Weather Records on 27 January 1942

579 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1942. Highest significance: Vidisha, IN.

Key Facts for 27 January 1942

On 27 January 1942, 579 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 14 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 551 daily.
Vidisha set a monthly record daily precipitation of 49.3 mm (1.9 in) on 27 January 1942.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

579 stations

579 station records on 27 January 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Vidisha	India	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Roy Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.8 C (-12.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fountain Head	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Heavitree, Estcourt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Port Hedland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ratlam	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lathrop San Joaquin Bd	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-29.6 C (-21.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-17.0 C (1.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woodbrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yarraloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Narsingarh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wallal Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-25.8 C (-14.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-17.9 C (-0.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-32.0 C (-25.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-31.4 C (-24.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.8 C (-16.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-30.4 C (-22.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sonkatch	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen Rd (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-23.7 C (-10.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.6 C (-6.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-18.5 C (-1.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low minimum temperature	-24.8 C (-12.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Frere (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-19.8 C (-3.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-13.0 C (8.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bonney Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-22.7 C (-8.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

579 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 62, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 221, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 27 January 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	62
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 27 January 1942 by timescale: all-time 14, monthly 14, daily 551.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

486 broken records

Margins by which the 486 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1942

Top 20 records on 27 January 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1942	Vidisha, IN	monthly rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1942	Prince Albert Road, ZA	all-time rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Roy Hill, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Basoda, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Arnsberg, DE	all-time low min	-24.8 C (-12.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	61 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	De Grey, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Fountain Head, ZA	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Heavitree, Estcourt, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	0 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Port Hedland Post Office, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily low min	-17.7 C (0.1 F)	7.6 C (13.7 F)	46 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Ratlam, IN	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Tranebjerg, DK	all-time low max	-14.3 C (6.3 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	1 year	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Vanersborg, SE	daily low max	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	7.7 C (13.9 F)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Lathrop San Joaquin Bd, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Weissenburg, DE	daily low min	-25.5 C (-13.9 F)	8.5 C (15.3 F)	61 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Bamberg, DE	daily low min	-24.5 C (-12.1 F)	7.4 C (13.3 F)	61 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily low max	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	4.7 C (8.5 F)	46 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	Magdeburg, DE	all-time low min	-29.6 C (-21.3 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1942	St. Petersburg, RU	daily low max	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	7.3 C (13.1 F)	53 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1942	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily low max	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	30 years	34 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 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1942. 1942 had 579 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	451
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1