Weather Records on 27 January 1933

302 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1933. Highest significance: Mudgee (George Street), AU.

Key Facts for 27 January 1933

On 27 January 1933, 302 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
17 were record highs and 50 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 299 daily.
Mudgee (George Street) set a daily record precipitation of 69.1 mm (2.7 in) on 27 January 1933.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

302 stations

302 station records on 27 January 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mudgee (George Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Broadford Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Golspie (Ayrston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sofala Old Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ilford (Warrangunyah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenaroua	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina Hospital	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kilmore Assumption College	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quantambone	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Branxton 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cowley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Keilor (Arundel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pyalong West (Cavan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bungara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Merrywinbone (Oreel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Woods Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mardan South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tambo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Barraba (Mount Lindsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Penryn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.0 C (-0.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont Sirius St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Milroy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narracan State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Narracan East (Lynnsmere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	86.3 mm (3.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-19.3 C (-2.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tg Jiu	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	-26.5 C (-15.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pennant Hills (Yarrara Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandra (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Muckerawa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-6.8 C (19.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

302 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 6, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 24, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 27 January 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	6
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	24
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 27 January 1933 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 299.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

278 broken records

Margins by which the 278 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1933

Top 20 records on 27 January 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1933	Mudgee (George Street), AU	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Broadford Golf Course, AU	monthly rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Rowena (Iffley), AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Golspie (Ayrston), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Rowena (Waroonga), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Sofala Old Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Ilford (Warrangunyah), AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Glenaroua, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Brewarrina Hospital, AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Burrundulla, AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Kilmore Assumption College, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Quantambone, AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1933	Branxton 2, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1933	Cowley Station, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1933	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1933	Keilor (Arundel), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1933	Taralga Post Office, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	47 years	32 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 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1933. 1933 had 302 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	237
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1