Weather Records on 27 January 1936

826 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1936. Highest significance: Sviland, NO.

Key Facts for 27 January 1936

On 27 January 1936, 826 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 686 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 803 daily.
Sviland set a daily record snow depth of 35.0 cm (13.8 in) on 27 January 1936.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

826 stations

826 station records on 27 January 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sviland	Norway	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brucefield	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berhampur	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hampton	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nes Pa Hedmark	Norway	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Horton	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dover 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ryan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eubank	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dickson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kellys Plain (Haroldston)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berea College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Hill 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high maximum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Ayr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cave Run Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kosciusko	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Conception	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hinton 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Head	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mascoutah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

826 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 338, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 348, Heaviest daily rainfall 42, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 27 January 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	338
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	348
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 27 January 1936 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 15, daily 803.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

691 broken records

Margins by which the 691 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1936

Top 20 records on 27 January 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1936	Sviland, NO	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1936	Gopalpur, IN	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	9 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1936	Sycamore, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1936	Brucefield, CA	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	30 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1936	Berhampur, IN	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Hampton, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Mt Sterling, US	daily low min	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	38 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Louisiana Starks Nurse, US	daily low max	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	36 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Nes Pa Hedmark, NO	daily snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	0 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Horton, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Anchorage, US	daily low min	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	11.6 C (20.9 F)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Dover 1 W, US	daily low max	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Ryan, US	all-time low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	18 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Eubank, US	monthly low min	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	41 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Dickson, US	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	11.1 C (20.0 F)	32 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Marengo, US	daily low min	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	10.5 C (18.9 F)	32 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Paris Stp, US	daily low max	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	40 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Jeffersonville, US	daily low min	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	38 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1936	Richmond, US	monthly low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	43 years	26 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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1936. 1936 had 826 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 200	685
200 to 400	4
400 to 600	1
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1