Weather Records on 27 January 1930

148 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1930. Highest significance: Springsure Comet St, AU.

Key Facts for 27 January 1930

On 27 January 1930, 148 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 144 daily.
Springsure Comet St set a daily record precipitation of 141.0 mm (5.6 in) on 27 January 1930.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

148 stations

148 station records on 27 January 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gindie State Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saltern Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Yaamba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bogantungan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Banana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stanwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muttaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record snow depth	381.0 cm (150.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record snow depth	477.5 cm (188.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Camboon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Webster City	United States	Record snow depth	457.2 cm (180.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Westwood Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwood Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Millerton	United States	Record snow depth	457.2 cm (180.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Teriberka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Piketberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Frawley St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tenterfield (Federation Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dulacca Truck Stop	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Town Fire Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gundiah Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gracemere Russell St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

148 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 8, Heaviest daily rainfall 80, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 30.

Records on 27 January 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	8
Heaviest daily rainfall	80
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	30

Records on 27 January 1930 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 144.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

127 broken records

Margins by which the 127 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2032.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1930

Top 20 records on 27 January 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1930	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1930	Gindie State Farm, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	19 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1930	Bauhinia Downs Store, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1930	Maneroo, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1930	Genoa, IT	daily rain	70.3 mm (2.8 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1930	Saltern Post Office, AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	12 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1930	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1930	Yaamba, AU	daily rain	151.1 mm (5.9 in)	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1930	Bogantungan Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1930	Banana Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1930	Stanwell Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	19 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1930	Beaconsfield, AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	19 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1930	Independence, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1930	Westland, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1930	Barcaldine Post Office, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1930	Keosauqua, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1930	Muttaburra, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1930	Clarinda, US	daily snow depth	381.0 cm (150.0 in)	203.2 cm (80.0 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1930	Washington, US	daily snow depth	477.5 cm (188.0 in)	172.7 cm (68.0 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1930	Kansas City, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 years	29 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1930. 1930 had 148 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	123
500 to 1000	1
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	2
2000 to 2500	1