Weather Records on 7 January 1927

171 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1927. Highest significance: Young Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 7 January 1927

On 7 January 1927, 171 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
26 were record highs and 4 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 171 daily.
Young Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 70.1 mm (2.8 in) on 7 January 1927.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

171 stations

171 station records on 7 January 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wandary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Obley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Adavale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Menangle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Bourke	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Box Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Berry Masonic Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Camden Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yeoval Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pitt Town (the Manse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Girilambone (Ampol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orange 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington (Agrowplow)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Marys Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Picton Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockinbingal 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuart Town	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orange (McLaughlin St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Mentone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Camden (Brownlow Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Berthong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lila Lower	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hargraves (Weeroona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arthurville (Cramond)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Potts Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tallong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jeir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rock View	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.3 C (-6.3 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Blanco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Rosewin (Boona Tank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

171 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 131, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 7 January 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	131
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 7 January 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 171.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

158 broken records

Margins by which the 158 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 61.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 January 1927

Top 20 records on 7 January 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1927	Young Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1927	Wandary, AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1927	Cunnamulla Post Office, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1927	Peak Hill (Bruie Plains), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	30 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1927	Goonumbla (Coradgery), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1927	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1927	M.R.A., AU	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1927	Wellwood, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1927	Obley, AU	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1927	Tumut (Wattle Cres), AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1927	Adavale, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1927	Menangle, AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1927	Fort Bourke, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	19 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1927	Box Cowell, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1927	Hill End Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1927	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1927	Berry Masonic Village, AU	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1927	Camden Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1927	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1927	Yeoval Post Office, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	20 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

1826 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1927. 1927 had 171 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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	98
10 to 20	38
20 to 30	7
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	5
60 to 70	1