Weather Records on 27 January 1969

985 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1969. Highest significance: Aspen, US.

Key Facts for 27 January 1969

On 27 January 1969, 985 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
191 were record highs and 356 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 23 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 915 daily.
Aspen set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 27 January 1969.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

985 stations

985 station records on 27 January 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Aspen	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Aspen	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tullahoma	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Reedsport	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Astor Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dorado 2 WNW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Meadow	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schreiber	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Progress	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Union	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fajardo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	-25.8 C (-14.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neptune 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-34.0 C (-29.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sedalia Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clohesy River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.6 mm (4.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Eldon	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Union City	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Odessa	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Richwoods	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Canary	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Riddle	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Seaside	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Dimbulah Brickley St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
N Bend SW Oregon Rgnl AP	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrabah Comm Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

985 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 229, Highest daily minimum 113, Lowest daily minimum 127, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 156, Deepest snow cover 98.

Records on 27 January 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	229
Highest daily minimum	113
Lowest daily minimum	127
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	156
Deepest snow cover	98

Records on 27 January 1969 by timescale: all-time 23, monthly 47, daily 915.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

778 broken records

Margins by which the 778 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1969

Top 20 records on 27 January 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1969	Aspen, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1969	Aspen, US	daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	24.2 cm (9.5 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1969	Glenwood Spgs #2, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	74 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1969	Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld, US	all-time snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	0 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1969	Tullahoma, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	71 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Reedsport, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Beach, US	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Kairi Research Station, AU	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	51 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Astor Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	24.6 cm (9.7 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Yungaburra, AU	daily rain	135.6 mm (5.3 in)	91.1 mm (3.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Dorado 2 WNW, PR	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Marshall, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Grand Meadow, US	daily snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	34 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Sioux Falls, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Willmar Wwtp, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Warsaw 1, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Schreiber, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Schreiber, CA	daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Progress, ZA	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	35.9 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1969	Little Falls 2NNE, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	13 years	43 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1969. 1969 had 985 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 100	737
100 to 200	33
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1