Weather Records on 2 January 1927

241 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1927. Highest significance: Pointe Riche, CA.

Key Facts for 2 January 1927

On 2 January 1927, 241 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
207 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 235 daily.
Pointe Riche set a monthly record daily precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 2 January 1927.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

241 stations

241 station records on 2 January 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sarna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-34.0 C (-29.2 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Carroll	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bottineau	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Spearfish	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Macksville 8 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Oakbank	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Britt 3E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

241 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 92, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 115, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 18, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 January 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	92
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	115
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	18
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 January 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 235.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

194 broken records

Margins by which the 194 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 216.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1927

Top 20 records on 2 January 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1927	Pointe Riche, CA	monthly rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 January 1927	Sydney, CA	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Bic, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Bic, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	15 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Bulken, NO	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Irkutsk, RU	monthly high min	-6.9 C (19.6 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	21 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Sarna, SE	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	5 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Pitea, SE	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Irkutsk, RU	monthly high max	2.3 C (36.1 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Princeton, CA	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	1 year	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Umea, SE	daily low max	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	33 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Eugene, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Rockhampton Post Office, AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	32 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Medicine Hat A, CA	monthly high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	7 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Haparanda, SE	daily low max	-24.0 C (-11.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Napoleon, US	daily high min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	28 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Haparanda, SE	daily low min	-34.0 C (-29.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	33 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Crete 4ESE, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	32 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily rain	3.2 mm (0.13 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	16 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1927	Bisbee, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	14 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

1794 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1927. 1927 had 241 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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	193
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1