Weather Records on 27 January 1923

138 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1923. Highest significance: Kentani (Bos), ZA.

Key Facts for 27 January 1923

On 27 January 1923, 138 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 136 daily.
Kentani (Bos) set a daily record precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 27 January 1923.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

138 stations

138 station records on 27 January 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Knysna (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Algona	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Willowvale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Drift Sands (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Humansdorp (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walsingham 1	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque River	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Komga (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grahamstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kei Road (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Orskar_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamferskraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kola-In-Murman	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Qacu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort (Stoneleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

138 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 71, Heaviest daily snowfall 11, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 January 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	71
Heaviest daily snowfall	11
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 January 1923 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 136.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

118 broken records

Margins by which the 118 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1923

Top 20 records on 27 January 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1923	Kentani (Bos), ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1923	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1923	Knysna (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1923	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1923	Lady Grey (Pol), ZA	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1923	Portland, US	daily snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1923	Algona, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1923	Willowvale (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1923	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.2 cm (3.6 in)	29 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1923	Drift Sands (Bos), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1923	Humansdorp (Pol), ZA	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1923	Pointe Riche, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1923	Port Alfred, ZA	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	11 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1923	Walsingham 1, ZA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1923	Dubuque River, US	daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1923	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1923	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	38 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1923	Komga (Pol), ZA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1923	Grahamstown, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	8 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1923	Kei Road (Pol), ZA	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	21 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1923. 1923 had 138 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-27 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	2
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1894	9
1895	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	3
1901	16
1902	9
1903	10
1904	23
1905	9
1906	6
1907	29
1908	34
1909	4
1910	25
1911	52
1912	28
1913	19
1914	52
1915	35
1916	125
1917	40
1918	87
1919	26
1920	55
1921	21
1922	38
1923	138
1924	273
1925	117
1926	55
1927	191
1928	200
1929	166
1930	148
1931	328
1932	202
1933	302
1934	765
1935	270
1936	826
1937	243
1938	305
1939	312
1940	896
1941	405
1942	579
1943	355
1944	1,751
1945	242
1946	165
1947	532
1948	809
1949	1,245
1950	915
1951	355
1952	689
1953	376
1954	804
1955	397
1956	653
1957	948
1958	336
1959	466
1960	214
1961	899
1962	754
1963	1,226
1964	144
1965	317
1966	605
1967	811
1968	785
1969	985
1970	776
1971	947
1972	955
1973	702
1974	1,261
1975	547
1976	1,090
1977	592
1978	783
1979	1,652
1980	532
1981	776
1982	939
1983	1,849
1984	753
1985	839
1986	1,052
1987	1,214
1988	799
1989	971
1990	625
1991	696
1992	1,054
1993	1,197
1994	2,051
1995	1,017
1996	1,395
1997	867
1998	697
1999	1,123
2000	1,354
2001	937
2002	1,710
2003	1,593
2004	827
2005	1,018
2006	1,018
2007	846
2008	734
2009	965
2010	905
2011	719
2012	658
2013	907
2014	434
2015	1,155
2016	1,008
2017	576
2018	546
2019	679
2020	465
2021	786
2022	420
2023	425
2024	1,082
2025	619
2026	1,139

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	111
50 to 100	5
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1