Weather Records on 27 January 1954

804 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1954. Highest significance: Barrie, CA.

Key Facts for 27 January 1954

On 27 January 1954, 804 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
67 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 785 daily.
Barrie set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 27 January 1954.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

804 stations

804 station records on 27 January 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barrie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Moonaree	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Sherbrooke	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tobias Barreto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hanover	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beeton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Woomera (South Gap Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Eugenia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooya Pooya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barrie	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kitchener	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spier Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Friend	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Millington 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Karcultaby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pondooma Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Clontarf	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	49.5 cm (19.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Parkdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	67.1 cm (26.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Midland 2	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fredonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dufur	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warrawagine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.3 mm (5.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.9 cm (9.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Goderich Township	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

804 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 36, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 482, Heaviest daily snowfall 166, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 27 January 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	36
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	482
Heaviest daily snowfall	166
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 27 January 1954 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 15, daily 785.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

739 broken records

Margins by which the 739 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1954

Top 20 records on 27 January 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1954	Barrie, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	85 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1954	Clontarf, CA	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1954	Moonaree, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Collingwood, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Collingwood, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Sherbrooke, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	24.2 cm (9.5 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Mulga Downs, AU	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	107.7 mm (4.2 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Brockville, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	79 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Tobias Barreto, BR	daily rain	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Hanover, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Versailles, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Beeton, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Greenville 2 NNE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Newaygo Hardy Dam, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Hood Rvr Exp STN, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Viroqua, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1954	Woomera (South Gap Station), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	71 years	51 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1954. 1954 had 804 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 1954-01-27: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	691
100 to 200	35
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	1