Weather Records on 27 January 1981

776 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1981. Highest significance: Snowtown, AU.

Key Facts for 27 January 1981

On 27 January 1981, 776 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
141 were record highs and 168 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 759 daily.
Snowtown set a monthly record daily precipitation of 102.4 mm (4.0 in) on 27 January 1981.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

776 stations

776 station records on 27 January 1981 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1981: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Snowtown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	340.1 mm (13.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Brinkworth (Anama Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Snowtown (Condowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Port Broughton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Victor Harbor Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wandearah North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Clare Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Clare (Hill River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cabaceiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kondoolka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lodi	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte (Lochaber)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Half Moon Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Manoora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Krakmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wandearah East Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Spring Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla (Inman Valley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Penola (Comaum Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kyancutta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Myponga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record snow depth	135.0 cm (53.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Meda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hoyleton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Dorodong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cowell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dergholm (Hillgrove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	170.0 mm (6.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newman	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE (Keilira Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lucindale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Penneshaw	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Dare	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pendencias	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coober Pedy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ernabella	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kingscote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cleve	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stockport (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Todmorden	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vogelstruiskuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brunette Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcoola (Lake Everard)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beatrix	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oakville 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

776 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1981 by type: Highest daily maximum 53, Lowest daily maximum 111, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 432, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 27 January 1981 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	53
Lowest daily maximum	111
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	432
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 27 January 1981 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 13, daily 759.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

694 broken records

Margins by which the 694 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 400.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1981

Top 20 records on 27 January 1981 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1981	Snowtown, AU	monthly rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	71 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1981	Pointe Noire, CG	all-time rain	340.1 mm (13.4 in)	98.7 mm (3.9 in)	21 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1981	Brinkworth (Anama Park), AU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	90 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1981	Snowtown (Condowie), AU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1981	Port Broughton, AU	daily rain	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1981	Victor Harbor Comparison, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1981	Wandearah North, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	90 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1981	Afogados da Ingazeira (Dnocs), BR	daily rain	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	89.1 mm (3.5 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1981	Clare Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1981	Naracoorte, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1981	Clare (Hill River), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1981	Cabaceiras, BR	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1981	Kondoolka, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1981	Lodi, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	78 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1981	Naracoorte (Lochaber), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1981	Half Moon Bay, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1981	Manoora, AU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1981	Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang, AU	daily rain	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1981	Krakmo, NO	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1981	Wandearah East Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	27 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 1981

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1981. 1981 had 776 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 1981-01-27: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	666
50 to 100	16
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1
350 to 400	3