Weather Records on 31 January 1927

64 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1927. Highest significance: Queenstown, ZA.

Key Facts for 31 January 1927

On 31 January 1927, 64 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 6 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 63 daily.
Queenstown set a daily record precipitation of 36.8 mm (1.4 in) on 31 January 1927.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

64 stations

64 station records on 31 January 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Queenstown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bakensrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Somerset East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
St Georges	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cullendale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mackay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Grundy Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Knoxville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Lottering (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Jansenville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Kvikkjokk-Arrenjarka	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Arapaho	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Florance	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Afton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Loudon 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	158.0 cm (62.2 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Indianola 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-6.0 C (21.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Moxee	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabeth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.0 C (-43.6 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Eustis 2 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Albia 3 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

64 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 1, Highest daily minimum 13, Lowest daily minimum 5, Heaviest daily rainfall 19, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 31 January 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	1
Highest daily minimum	13
Lowest daily minimum	5
Heaviest daily rainfall	19
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 31 January 1927 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 63.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

45 broken records

Margins by which the 45 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 40.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1927

Top 20 records on 31 January 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1927	Queenstown, ZA	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Elizabethton, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Bakensrug, ZA	daily rain	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Somerset East, ZA	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily rain	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Athens, US	daily high max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	38 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Waynesboro 2 W, US	monthly high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	17 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Somerville 4 NW, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	42 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily low min	10.4 C (50.7 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	4 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Sable Island, CA	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	21 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	St Georges, CA	daily high min	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	25 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Hedrum, NO	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	13 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Cullendale, ZA	daily rain	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	35 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Oskaloosa, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Pakri, EE	daily rain	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	32 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Aberdeen, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	13 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Mackay Post Office, AU	daily rain	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	1 year	12 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Ottumwa 1 WSW, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	24 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
31 January 1927	Farmington, US	daily high max	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	12 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

1800 to 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1927. 1927 had 64 records.

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

Records on 01-31 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1853	2
1854	2
1862	1
1863	2
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	5
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1893	9
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	7
1899	7
1900	5
1901	4
1902	10
1903	3
1904	6
1905	21
1906	17
1907	8
1908	36
1909	27
1910	10
1911	52
1912	20
1913	49
1914	36
1915	115
1916	94
1917	190
1918	150
1919	14
1920	113
1921	29
1922	55
1923	152
1924	203
1925	134
1926	204
1927	64
1928	47
1929	263
1930	83
1931	326
1932	153
1933	212
1934	597
1935	431
1936	830
1937	309
1938	362
1939	323
1940	361
1941	354
1942	273
1943	698
1944	232
1945	943
1946	359
1947	788
1948	600
1949	1,058
1950	1,022
1951	1,192
1952	519
1953	879
1954	744
1955	383
1956	434
1957	563
1958	692
1959	237
1960	349
1961	475
1962	686
1963	928
1964	402
1965	696
1966	1,295
1967	637
1968	524
1969	703
1970	209
1971	1,506
1972	426
1973	714
1974	1,128
1975	1,110
1976	569
1977	781
1978	844
1979	1,995
1980	757
1981	687
1982	1,287
1983	1,078
1984	610
1985	1,725
1986	616
1987	787
1988	1,582
1989	1,718
1990	821
1991	617
1992	1,573
1993	856
1994	1,049
1995	1,122
1996	1,594
1997	898
1998	641
1999	938
2000	1,115
2001	1,061
2002	3,080
2003	1,281
2004	1,392
2005	767
2006	722
2007	713
2008	704
2009	552
2010	1,311
2011	741
2012	1,037
2013	1,397
2014	986
2015	663
2016	1,147
2017	575
2018	564
2019	1,426
2020	1,031
2021	504
2022	255
2023	907
2024	1,117
2025	827
2026	839

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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 31 January 1927
Margin	Records
0 to 10	39
10 to 20	5
20 to 30	0
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1