Weather Records on 19 January 1927

223 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 19 January 1927. Highest significance: Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 19 January 1927

On 19 January 1927, 223 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 221 daily.
Sandy Cape Lighthouse set an all-time record daily precipitation of 374.7 mm (14.8 in) on 19 January 1927.
Across 161 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

223 stations

223 station records on 19 January 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 19 January 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	374.7 mm (14.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	212.6 mm (8.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woody Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	315.5 mm (12.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Warialda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Granville	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gold Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pallal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Childers Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mundoolin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Butlerville 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ipswich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Killarney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cumbalum (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	174.0 mm (6.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bee Branch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
New Madrid	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Wellsburg Wtr Trmt Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Ohio St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wolston Park Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bingara Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

223 records

Records set or tied on 19 January 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 140, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 19 January 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 19 January 1927 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 1, daily 221.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

192 broken records

Margins by which the 192 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 266.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

19 January 1927

Top 20 records on 19 January 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
19 January 1927	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	all-time rain	374.7 mm (14.8 in)	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	0 years	64 of 100 (Major)
19 January 1927	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	212.6 mm (8.4 in)	138.7 mm (5.5 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1927	Woody Island, AU	daily rain	315.5 mm (12.4 in)	266.7 mm (10.5 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1927	Beenleigh Post Office, AU	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1927	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1927	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1927	Corning, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1927	Hvar, HR	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1927	Madison Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
19 January 1927	Warialda Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1927	Granville, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1927	Maryborough, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1927	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	16 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1927	Gold Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1927	Pallal, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1927	Childers Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1927	Englesberg Village, AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1927	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1927	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1927	Waynesville, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	30 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1927. 1927 had 223 records.

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

Records on 01-19 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1800	1
1804	1
1822	1
1838	1
1843	1
1849	1
1853	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	2
1866	1
1868	2
1871	1
1873	2
1874	2
1875	6
1876	5
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1890	6
1891	1
1892	1
1893	5
1894	2
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	7
1899	17
1900	8
1901	6
1902	5
1903	11
1904	26
1905	6
1906	6
1907	30
1908	7
1909	11
1910	37
1911	16
1912	11
1913	6
1914	39
1915	101
1916	46
1917	102
1918	66
1919	17
1920	116
1921	53
1922	45
1923	81
1924	141
1925	228
1926	190
1927	223
1928	526
1929	444
1930	617
1931	240
1932	160
1933	479
1934	147
1935	634
1936	777
1937	1,019
1938	361
1939	221
1940	1,781
1941	285
1942	471
1943	1,183
1944	452
1945	334
1946	850
1947	253
1948	540
1949	704
1950	1,044
1951	748
1952	704
1953	421
1954	276
1955	375
1956	457
1957	389
1958	627
1959	439
1960	368
1961	373
1962	1,086
1963	961
1964	327
1965	349
1966	583
1967	532
1968	759
1969	669
1970	1,128
1971	1,056
1972	636
1973	677
1974	964
1975	662
1976	846
1977	1,566
1978	953
1979	1,535
1980	656
1981	1,054
1982	776
1983	548
1984	1,499
1985	606
1986	1,737
1987	1,321
1988	1,377
1989	999
1990	1,356
1991	542
1992	757
1993	900
1994	2,752
1995	1,036
1996	1,824
1997	817
1998	784
1999	1,081
2000	1,061
2001	854
2002	712
2003	692
2004	813
2005	974
2006	1,418
2007	1,917
2008	1,731
2009	817
2010	814
2011	595
2012	1,133
2013	583
2014	489
2015	432
2016	682
2017	886
2018	622
2019	478
2020	428
2021	462
2022	456
2023	1,340
2024	828
2025	1,267
2026	293

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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	177
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1