Weather Records on 27 January 1976

1,090 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1976. Highest significance: Blountstown 2 SE, US.

Key Facts for 27 January 1976

On 27 January 1976, 1,090 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
390 were record highs and 128 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 1,064 daily.
Blountstown 2 SE set a daily record precipitation of 87.6 mm (3.4 in) on 27 January 1976.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

1,090 stations

1,090 station records on 27 January 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blountstown 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Palermo	Italy	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Bainbridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Solomons	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
La Plata 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rocky Mt 8 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Port Shepstone	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Caryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kjobli I Snaasa	Norway	Record snow depth	140.0 cm (55.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Willard 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tamaqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
State Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Quitman 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lehighton 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Donalsonville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.2 mm (5.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tafjord	Norway	Record snow depth	120.0 cm (47.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blakely	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Brooklet 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Newport News Press Bld	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kellevie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albany 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chipley	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hopewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glacier Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Suffolk Lake Kilby	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Langley AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record snow depth	133.0 cm (52.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tryon	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lennoxville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Live Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dover	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Princess Anne	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blackville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia UNIV of Sc	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marilia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Myerstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doaktown	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Verma	Norway	Record snow depth	186.0 cm (73.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,090 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 255, Lowest daily maximum 39, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 518, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 37.

Records on 27 January 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	255
Lowest daily maximum	39
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	518
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	37

Records on 27 January 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 25, daily 1,064.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

947 broken records

Margins by which the 947 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 770.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1976

Top 20 records on 27 January 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1976	Blountstown 2 SE, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	73.6 mm (2.9 in)	76 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1976	Palermo, IT	daily rain	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	150 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1976	Philadelphia City, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1976	Bainbridge, US	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1976	Denton 2 E, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1976	Solomons, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1976	La Plata 1 W, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1976	Springfield, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1976	Rocky Mt 8 ESE, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1976	Gouldsboro, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1976	Port Shepstone, ZA	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	66.2 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1976	Caryville, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1976	Fleming, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1976	Kjobli I Snaasa, NO	daily snow depth	140.0 cm (55.1 in)	77.0 cm (30.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1976	Willard 4 SW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1976	Tamaqua, US	monthly rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1976	Windham 3 E, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1976	State Farm, US	monthly rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1976	Quitman 2 NW, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1976	Lehighton 1SSW, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	26 years	52 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1976. 1976 had 1,090 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 1976-01-27: 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	926
100 to 200	9
200 to 300	5
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	2
600 to 700	1
700 to 800	2