Weather Records on 27 April 2018

407 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 2018. Highest significance: Vanderbilt 11ENE, US.

Key Facts for 27 April 2018

On 27 April 2018, 407 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
299 were record highs and 52 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 390 daily.
Vanderbilt 11ENE set a daily record snow depth of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 27 April 2018.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

407 stations

407 station records on 27 April 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Pali Golf Course 788.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waihee 837.5	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yreka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone 1 WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Fourche	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wittmann 1SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mullan Pass Vor/Dme	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nice	France	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Cimone	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zhigalovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Blagovescensk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mud Mtn Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg Bowers Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Split Marjan	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tlaxcala de Xicontecatl (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Karam	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	4.2 C (39.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cliff 11 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Finike	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Knin	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	28.8 C (83.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hacienda Ylang Ylang Veracruz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Edirne	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quemado	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zuni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Monte S. Angelo	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pipe Spring Nm	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rheinstetten	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vigna di Valle	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vladikavkaz	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.4 C (81.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reus/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edirne	Turkey	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chuuk WSO AP	Federated States of Micronesia	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Arhara	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mineral-Nye-Vody	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Twentynine Palms	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winterpock	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires Observ	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marcos Juarez	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

407 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 146, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 49, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 27 April 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	146
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	49
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 27 April 2018 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 17, daily 390.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

322 broken records

Margins by which the 322 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 2018

Top 20 records on 27 April 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 2018	Vanderbilt 11ENE, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	104 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Levan, US	monthly high max	30.6 C (87.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	120 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Pali Golf Course 788.1, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Susanville 2SW, US	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	120 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Duncan, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Monmouth, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Waihee 837.5, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Natchez, US	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Missoula 6 NW WFO, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	108 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Yreka, US	daily high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	91 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Naalehu 14, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	95 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Yerington, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	N Fk Rs, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Shoshone 1 WNW, US	daily high min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Three Lynx, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Belle Fourche, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	65 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Molokai Kaunakakai Molokai AP, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2018	Wittmann 1SE, US	daily high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	72 years	35 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2018. 2018 had 407 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	318
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1