Weather Records on 27 January 1961

899 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1961. Highest significance: Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA.

Key Facts for 27 January 1961

On 27 January 1961, 899 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 243 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 825 daily.
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol) set a daily record precipitation of 70.5 mm (2.8 in) on 27 January 1961.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

899 stations

899 station records on 27 January 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nieu-Bethesda (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Bonnie Doon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fraser Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Coolgardie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Norseman	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Koorda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Doodenanning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Trayning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bodallin South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ejanding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Millston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kitlane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bulong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Grass Patch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Henbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alicedale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mukinbudin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Noonegin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Circle Valley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Booralee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Karlgarin Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon Gums	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Noongaar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nanambinia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Menzies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barnong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Esperance Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Korrelocking Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Marshall East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wyalkatchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shackleton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
I Dunno	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moningarin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mulji Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Minnivale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Karonie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Groenkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hines Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wialcutting	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kukerin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Serrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Albertvale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boyatup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lanaubra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walk Walkin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Castro Alves	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.1 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cowles	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kununoppin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Quondong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holt Rock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bullfinch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Regina	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hyden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muntadgin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

899 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 193, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 50, Heaviest daily rainfall 499, Heaviest daily snowfall 75, Deepest snow cover 43.

Records on 27 January 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	193
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	50
Heaviest daily rainfall	499
Heaviest daily snowfall	75
Deepest snow cover	43

Records on 27 January 1961 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 68, daily 825.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

786 broken records

Margins by which the 786 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1961

Top 20 records on 27 January 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1961	Nieu-Bethesda (Pol), ZA	daily rain	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	50.7 mm (2.0 in)	74 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1961	Bonnie Doon, AU	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1961	Fraser Range, AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1961	Coolgardie Post Office, AU	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	22 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1961	Norseman, AU	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1961	Koorda, AU	monthly rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1961	Doodenanning, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1961	Trayning, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1961	Southern Cross, AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1961	Bodallin South, AU	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1961	Ejanding, AU	monthly rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1961	Millston, AU	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1961	Kitlane, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1961	Bulong, AU	monthly rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1961	Grass Patch, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1961	Henbury, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1961	Alicedale, ZA	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1961	Mukinbudin, AU	monthly rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1961	Noonegin, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1961	Circle Valley Post Office, AU	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 years	56 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1961. 1961 had 899 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 1961-01-27: 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	776
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2