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Weather Records on 27 January 1878

1 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1878. Highest significance: Armagh, GB.

Key Facts for 27 January 1878

  • On 27 January 1878, 1 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
  • 0 were record highs and 0 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
  • By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 1 daily.
  • Armagh set a daily record precipitation of 16.4 mm (0.6 in) on 27 January 1878.
  • Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

1 stations
Weather records on 27 January 1878 1 station records on 27 January 1878 are marked on the map, coloured by record type.
1 station records on 27 January 1878 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.
Weather records on 27 January 1878: highest significance records shown on the map
StationCountryTypeValueSignificance
ArmaghUnited KingdomRecord daily precipitation16.4 mm (0.6 in)20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1 records
Records on 27 January 1878 by type Records set or tied on 27 January 1878 by type: Heaviest daily rainfall 1. 00111Highest daily maximum: 0Lowest daily maximum: 0Highest daily minimum: 0Lowest daily minimum: 0Heaviest daily rainfall: 1Heaviest daily snowfall: 0Deepest snow cover: 0Max highMax lowMin highMin lowRainSnowDepth
Records set or tied on 27 January 1878 by type: Heaviest daily rainfall 1.
Records on 27 January 1878 by type
Record typeRecords
Highest daily maximum0
Lowest daily maximum0
Highest daily minimum0
Lowest daily minimum0
Heaviest daily rainfall1
Heaviest daily snowfall0
Deepest snow cover0
Records on 27 January 1878 by timescale Records on 27 January 1878 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 1. 00111all-time: 0monthly: 0daily: 1all-timemonthlydaily
Records on 27 January 1878 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 1.
Records on 27 January 1878 by timescale
TimescaleRecords
all-time0
monthly0
daily1

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1 broken records
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 January 1878 Margins by which the 1 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 6.0. Ties are not counted. 001110 to 1: 01 to 2: 02 to 3: 03 to 4: 04 to 5: 05 to 6: 10 to 11 to 22 to 33 to 44 to 55 to 6
Margins by which the 1 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 6.0. Ties are not counted.
Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 January 1878
MarginRecords
0 to 10
1 to 20
2 to 30
3 to 40
4 to 50
5 to 61

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1878
Top 1 records on 27 January 1878 by significance
DateStationRecordValueBeat old record byOld record stoodSignificance
27 January 1878Armagh, GBdaily rain16.4 mm (0.6 in)6.0 mm (0.24 in)38 years20 of 100 (Routine)

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

1796 to 1878
Records on 01-27 in each year Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1878. 1878 had 1 records. 01,0002,0003,0001796: 11804: 11830: 21834: 21840: 11841: 11843: 11844: 11846: 21848: 21850: 11855: 11858: 21862: 11867: 11870: 11871: 11873: 21878: 11879: 11880: 11882: 11883: 21885: 11886: 11887: 11888: 11889: 31890: 41891: 11892: 41894: 91895: 41897: 41898: 21899: 11900: 31901: 161902: 91903: 101904: 231905: 91906: 61907: 291908: 341909: 41910: 251911: 521912: 281913: 191914: 521915: 351916: 1251917: 401918: 871919: 261920: 551921: 211922: 381923: 1381924: 2731925: 1171926: 551927: 1911928: 2001929: 1661930: 1481931: 3281932: 2021933: 3021934: 7651935: 2701936: 8261937: 2431938: 3051939: 3121940: 8961941: 4051942: 5791943: 3551944: 1,7511945: 2421946: 1651947: 5321948: 8091949: 1,2451950: 9151951: 3551952: 6891953: 3761954: 8041955: 3971956: 6531957: 9481958: 3361959: 4661960: 2141961: 8991962: 7541963: 1,2261964: 1441965: 3171966: 6051967: 8111968: 7851969: 9851970: 7761971: 9471972: 9551973: 7021974: 1,2611975: 5471976: 1,0901977: 5921978: 7831979: 1,6521980: 5321981: 7761982: 9391983: 1,8491984: 7531985: 8391986: 1,0521987: 1,2141988: 7991989: 9711990: 6251991: 6961992: 1,0541993: 1,1971994: 2,0511995: 1,0171996: 1,3951997: 8671998: 6971999: 1,1232000: 1,3542001: 9372002: 1,7102003: 1,5932004: 8272005: 1,0182006: 1,0182007: 8462008: 7342009: 9652010: 9052011: 7192012: 6582013: 9072014: 4342015: 1,1552016: 1,0082017: 5762018: 5432019: 6762020: 4632021: 7822022: 4182023: 4242024: 1,0822025: 6191796187318981915193219491966198320002017
Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1878. 1878 had 1 records.
Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.
Records on 01-27 in each year
YearRecords
17961
18041
18302
18342
18401
18411
18431
18441
18462
18482
18501
18551
18582
18621
18671
18701
18711
18732
18781
18791
18801
18821
18832
18851
18861
18871
18881
18893
18904
18911
18924
18949
18954
18974
18982
18991
19003
190116
19029
190310
190423
19059
19066
190729
190834
19094
191025
191152
191228
191319
191452
191535
1916125
191740
191887
191926
192055
192121
192238
1923138
1924273
1925117
192655
1927191
1928200
1929166
1930148
1931328
1932202
1933302
1934765
1935270
1936826
1937243
1938305
1939312
1940896
1941405
1942579
1943355
19441,751
1945242
1946165
1947532
1948809
19491,245
1950915
1951355
1952689
1953376
1954804
1955397
1956653
1957948
1958336
1959466
1960214
1961899
1962754
19631,226
1964144
1965317
1966605
1967811
1968785
1969985
1970776
1971947
1972955
1973702
19741,261
1975547
19761,090
1977592
1978783
19791,652
1980532
1981776
1982939
19831,849
1984753
1985839
19861,052
19871,214
1988799
1989971
1990625
1991696
19921,054
19931,197
19942,051
19951,017
19961,395
1997867
1998697
19991,123
20001,354
2001937
20021,710
20031,593
2004827
20051,018
20061,018
2007846
2008734
2009965
2010905
2011719
2012658
2013907
2014434
20151,155
20161,008
2017576
2018543
2019676
2020463
2021782
2022418
2023424
20241,082
2025619

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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 . Last revised (2025-12-31).