Weather Records on 27 January 1964

144 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1964. Highest significance: El-Golea, DZ.

Key Facts for 27 January 1964

On 27 January 1964, 144 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
20 were record highs and 17 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 130 daily.
El-Golea set a daily record precipitation of 31.0 mm (1.2 in) on 27 January 1964.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

144 stations

144 station records on 27 January 1964 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1964: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
El-Golea	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Mamanguape	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Olho Dagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nova Olinda (Andreza)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	196.0 mm (7.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barrinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	176.4 mm (6.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Miguel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Itaporanga (Misericordia)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Itaberaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Klipplaatdrift (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vazantes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pereiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Parnamirim (Leopoldina)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Wind River	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pombal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Piracuruca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marcelino Vieira (Panatis)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Do Braco (Efic)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Varzea Alegre	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Glen Elgin (Glenbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pianco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Glengallan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Quixeramobim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Winkelman 6 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jaguaribe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.0 mm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Camargo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wells	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Olho Dagua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Florania	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.5 C (7.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Piripiri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.3 mm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Salao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Custodio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Acude Cedro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Catita	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
S Bend AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Wanakena Rngr School	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oakey Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Itapeim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	121.1 mm (4.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Limoeiro Do Norte	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dullstroom (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Viljandi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blue	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edjudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northport	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blouboskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buxton	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uruque	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
De Emigratie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wynnum Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Batalha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

144 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1964 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 11, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 96, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 27 January 1964 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	11
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	96
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 27 January 1964 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 130.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

128 broken records

Margins by which the 128 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1964

Top 20 records on 27 January 1964 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1964	El-Golea, DZ	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1964	Mamanguape, BR	daily rain	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1964	Olho Dagua, BR	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1964	Nova Olinda (Andreza), BR	all-time rain	196.0 mm (7.7 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1964	Barrinha, BR	all-time rain	176.4 mm (6.9 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1964	Sao Miguel, BR	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1964	Itaporanga (Misericordia), BR	daily rain	77.1 mm (3.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1964	Itaberaba, BR	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1964	Jardim, BR	daily rain	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1964	Klipplaatdrift (Skl), ZA	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1964	Vazantes, BR	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1964	Pereiro, BR	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1964	Parnamirim (Leopoldina), BR	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1964	Wind River, US	monthly rain	144.0 mm (5.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1964	Pombal, BR	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1964	Piracuruca, BR	daily rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1964	Marcelino Vieira (Panatis), BR	daily rain	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1964	Rio Do Braco (Efic), BR	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1964	Varzea Alegre, BR	daily rain	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 January 1964	Glen Elgin (Glenbrook), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	36 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 1964

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1964. 1964 had 144 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 1964-01-27: 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 20	102
20 to 40	15
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1