Weather Records on 27 January 1928

200 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1928. Highest significance: Goolwa Council Depot, AU.

Key Facts for 27 January 1928

On 27 January 1928, 200 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
14 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 197 daily.
Goolwa Council Depot set a monthly record daily precipitation of 43.7 mm (1.7 in) on 27 January 1928.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

200 stations

200 station records on 27 January 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Goolwa Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Watalunga Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Nectar Brook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Meadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Callington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy Agric College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wiarton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moyston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Watervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macclesfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kenmare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Birchip (Woodlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow (Werrap (Oak-Lea))	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Katandra North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smeaton Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boolardy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hahndorf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nuriootpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Morphett Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Langhorne Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stansbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roseworthy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nairne	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Noorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cope Cope	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blyth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Freeling Railway	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Noarlunga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coonalpyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

200 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 169, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 27 January 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	169
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 27 January 1928 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 197.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

181 broken records

Margins by which the 181 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1928

Top 20 records on 27 January 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1928	Goolwa Council Depot, AU	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1928	Dingo Vale, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1928	Watalunga Estate, AU	monthly rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	6 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Wiarton, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	38 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Owen Sound, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Chicoutimi, CA	daily low max	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	46 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Murray Bridge (Tepko), AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Port Augusta (Nectar Brook), AU	daily rain	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Meadows, AU	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Callington, AU	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Milang, AU	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Galway, IE	daily rain	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	63 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Roseworthy Agric College, AU	daily rain	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Wiarton, CA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Hoyleton, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Stockwell, AU	daily rain	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	39 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Moyston, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Owen Sound, CA	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	46 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1928	Watervale, AU	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	24 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

1796 to 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1928. 1928 had 200 records.

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

Records on 01-27 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1804	1
1830	2
1834	2
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1844	1
1846	2
1848	2
1850	1
1855	1
1858	2
1862	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	2
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1894	9
1895	4
1897	4
1898	2
1899	1
1900	3
1901	16
1902	9
1903	10
1904	23
1905	9
1906	6
1907	29
1908	34
1909	4
1910	25
1911	52
1912	28
1913	19
1914	52
1915	35
1916	125
1917	40
1918	87
1919	26
1920	55
1921	21
1922	38
1923	138
1924	273
1925	117
1926	55
1927	191
1928	200
1929	166
1930	148
1931	328
1932	202
1933	302
1934	765
1935	270
1936	826
1937	243
1938	305
1939	312
1940	896
1941	405
1942	579
1943	355
1944	1,751
1945	242
1946	165
1947	532
1948	809
1949	1,245
1950	915
1951	355
1952	689
1953	376
1954	804
1955	397
1956	653
1957	948
1958	336
1959	466
1960	214
1961	899
1962	754
1963	1,226
1964	144
1965	317
1966	605
1967	811
1968	785
1969	985
1970	776
1971	947
1972	955
1973	702
1974	1,261
1975	547
1976	1,090
1977	592
1978	783
1979	1,652
1980	532
1981	776
1982	939
1983	1,849
1984	753
1985	839
1986	1,052
1987	1,214
1988	799
1989	971
1990	625
1991	696
1992	1,054
1993	1,197
1994	2,051
1995	1,017
1996	1,395
1997	867
1998	697
1999	1,123
2000	1,354
2001	937
2002	1,710
2003	1,593
2004	827
2005	1,018
2006	1,018
2007	846
2008	734
2009	965
2010	905
2011	719
2012	658
2013	907
2014	434
2015	1,155
2016	1,008
2017	576
2018	546
2019	679
2020	465
2021	786
2022	420
2023	425
2024	1,082
2025	619
2026	1,139

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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	177
20 to 40	1
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1