Weather Records on 27 January 1952

689 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1952. Highest significance: Coraopolis Neville Is, US.

Key Facts for 27 January 1952

On 27 January 1952, 689 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
399 were record highs and 22 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 662 daily.
Coraopolis Neville Is set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.4 mm (2.3 in) on 27 January 1952.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

689 stations

689 station records on 27 January 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coraopolis Neville Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Zanesville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
College STN 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Xenia 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 3 SE Unity	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Loretto	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bellefontaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Prospect	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lewisburg Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhannon	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Creekside	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indiana	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ebensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wheeling Warwood Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weimar	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	238.8 cm (94.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crawfordsville Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New Castle 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saltsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chapleau 2	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bucyrus	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

689 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 139, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 260, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 232, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 27 January 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	139
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	260
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	232
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 27 January 1952 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 25, daily 662.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

552 broken records

Margins by which the 552 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 712.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1952

Top 20 records on 27 January 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1952	Coraopolis Neville Is, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1952	Helena, US	daily rain	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Zanesville Wwtp, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Franklin, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	College STN 6 SW, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Xenia 6 SSE, US	monthly rain	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Greensburg 3 SE Unity, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Marshall, US	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Ashland, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Clarion 3 SW, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Cambridge City 3 N, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Mansfield 5 W, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Loretto, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Alexandria 4 WSW, US	monthly rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Bellefontaine, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Emporium 1 E, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Prospect, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Warren, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1952	Lewisburg Exp STN, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	1 year	46 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1952. 1952 had 689 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 1952-01-27: 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	545
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1