Weather Records on 27 January 1932

202 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1932. Highest significance: Tustervatnet, NO.

Key Facts for 27 January 1932

On 27 January 1932, 202 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
92 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 196 daily.
Tustervatnet set a daily record precipitation of 41.3 mm (1.6 in) on 27 January 1932.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

202 stations

202 station records on 27 January 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tustervatnet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Storlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ostas I Hegra	Norway	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Glens Falls Fire STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto Agincourt	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.9 C (85.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hornindal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.7 C (96.3 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hovlandsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Portland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tarnaby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Susendal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selbu-Stubbe	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.1 C (115.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
North Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Saguache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Eubank	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Vik I Sogn III	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

202 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 37, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 55, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 73, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 27 January 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	37
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	55
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	73
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 27 January 1932 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 196.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

163 broken records

Margins by which the 163 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 762.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1932

Top 20 records on 27 January 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1932	Tustervatnet, NO	daily rain	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1932	Windsor Kings College, CA	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1932	Storlien, SE	monthly rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1932	Ostas I Hegra, NO	all-time rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	0.5 mm (0.02 in)	35 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Hays 1 S, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Glens Falls Fire STN, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Saint John, CA	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	60 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Toronto Agincourt, CA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Adelaide West Terrace, AU	daily high min	29.9 C (85.8 F)	7.0 C (12.6 F)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	David City 4E, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	1 year	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Walgett Council Depot, AU	daily high max	45.0 C (113.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	49 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Hornindal, NO	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	7 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily high max	35.7 C (96.3 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	55 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Hovlandsdal, NO	monthly rain	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Montreal McGill, CA	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	51 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Bulken, NO	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Port Lincoln, AU	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Simcoe, CA	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	51 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1932	Haliburton A, CA	daily high max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	21 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 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1932. 1932 had 202 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 100	156
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1