,083 daily.
Sewanee set a monthly record daily precipitation of 131.1 mm (5.2 in) on 27 April 2011.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 470 records.

Record Map

1,291 stations

1,291 station records on 27 April 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sewanee	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Du Quoin 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Russellville	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sailes Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Shelbyville Water Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Senatobia	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rough Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceburg Filt Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oak Ridge Atdd	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville Intnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
York 3 SSW Pump STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cheatham L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greeneville Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hellinikon	Greece	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chestertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sarah 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elkton	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville McAlpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.7 mm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Independence 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
W Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Misantla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nolin Rvr Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Holly Springs 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,291 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 336, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 460, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 346, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 27 April 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	336
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	460
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	346
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 27 April 2011 by timescale: all-time 31, monthly 177, daily 1,083.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

944 broken records

Margins by which the 944 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 2011

Top 20 records on 27 April 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 2011	Sewanee, US	monthly rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 April 2011	First Connecticut Lake, US	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	77 years	77 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2011	Calhoun 2 N, US	daily rain	156.7 mm (6.2 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2011	Du Quoin 4 SE, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	117 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2011	Russellville, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	61 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2011	Pleasant Hill, US	all-time rain	179.6 mm (7.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2011	Clarksville Wwtp, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2011	Sailes Fire Twr, US	daily rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2011	Shelbyville Water Dept, US	daily rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2011	Fordyce, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2011	Senatobia, US	monthly rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	100 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2011	Kenton, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2011	Fulton, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2011	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	98 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2011	Rough Rvr Lake, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2011	Savannah 6 SW, US	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	98 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2011	Newport, US	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2011	Helena, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	118 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2011	Dawson Springs, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2011	Mt Pleasant 4SW, US	monthly rain	146.8 mm (5.8 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	56 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2011. 2011 had 1,291 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 50	917
50 to 100	24
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1