Weather Records on 27 January 1929

166 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1929. Highest significance: Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU.

Key Facts for 27 January 1929

On 27 January 1929, 166 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
6 were record highs and 88 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 162 daily.
Cape Bruny Lighthouse set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 27 January 1929.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

166 stations

166 station records on 27 January 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Bruny Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	287.0 cm (113.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ames 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Millerton	United States	Record snow depth	304.8 cm (120.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
New Orleans Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lenox	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dillon U of Montana Western	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olands Norra Udde	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagdad	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Red Range (Victoria St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record snow depth	177.8 cm (70.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Plauen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Durango	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Menasha	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-23.2 C (-9.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ladner	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

166 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 45, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 27 January 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	45
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 27 January 1929 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 2, daily 162.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

135 broken records

Margins by which the 135 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2616.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1929

Top 20 records on 27 January 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1929	Cape Bruny Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1929	Marshalltown, US	daily snow depth	287.0 cm (113.0 in)	261.6 cm (103.0 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1929	Ames 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	228.6 cm (90.0 in)	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	25 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1929	Millerton, US	daily snow depth	304.8 cm (120.0 in)	152.4 cm (60.0 in)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Greenville Wtp, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Dillon U of Montana Western, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	26 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Grinnell 3 SW, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Seattle Urban Site, US	daily low max	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Houma, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Gorlitz, DE	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	7.0 cm (2.8 in)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Oskaloosa, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Escanaba, US	daily snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Port Townsend, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	27 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	New Orleans Audubon, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily high min	12.0 C (53.6 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	46 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Lenox, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	14 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Olga 2 SE, US	daily low min	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Lewistown AP, US	daily low max	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	22 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1929	Stockholm, SE	daily rain	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	50 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1929. 1929 had 166 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 500	131
500 to 1000	1
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	2
2000 to 2500	0
2500 to 3000	1