Weather Records on 27 January 1983

1,849 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1983. Highest significance: Lompoc, US.

Key Facts for 27 January 1983

On 27 January 1983, 1,849 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,398 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 121 monthly and 1,728 daily.
Lompoc set a daily record precipitation of 71.6 mm (2.8 in) on 27 January 1983.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

1,849 stations

1,849 station records on 27 January 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lompoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bakersfield AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Colebrook (the Meadows)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Soledad	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lubbock	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Spreckels Hwy Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Corcoran Irrig Dist	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kerlinger	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mineral	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wondalli	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Madera	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pee Dee	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Abernathy	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	12.5 C (54.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Biskra	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uppsala_Aut	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Prietos Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pattiway	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
East Park Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cachuma Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.7 C (56.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jormlien	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kern River Ph 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Toro MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Flahult	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pismo Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pahrump 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.1 C (48.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gouna (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,849 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 722, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 676, Lowest daily minimum 51, Heaviest daily rainfall 344, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 27 January 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	722
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	676
Lowest daily minimum	51
Heaviest daily rainfall	344
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 27 January 1983 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 121, daily 1,728.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,674 broken records

Margins by which the 1,674 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1983

Top 20 records on 27 January 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1983	Lompoc, US	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	61 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1983	Bakersfield AP, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Colebrook (the Meadows), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Lindsay, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Soledad, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Alton - Melvin Price L&D, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Lubbock, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Spreckels Hwy Brg, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	monthly high max	14.0 C (57.2 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	106 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	King City, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Ben Lomond, ZA	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Corcoran Irrig Dist, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Kerlinger, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Mineral, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Wondalli, AU	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high max	13.6 C (56.5 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	92 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Madera, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Los Angeles Downtown/Usc, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Greifswald, DE	daily high max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.3 C (9.5 F)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1983	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily high min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	100 years	44 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 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1983. 1983 had 1,849 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	1,595
20 to 40	53
40 to 60	17
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1