Weather Records on 27 January 1941

405 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1941. Highest significance: Ararat Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 27 January 1941

On 27 January 1941, 405 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
50 were record highs and 83 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 396 daily.
Ararat Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 70.6 mm (2.8 in) on 27 January 1941.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

405 stations

405 station records on 27 January 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ararat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Buchan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lakes Entrance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chepstowe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Natimuk	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tumbarumba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rivers Inlet	Canada	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Goroke (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Conargo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Terang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrow (Pine Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort (Wongan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wirrega (Taunton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tatura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Altoona Horseshoe Curv	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Castlemaine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Henty Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Frances	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Frogmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koorawatha (Boorowa Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Finley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winjallok	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Essendon 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Balliguda	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pawnee City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.5 cm (6.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-10.2 C (13.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kanjirapally	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tailem Bend	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Branxholm (Stoke Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-8.0 C (17.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-28.0 C (-18.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crookwell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Walwa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pocono 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson (Anda-Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nathalia (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

405 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 222, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 27 January 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	222
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 27 January 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 396.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

358 broken records

Margins by which the 358 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1016.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1941

Top 20 records on 27 January 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1941	Ararat Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	73 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1941	Buchan, AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Lakes Entrance Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Chepstowe, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Clyde State School, AU	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Natimuk, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Adelong Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Tumbarumba Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Rivers Inlet, CA	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Goroke (Post Office), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Conargo Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Dimboola, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Terang, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Harrow (Pine Hills), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Beaufort (Wongan), AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Wirrega (Taunton), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Tatura Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Altoona Horseshoe Curv, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	74 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1941	Heywood Post Office, AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)

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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1941. 1941 had 405 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	356
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	0
1000 to 1200	1