Weather Records on 27 April 2023

536 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 April 2023. Highest significance: Idjevan, AM.

Key Facts for 27 April 2023

On 27 April 2023, 536 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
254 were record highs and 108 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 481 daily.
Idjevan set a daily record precipitation of 99.3 mm (3.9 in) on 27 April 2023.
Across 158 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

536 stations

536 station records on 27 April 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 April 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Idjevan	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Kalajoki Metsakyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Greer	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fossil Butte	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Afton	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Bay MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bern	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Center	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalajoki Pitkasenkyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick-McKinnon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Stevensville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Baggs	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kealakekua 26.2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid/Barajas	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wisdom	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rome R B Russell AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tangier City	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vikulovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marianna Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Parndana (Pioneer Bend)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Agalega	Mauritius	Record high maximum temperature	34.0 C (93.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
El Campo	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pensacola Forest Sherman NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sitka AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gore	Ethiopia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record low minimum temperature	4.6 C (40.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pensacola Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Trondheim - Voll	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Walpole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid/Cuatrovientos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
San Rafael-Civic Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toamasina	Madagascar	Record low maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bassatine	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	18.5 C (65.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

536 records

Records set or tied on 27 April 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 120, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 149, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 22.

Records on 27 April 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	120
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	22

Records on 27 April 2023 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 55, daily 481.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

447 broken records

Margins by which the 447 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 April 2023

Top 20 records on 27 April 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 April 2023	Idjevan, AM	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	66 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2023	Kalajoki Metsakyla, FI	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 April 2023	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	monthly rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	123 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Brunswick, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	113 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Crockett, US	daily rain	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	12 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Greer, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	116 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Fossil Butte, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Lifton Pumping STN, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	monthly high max	33.1 C (91.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	118 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Afton, US	daily snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Kaneohe Bay MCAS, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Bern, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Center, US	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Pineview Dam, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	85 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Kalajoki Pitkasenkyla, FI	monthly rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Richfield, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	110 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Brunswick-McKinnon AP, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Stevensville, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	102 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 April 2023	Petropavlovsk, KZ	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	113 years	44 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2023. 2023 had 536 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 100	434
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	3