Weather Records on 27 April 2016

755 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 2016. Highest significance: Dresden, US.

Key Facts for 27 April 2016

On 27 April 2016, 755 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
242 were record highs and 201 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 723 daily.
Dresden set a daily record precipitation of 64.8 mm (2.6 in) on 27 April 2016.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

755 stations

755 station records on 27 April 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Chornomorske	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burwell 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Densmore 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rossville	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Sharpe Prj	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Riverton	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ord #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Labuan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Avila	Spain	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norcatur 3WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boos	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Memmingen	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Talljarv_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eldon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Overbrook 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Polk	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hacker Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-0.8 C (30.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

755 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 91, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 151, Lowest daily minimum 95, Heaviest daily rainfall 244, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 40.

Records on 27 April 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	91
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	151
Lowest daily minimum	95
Heaviest daily rainfall	244
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	40

Records on 27 April 2016 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 30, daily 723.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

641 broken records

Margins by which the 641 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 2016

Top 20 records on 27 April 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 2016	Dresden, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 April 2016	Holdrege, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	110 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 April 2016	Chornomorske, UA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2016	Bloomington Indiana UNIV, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2016	St Charles Elm Pt, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2016	Harlan Co Lake, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	115 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2016	Steffenville, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	116 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2016	Lynch, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	119 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2016	Brunswick, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	99 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2016	Logan, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2016	Miller, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2016	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2016	Arcadia, US	monthly rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	109 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2016	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2016	Paris Stp, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2016	Jewell, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2016	Lemmon, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	102 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2016	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	77 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2016	Osage City, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2016	Burwell 2WSW, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	52 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2016. 2016 had 755 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 2016-04-27: 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 20	552
20 to 40	57
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	12
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1