Weather Records on 27 January 1953

376 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1953. Highest significance: Katyil, AU.

Key Facts for 27 January 1953

On 27 January 1953, 376 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
163 were record highs and 16 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 374 daily.
Katyil set a daily record precipitation of 66.5 mm (2.6 in) on 27 January 1953.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

376 stations

376 station records on 27 January 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Katyil	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Hill Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Holowilena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Old Banchory Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anakie Richardson St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kallara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bindango	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Capella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Blair Athol	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	253.0 cm (99.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yabulu Qld Nickel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Coorada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ephrata	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jericho Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mistassini Post	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	77.0 cm (30.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tijeras Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lubbock 9N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lochnagar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Twin Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ismailia	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Te Kowai Exp STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Miriam Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Erick	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hoburg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chirawa	India	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gronbaek-Allingskovgard	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lubeck-Werft	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

376 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 77, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 172, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 27 January 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	77
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	172
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 27 January 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 374.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

334 broken records

Margins by which the 334 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 580.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1953

Top 20 records on 27 January 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1953	Katyil, AU	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1953	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1953	Portland Downs, AU	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1953	Elgin Downs, AU	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1953	Cockburn, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1953	Milparinka Hotel, AU	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1953	Bella Coola, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	13.9 cm (5.5 in)	34 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1953	Pine Hill Railway Station, AU	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1953	Hawker (Holowilena), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1953	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1953	Old Banchory Station, AU	daily rain	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1953	Anakie Richardson St, AU	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	14 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1953	Peak Downs, AU	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1953	Kallara, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1953	Bindango, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	57 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1953	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	24.0 cm (9.4 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	1 year	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1953	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1953	Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo, US	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1953	Cape Leeuwin, AU	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1953	Capella Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	28 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1953. 1953 had 376 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 100	329
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1