Weather Records on 27 January 1956

653 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1956. Highest significance: St Albans, CA.

Key Facts for 27 January 1956

On 27 January 1956, 653 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
203 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 631 daily.
St Albans set a daily record snowfall of 16.5 cm (6.5 in) on 27 January 1956.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

653 stations

653 station records on 27 January 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Bay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Trona	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lytle Creek Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wolmada	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Warrumbungle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cundletown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Epping Chester Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pierson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dillon 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ceylon	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Hill 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville Wtp	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tustin Irvine Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Lake Kdlr	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.6 cm (7.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glenfield (Macquarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Klintonel	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Irwin 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ely AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ganca	Azerbaijan	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minto Surrey Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tugaske	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moosehorn	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Khannah	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camp Baldy Fc 85 F	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.7 mm (5.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St George	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ninette	Canada	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sikeston	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jiggs 3 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Campbelltown 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Morden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hetch Hetchy	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Foxpark	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Emu Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
American Falls 6 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dulce	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wauchope (Avondale Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
San Mateo	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

653 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 284, Heaviest daily snowfall 108, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 27 January 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	108
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 27 January 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 22, daily 631.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

554 broken records

Margins by which the 554 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1956

Top 20 records on 27 January 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1956	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	42 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Indian Bay, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Trona, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Lytle Creek Ph, US	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	46 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Wells, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Bedford 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Moorland (Denro-An), AU	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Goorangoola, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Wolmada, ZA	daily rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Dixon, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	18.6 cm (7.3 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Warrumbungle Post Office, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Cundletown Post Office, AU	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Epping Chester Street, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	48 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Pierson, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Dillon 1 E, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Ceylon, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Castle Hill 2, AU	daily rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	14 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1956	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	57 years	39 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 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1956. 1956 had 653 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	500
50 to 100	37
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2