Weather Records on 27 January 1960

214 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1960. Highest significance: Saint-Germain-Les-Belles, FR.

Key Facts for 27 January 1960

On 27 January 1960, 214 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
85 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 208 daily.
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles set a daily record precipitation of 33.2 mm (1.3 in) on 27 January 1960.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

214 stations

214 station records on 27 January 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Umberumberka Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Irara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nossa Senhora Das Dores	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Campestre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	42.4 C (108.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Garanhuns	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aquidaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Piranhas (Marechal Floriano)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Simplicio Mendes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jequie	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Guntersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Xique-Xique (Igatu)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Timber Creek Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Araci	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paratinga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Paulo Afonso	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Quanbun Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jacare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Perpignan	France	Record high minimum temperature	11.2 C (52.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Edgewater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Independencia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paramirim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Leveque	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Achinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Simpson	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-38.9 C (-38.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record high minimum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Maria Asuncion Tlaxiaco	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hana 354	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broderup	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Frei Paulo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Voru	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arumpo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parur	India	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boolcoomatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Perryton	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Howitt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anadia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	14.1 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nossa Senhora da Gloria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

214 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 89, Heaviest daily snowfall 18, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 27 January 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	89
Heaviest daily snowfall	18
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 27 January 1960 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 208.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

183 broken records

Margins by which the 183 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 1960

Top 20 records on 27 January 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1960	Saint-Germain-Les-Belles, FR	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	37 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1960	Umberumberka Reservoir, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1960	Franklin, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1960	Irara, BR	daily rain	86.5 mm (3.4 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1960	Nossa Senhora Das Dores, BR	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1960	Campestre, BR	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1960	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	42.4 C (108.3 F)	6.9 C (12.4 F)	33 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1960	Garanhuns, BR	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1960	Toronto, CA	daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	70 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1960	Gothenburg, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1960	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1960	Aquidaba, BR	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1960	David City 4E, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1960	Piranhas (Marechal Floriano), BR	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1960	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	80 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1960	Windsor, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	10 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1960	Simplicio Mendes, BR	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1960	Jequie, BR	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1960	Guntersville, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	46 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1960	Walnut, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	58 years	32 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1960. 1960 had 214 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	172
50 to 100	8
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1