Weather Records on 27 January 1979

1,652 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1979. Highest significance: Basel Binningen, CH.

Key Facts for 27 January 1979

On 27 January 1979, 1,652 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
254 were record highs and 332 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 49 were all-time records, 115 monthly and 1,488 daily.
Basel Binningen set a monthly record daily precipitation of 49.0 mm (1.9 in) on 27 January 1979.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

1,652 stations

1,652 station records on 27 January 1979 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1979: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Basel Binningen	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Galva	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Richland	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Morrison	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Williamsburg 1E	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Schwerin	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tuttlingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hechingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton L&D #13	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Muscatine	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Centralia	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hollow	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dubuque L&D 11	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Lebo	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Clutha Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galesburg	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Janesville	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerhaven	Germany	Record snow depth	34.0 cm (13.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mirani Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	159.0 mm (6.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Onda Verde	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	136.6 mm (5.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dillingen/Donau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrice	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Box Butte Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kenosha Wwtp	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Amatikulu(Mill)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
New Boston Dam 17	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Divinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vichy Rolla Natl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pekisko	Canada	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kyritz	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pipestone	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,652 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1979 by type: Highest daily maximum 74, Lowest daily maximum 173, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 159, Heaviest daily rainfall 283, Heaviest daily snowfall 240, Deepest snow cover 543.

Records on 27 January 1979 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	74
Lowest daily maximum	173
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	159
Heaviest daily rainfall	283
Heaviest daily snowfall	240
Deepest snow cover	543

Records on 27 January 1979 by timescale: all-time 49, monthly 115, daily 1,488.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,341 broken records

Margins by which the 1,341 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 610.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1979

Top 20 records on 27 January 1979 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1979	Basel Binningen, CH	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1979	Galva, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1979	Richland, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	80 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1979	Morrison, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1979	Williamsburg 1E, US	daily snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1979	Schwerin, DE	daily snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1979	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	150.0 mm (5.9 in)	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	0 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1979	Tuttlingen, DE	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1979	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1979	Hechingen, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1979	Fulton L&D #13, US	daily snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1979	Muscatine, US	daily snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	43 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1979	Centralia, US	daily snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1979	Walnut 4S, US	daily snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1979	Rolla Missouri S&T, US	daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	72 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1979	Newcastle, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1979	Hollow, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1979	Clinton #1, US	daily snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	20 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1979	Dubuque L&D 11, US	daily snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	48.2 cm (19.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1979	Lebo, US	daily snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	48 years	54 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 1979

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1979. 1979 had 1,652 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	1,160
100 to 200	123
200 to 300	32
300 to 400	15
400 to 500	7
500 to 600	3
600 to 700	1