Weather Records on 27 January 1975

547 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1975. Highest significance: Tonteldoos, ZA.

Key Facts for 27 January 1975

On 27 January 1975, 547 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
258 were record highs and 25 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 519 daily.
Tonteldoos set a daily record precipitation of 88.5 mm (3.5 in) on 27 January 1975.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

547 stations

547 station records on 27 January 1975 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1975: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tonteldoos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Heilbron (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kismet Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Premier Mine-Cullinan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hex Krantz	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Potchefstroom Agr.	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sandrivierspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Syferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Welbekend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Biddle	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kaalplaas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cruz Do Espirito Santo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kriel (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oliphantspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Wagendrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Torungen Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsheuwel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waterkloof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbanks Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Howard	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Borkum-Suderstrasse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rietpan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Makwassie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrix	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Derdekraal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gann Valley 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Doornbult	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Butlers Gorge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ibirarema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
La Poza Grande	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Woodfort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fredrikstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Verblyding	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilgerivier (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Highmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Surprise Store	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malelane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mequatlingsnek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tweeling (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lydenburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Subiaco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Midland	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barrage (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dardanelle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Las Vegas 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

547 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1975 by type: Highest daily maximum 192, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 219, Heaviest daily snowfall 37, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 27 January 1975 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	192
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	219
Heaviest daily snowfall	37
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 27 January 1975 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 27, daily 519.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

442 broken records

Margins by which the 442 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1975

Top 20 records on 27 January 1975 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1975	Tonteldoos, ZA	daily rain	88.5 mm (3.5 in)	52.7 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1975	Oksoey Fyr, NO	daily rain	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	81 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Hermit 8 SE, US	monthly snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Heilbron (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Kismet Estate, ZA	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Premier Mine-Cullinan, ZA	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Hex Krantz, ZA	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Potchefstroom Agr., ZA	daily rain	78.9 mm (3.1 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Hermit 8 SE, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Sandrivierspoort, ZA	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Syferfontein, ZA	monthly rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Welbekend, ZA	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Biddle, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Kaalplaas, ZA	monthly rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Hopewell 1 SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Cruz Do Espirito Santo, BR	daily rain	60.3 mm (2.4 in)	30.1 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Kriel (Pol), ZA	daily rain	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Oliphantspoort, ZA	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	De Wagendrift, ZA	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1975	Herefoss, NO	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	40 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 1975

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1975. 1975 had 547 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	426
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1