Weather Records on 27 January 1991

696 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1991. Highest significance: Sturt Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 27 January 1991

On 27 January 1991, 696 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
161 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 672 daily.
Sturt Creek set a daily record precipitation of 139.4 mm (5.5 in) on 27 January 1991.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

696 stations

696 station records on 27 January 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sturt Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Noonkanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Coolatai (Willunga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Clarence Town (Grey St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Blackville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gogo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coolatai (Orana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tsabong	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Quatiara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sete Quedas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Milner	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Graman (Maneroo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Maroon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wallangra (Wallangra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalay-Khumb	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Parraweena)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose da Bela Vista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tecolutla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Palmyra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Green Hills)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Porto Santa Terezinha An/Cesp	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pedregulho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Iacri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.3 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	74.1 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Helen Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.0 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jeriquara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.4 mm (3.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Tree Hill (Kulki)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oakwood (Lochiel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Swan Vale (Numeralla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barao de Antonina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Owen 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dorrigo (Myrtle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.4 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Escola Florestal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carawatha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vinhedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.5 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Witsieshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Palmeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	103.3 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ceramica Quirino	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Klipspruit (Pur)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Leinster	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Delungra (Craigmore)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Inverell (Glendowne)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll (the Ranch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Faxinal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coronel Macedo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Twyfelspoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Corrente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Sao Geraldo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Fe Do Sul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	119.0 mm (4.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ribeirao Das Almas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.1 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Timburi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Royal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

696 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 14, Highest daily minimum 83, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 469, Heaviest daily snowfall 14, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 27 January 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	14
Highest daily minimum	83
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	469
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 27 January 1991 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 20, daily 672.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

619 broken records

Margins by which the 619 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1991

Top 20 records on 27 January 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1991	Sturt Creek, AU	daily rain	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	73 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1991	Noonkanbah, AU	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1991	Coolatai (Willunga), AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1991	Clarence Town (Grey St), AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	94 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1991	Blackville Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	103 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Gogo Station, AU	daily rain	130.2 mm (5.1 in)	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Coolatai (Orana), AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	11 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Tsabong, BW	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Usina Quatiara, BR	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	65.9 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Fazenda Sete Quedas, BR	daily rain	128.8 mm (5.1 in)	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Ruby Plains, AU	daily rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Milner, ZA	daily rain	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Graman (Maneroo), AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Maroon, AU	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	20 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Wallangra (Wallangra Station), AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Kalay-Khumb, TJ	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Willow Tree (Parraweena), AU	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Sao Jose da Bela Vista, BR	all-time rain	172.2 mm (6.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	1 year	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Tecolutla, MX	monthly high max	35.0 C (95.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1991	Palmyra, ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	47 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 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1991. 1991 had 696 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 20	451
20 to 40	113
40 to 60	36
60 to 80	15
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1