Weather Records on 28 January 1927

143 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 January 1927. Highest significance: Yandilla, AU.

Key Facts for 28 January 1927

On 28 January 1927, 143 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
59 were record highs and 7 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 140 daily.
Yandilla set an all-time record daily precipitation of 139.7 mm (5.5 in) on 28 January 1927.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

143 stations

143 station records on 28 January 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 January 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yandilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ramornie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kempsey (Wide Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Macksville Country Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pittsworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dalmorton Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drake (Village Resource Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe (Bonuna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton City Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bendemeer (Caroline St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Woolgoolga (Clear Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Binnaway (Hawthorne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowraville Recreation Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cassilis (Dalkeith)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Port Macquarie (Bellevue Garde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marlborough Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Holmogadd A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gloucester Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Leyburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington (Oxley Anchorage Ca	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bungendore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Moose Jaw Chab	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Biamble	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rotherwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ravenna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Chinchilla Water Treatment Pla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Dalveen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

143 records

Records set or tied on 28 January 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 76, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 28 January 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	76
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 January 1927 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 2, daily 140.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

119 broken records

Margins by which the 119 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 January 1927

Top 20 records on 28 January 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 January 1927	Yandilla, AU	all-time rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1927	Ringwood, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1927	Ramornie, AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1927	Kempsey (Wide Street), AU	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1927	Oxford, GB	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	6.7 mm (0.26 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1927	Ulmarra (Newsagency), AU	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1927	Macksville Country Club, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1927	Pittsworth, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1927	Dalmorton Homestead, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 January 1927	Drake (Village Resource Centre, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1927	Ivanhoe (Bonuna), AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1927	Grafton City Council, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1927	Bendemeer (Caroline St), AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1927	Tenterfield (Federation Park), AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1927	Woolgoolga (Clear Place), AU	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1927	Wallangarra Post Office, AU	monthly rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1927	Binnaway (Hawthorne), AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1927	Inglewood Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1927	Cassilis Post Office, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	5 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
28 January 1927	Bowraville Recreation Club, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	25 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 143 records.

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

Records on 01-28 in each year
Year	Records
1796	2
1809	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1843	1
1846	3
1848	2
1850	1
1854	1
1855	1
1857	2
1858	1
1865	1
1867	2
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	1
1884	1
1885	5
1888	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	1
1895	10
1896	4
1897	6
1898	2
1899	1
1900	4
1901	13
1902	3
1903	15
1904	13
1905	9
1906	19
1907	31
1908	22
1909	12
1910	48
1911	29
1912	18
1913	26
1914	87
1915	55
1916	247
1917	60
1918	104
1919	18
1920	94
1921	61
1922	45
1923	51
1924	126
1925	256
1926	82
1927	143
1928	177
1929	184
1930	133
1931	407
1932	187
1933	142
1934	262
1935	360
1936	603
1937	194
1938	272
1939	247
1940	522
1941	322
1942	558
1943	405
1944	873
1945	251
1946	104
1947	598
1948	1,024
1949	1,301
1950	485
1951	626
1952	287
1953	414
1954	781
1955	402
1956	665
1957	834
1958	647
1959	381
1960	320
1961	585
1962	521
1963	1,099
1964	148
1965	511
1966	1,096
1967	817
1968	1,016
1969	998
1970	948
1971	972
1972	806
1973	827
1974	1,408
1975	744
1976	972
1977	778
1978	646
1979	1,628
1980	763
1981	827
1982	459
1983	1,546
1984	771
1985	657
1986	1,295
1987	1,094
1988	728
1989	1,649
1990	1,180
1991	636
1992	1,382
1993	1,182
1994	1,586
1995	1,080
1996	830
1997	1,159
1998	847
1999	1,399
2000	1,550
2001	1,198
2002	2,473
2003	952
2004	931
2005	1,009
2006	1,222
2007	629
2008	1,011
2009	1,394
2010	717
2011	514
2012	431
2013	1,291
2014	871
2015	1,141
2016	754
2017	410
2018	648
2019	624
2020	548
2021	814
2022	375
2023	499
2024	1,799
2025	579
2026	541

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 28 January 1927
Margin	Records
0 to 10	82
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	4