Weather Records on 27 April 2020

497 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 2020. Highest significance: Lankaran, AZ.

Key Facts for 27 April 2020

On 27 April 2020, 497 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
271 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 36 monthly and 460 daily.
Lankaran set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 27 April 2020.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

497 stations

497 station records on 27 April 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lankaran	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Puerto Montt	Chile	Record daily precipitation	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Watchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Baudette	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Chon Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record high maximum temperature	36.0 C (96.8 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ciudad Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ko Samui	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Northville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Surat Thani	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kakinada	India	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sola/Vanua Lava Isl	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uttaradit	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chula Vista	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
S Lincoln	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vishakhapatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ajo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conklingville Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tulelake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Quicksand	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Conklingville Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tapachula Chis	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Charleroi Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Onslow Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Arvaiheer	Mongolia	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Manila	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Benning Lawson Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
McKeesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Craig	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Navua	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	182.5 mm (7.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bilma	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tryvasshogda	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Napas	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Benbrook Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bishop AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zyrjanka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Fe Co Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vanzil-Kynak	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tak	Thailand	Record low maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dorena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Providence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Raton Muni Crews Fld AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

497 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 156, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 101, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 27 April 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	156
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	101
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 27 April 2020 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 36, daily 460.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

408 broken records

Margins by which the 408 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 2020

Top 20 records on 27 April 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 2020	Lankaran, AZ	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	113 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
27 April 2020	Puerto Montt, CL	all-time rain	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2020	Watchem, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2020	Baudette, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2020	Chon Buri, TH	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	68 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	N Creek 5 SE, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	111 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	Hanover, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	129 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	Tashkent, UZ	monthly high max	36.0 C (96.8 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	107 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	Ciudad Victoria, MX	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	2 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	Ko Samui, TH	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	Northville, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	Alfred, US	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	107 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	Corning, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	Surat Thani, TH	daily low max	27.5 C (81.5 F)	3.7 C (6.7 F)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	Tombstone, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	121 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	Rogersville 1 NE, US	daily low max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	116 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	Kakinada, IN	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	80 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	Sola/Vanua Lava Isl, VU	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	Flemington 5 NNW, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	116 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2020	Uttaradit, TH	daily low max	28.5 C (83.3 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	59 years	40 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2020. 2020 had 497 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 20	383
20 to 40	13
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1