Weather Records on 27 January 1986

1,052 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1986. Highest significance: Blue Hill Coop, US.

Key Facts for 27 January 1986

On 27 January 1986, 1,052 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
318 were record highs and 408 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 46 monthly and 1,003 daily.
Blue Hill Coop set a daily record precipitation of 53.3 mm (2.1 in) on 27 January 1986.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,052 stations

1,052 station records on 27 January 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
High Landing 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Baranovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gatlinburg 2 SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Vernon	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Keene	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Framingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beechwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Southbridge 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
N Stratford	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Moosehead	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Storrs	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pelham	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.7 cm (11.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	214.7 mm (8.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hardwick	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
West Rumney	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cheboygan	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elyria 3 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gardner	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edward Macdowell Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Brandonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chestnut Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pinkham Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
South Lyndeboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kareehoek"Kareefontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bragg 5 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Hollow Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dixville Notch	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Falls Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
South Newbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Redlands	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nashua	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anniston Metro AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.7 cm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gouldsboro	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,052 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 224, Lowest daily maximum 192, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 216, Heaviest daily rainfall 189, Heaviest daily snowfall 106, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 27 January 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	224
Lowest daily maximum	192
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	216
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	106
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 27 January 1986 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 46, daily 1,003.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

823 broken records

Margins by which the 823 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 432.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1986

Top 20 records on 27 January 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1986	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	91 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1986	Bethlehem, US	monthly rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1986	Oberlin, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1986	Chelsea, US	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1986	High Landing 2 NW, US	monthly rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	Baranovichi, BY	monthly rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	Grafton, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	Gatlinburg 2 SW, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	Vernon, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	Keene, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	Benton Harbor AP, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	Framingham, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	Ellenburg Depot, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	23 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	E Wareham, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	Lawrence, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	Gaylord, US	all-time low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	73 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	Gardiner, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	97 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	Beechwood, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	Southbridge 3 SW, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1986	Franklin, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	107 years	51 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1986. 1986 had 1,052 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 1986-01-27: 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	810
100 to 200	11
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1