Weather Records on 17 January 1927

144 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 January 1927. Highest significance: Inkerman Station, AU.

Key Facts for 17 January 1927

On 17 January 1927, 144 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
4 were record highs and 42 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 143 daily.
Inkerman Station set a daily record precipitation of 127.0 mm (5.0 in) on 17 January 1927.
Across 168 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

144 stations

144 station records on 17 January 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 January 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Inkerman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bogoroditskoye-Fenino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Serpentine (East Loddon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Donald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Metcalfe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lifjell	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gowar West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calivil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud (Coonooer Bridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrewilock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Falsterbo	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Renmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Charlton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang (Meran Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnagulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Malung	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tyntynder Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Neds Corner Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ninyeunook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wallan (Walnarring)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wandin (Yallock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Expedition Pass Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-28.8 C (-19.8 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Haigler	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Towaninnie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kon-Kolodez	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-31.9 C (-25.4 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
St Arnaud	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dingee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Riddells Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

144 records

Records set or tied on 17 January 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 2, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 88, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 17 January 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	2
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	88
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 17 January 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 143.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

127 broken records

Margins by which the 127 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 January 1927

Top 20 records on 17 January 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 January 1927	Inkerman Station, AU	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	5 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Delegate Post Office, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	3 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Bogoroditskoye-Fenino, RU	daily low max	-23.6 C (-10.5 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	33 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Astrakan, RU	daily low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Musgrave, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Bathurst, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Warthausen-Birkenhard, DE	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Serpentine (East Loddon), AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Donald Post Office, AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Metcalfe, AU	daily rain	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Tranebjerg, DK	daily rain	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Birchip (Woodlands), AU	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Lifjell, NO	daily rain	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Wray, US	daily rain	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Gowar West, AU	daily rain	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Calivil, AU	daily rain	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Tangambalanga NE Dairy, AU	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
17 January 1927	Lancefield, AU	daily rain	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	41 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

1795 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1927. 1927 had 144 records.

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

Records on 01-17 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1800	2
1802	1
1804	1
1805	2
1809	1
1812	1
1820	1
1826	2
1828	1
1838	2
1845	3
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	3
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1893	5
1894	5
1895	3
1896	4
1897	6
1899	5
1900	5
1901	1
1902	4
1903	3
1904	9
1905	2
1906	19
1907	38
1908	10
1909	13
1910	21
1911	49
1912	8
1913	66
1914	13
1915	19
1916	47
1917	32
1918	37
1919	45
1920	148
1921	70
1922	25
1923	122
1924	278
1925	184
1926	118
1927	144
1928	309
1929	118
1930	942
1931	130
1932	489
1933	203
1934	120
1935	444
1936	377
1937	196
1938	323
1939	375
1940	566
1941	644
1942	601
1943	1,086
1944	333
1945	511
1946	1,089
1947	354
1948	613
1949	566
1950	731
1951	535
1952	773
1953	531
1954	632
1955	303
1956	431
1957	1,040
1958	555
1959	760
1960	657
1961	537
1962	625
1963	537
1964	450
1965	1,180
1966	275
1967	423
1968	400
1969	526
1970	931
1971	871
1972	884
1973	1,147
1974	1,327
1975	647
1976	717
1977	2,352
1978	1,458
1979	1,182
1980	601
1981	821
1982	1,899
1983	592
1984	888
1985	988
1986	848
1987	1,375
1988	751
1989	745
1990	1,986
1991	776
1992	958
1993	1,685
1994	1,805
1995	1,186
1996	1,353
1997	791
1998	832
1999	775
2000	1,060
2001	744
2002	505
2003	764
2004	1,245
2005	682
2006	1,055
2007	1,911
2008	1,114
2009	851
2010	876
2011	972
2012	847
2013	643
2014	548
2015	489
2016	458
2017	1,002
2018	1,273
2019	582
2020	828
2021	375
2022	1,022
2023	808
2024	1,585
2025	586
2026	370

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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	119
20 to 40	5
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1