Weather Records on 27 January 1947

532 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1947. Highest significance: Nerang Gilston Rd, AU.

Key Facts for 27 January 1947

On 27 January 1947, 532 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
268 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 519 daily.
Nerang Gilston Rd set a daily record precipitation of 199.6 mm (7.9 in) on 27 January 1947.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

532 stations

532 station records on 27 January 1947 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1947: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur	India	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ner	India	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnybank Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Karkaralinsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mill Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lowood Don St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Araruna	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deori	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wardha	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nappan Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalkasa	India	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-7.3 C (18.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaliakheri	India	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Morekulam	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-10.1 C (13.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bijeraghogarh	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.0 C (116.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Baihar	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Vedaranayam	India	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Goodna Ampol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.2 C (17.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pamban	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tabulam Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Angicos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record low maximum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tendukhera	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Coimbra	Portugal	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Milnes Landing	Canada	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Currais Novos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record low maximum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-11.6 C (11.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kerrville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Nominingue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nagpur (Mayo Hospit	India	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

532 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1947 by type: Highest daily maximum 184, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 84, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 181, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 January 1947 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	184
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	84
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 January 1947 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 12, daily 519.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

439 broken records

Margins by which the 439 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 406.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1947

Top 20 records on 27 January 1947 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1947	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	199.6 mm (7.9 in)	155.9 mm (6.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Gudur, IN	monthly rain	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	41 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Dunwich Post Office, AU	daily rain	241.3 mm (9.5 in)	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Ner, IN	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Sunnybank Bowls Club, AU	monthly rain	186.9 mm (7.4 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	0 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Karkaralinsk, KZ	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Lichtenburg, ZA	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Truro Nsac, CA	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Wolfville, CA	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Yalta, UA	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Yarrie, AU	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Mill Bay, CA	daily snowfall	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	0 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Lowood Don St, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Araruna, BR	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Deori, IN	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Wardha, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Tranqubar, IN	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	24 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1947	Nappan Cda, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1947	Parrsboro, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	33 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 1947

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1947. 1947 had 532 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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Data for records on 1947-01-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	436
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1