Weather Records on 5 January 1927

417 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 January 1927. Highest significance: Coldwater, CA.

Key Facts for 5 January 1927

On 5 January 1927, 417 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
217 were record highs and 2 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 401 daily.
Coldwater set an all-time record daily snowfall of 66.0 cm (26.0 in) on 5 January 1927.
Across 164 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

417 stations

417 station records on 5 January 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 January 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Terowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeribar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quabathoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bisbee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warrinilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gilgandra (Berida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Curtis	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oakley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koomooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan (Sandleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chatillon-Sur-Seine	France	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eudunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millicent	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Australia Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkeld	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Truro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamilton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willsons River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolseley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mortlake	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Merino (Glenorchy Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Winnininnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koolunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bordertown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

417 records

Records set or tied on 5 January 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 143, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 5 January 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	143
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	0
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 5 January 1927 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 401.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 January 1927

Top 20 records on 5 January 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 January 1927	Coldwater, CA	all-time snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1927	Toombul Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1927	Coldwater, CA	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1927	Cumnock (Willow Park), AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1927	Pointe Riche, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
5 January 1927	Terowie, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1927	Boolcoomatta, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1927	Lucknow, CA	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1927	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1927	Mungeribar, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1927	Quabathoo, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1927	Bisbee, US	daily high max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1927	Collector (Brookdale), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1927	Warrinilla, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1927	Rosebud, US	monthly high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1927	Fillmore, US	daily high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1927	Gilgandra (Berida), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1927	Mittagong Head Station, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1927	Curtis, US	daily high max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
5 January 1927	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	7 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

1795 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1927. 1927 had 417 records.

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

Records on 01-05 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1838	1
1850	1
1853	1
1855	2
1857	1
1860	2
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1864	3
1869	2
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	5
1874	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	2
1891	5
1892	5
1894	10
1895	7
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1899	9
1900	4
1901	6
1902	14
1903	9
1904	24
1905	9
1906	15
1907	7
1908	12
1909	52
1910	21
1911	27
1912	54
1913	19
1914	34
1915	21
1916	95
1917	59
1918	41
1919	53
1920	122
1921	87
1922	160
1923	97
1924	408
1925	110
1926	328
1927	417
1928	112
1929	308
1930	203
1931	176
1932	370
1933	241
1934	294
1935	755
1936	280
1937	238
1938	200
1939	736
1940	654
1941	276
1942	828
1943	355
1944	274
1945	571
1946	1,218
1947	496
1948	537
1949	948
1950	1,400
1951	200
1952	345
1953	291
1954	389
1955	770
1956	699
1957	276
1958	506
1959	1,043
1960	463
1961	305
1962	359
1963	340
1964	191
1965	488
1966	607
1967	545
1968	1,037
1969	844
1970	463
1971	1,355
1972	695
1973	566
1974	986
1975	338
1976	744
1977	613
1978	672
1979	1,781
1980	997
1981	1,136
1982	1,787
1983	929
1984	1,163
1985	970
1986	856
1987	1,031
1988	1,389
1989	1,463
1990	471
1991	1,409
1992	1,001
1993	1,604
1994	1,481
1995	956
1996	1,084
1997	2,254
1998	1,426
1999	2,443
2000	786
2001	1,251
2002	833
2003	760
2004	1,731
2005	1,947
2006	813
2007	1,844
2008	1,114
2009	671
2010	1,386
2011	620
2012	1,307
2013	501
2014	746
2015	652
2016	516
2017	1,053
2018	1,075
2019	422
2020	395
2021	366
2022	700
2023	683
2024	458
2025	607
2026	736

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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 20	343
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1
140 to 160	1