Weather Records on 27 January 1926

55 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1926. Highest significance: Warwick Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 27 January 1926

On 27 January 1926, 55 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
19 were record highs and 5 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 55 daily.
Warwick Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 68.3 mm (2.7 in) on 27 January 1926.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

55 stations

55 station records on 27 January 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blinkbonnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Helidon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yarmouth	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.8 cm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Nord Odal	Norway	Record snow depth	82.0 cm (32.3 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record snow depth	75.0 cm (29.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Parker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Lodge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

55 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 10, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 21, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 27 January 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	10
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	21
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 27 January 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 55.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

42 broken records

Margins by which the 42 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1926

Top 20 records on 27 January 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1926	Warwick Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1926	Blinkbonnie, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1926	Helidon Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Halifax, CA	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	52 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Yarmouth, CA	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	5.3 cm (2.1 in)	31 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Charlottetown, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	52 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Cambooya Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	38 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Wolfville, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	52 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Wolfville, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	52 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Charlottetown, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Yarmouth, CA	daily rain	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Grayling, US	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	10 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Alton, CA	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	34 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily high min	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	35.5 C (95.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Alton, CA	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	34 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Isisford Post Office, AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	24 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Forest Hill, AU	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	30 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1926	Curtis, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	23 years	13 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1926. 1926 had 55 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 10	30
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1