Weather Records on 27 April 2015

608 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 2015. Highest significance: Canon City, US.

Key Facts for 27 April 2015

On 27 April 2015, 608 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
265 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 57 monthly and 551 daily.
Canon City set a daily record precipitation of 74.4 mm (2.9 in) on 27 April 2015.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

608 stations

608 station records on 27 April 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canon City	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Waikapu 390	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Cleburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dialville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tucumcari Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Memmingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Amarillo	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bol'sie-Uki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Waimanalo Exp F 795.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Booker	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Plainview	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Waiehu Camp 484	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lipscomb	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Freystadt-Oberndorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cedarville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Walsenburg 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dilia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Nest	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keahua 410	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chengde	China	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record low minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pogranichnyj	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Federal Pt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquero 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Leo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wytheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Ravensburg Weingarten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sigmarszell-Zeisertsweiler	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sirte	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	41.8 C (107.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Aero	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Suttsu	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Morehead City 2 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin 11 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rusk	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cathcart (Mount Darragh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Borger	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Milolii 2.34	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boos	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aomori	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McCarty Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

608 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 56, Highest daily minimum 122, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 27 April 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	56
Highest daily minimum	122
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 27 April 2015 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 57, daily 551.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

520 broken records

Margins by which the 520 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 370.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 2015

Top 20 records on 27 April 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 2015	Canon City, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2015	Waikapu 390, US	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	82 years	74 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2015	Cleburne, US	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	100 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2015	Dialville 2 W, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	92 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2015	Tucumcari Muni AP, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2015	Logansport Cicott St, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	21 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2015	Memmingen, DE	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2015	Amarillo, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2015	Bol'sie-Uki, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2015	Wolfach, DE	daily rain	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2015	Waimanalo Exp F 795.1, US	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2015	Booker, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2015	Trinidad, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	92 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2015	Plainview, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2015	Waiehu Camp 484, US	daily rain	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	10 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2015	Lipscomb, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	65 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2015	Freystadt-Oberndorf, DE	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2015	Cedarville, US	monthly high min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	78 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2015	Ft Lauderdale, US	monthly high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2015	San Jon, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	82 years	46 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2015. 2015 had 608 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	510
50 to 100	7
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1