Weather Records on 27 January 1995

1,017 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1995. Highest significance: Hays 1 S, US.

Key Facts for 27 January 1995

On 27 January 1995, 1,017 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
421 were record highs and 47 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 986 daily.
Hays 1 S set a monthly record daily precipitation of 27.7 mm (1.1 in) on 27 January 1995.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,017 stations

1,017 station records on 27 January 1995 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1995: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
De Ridder	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kronach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ellis	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Waste Wtp Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Salina Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Agua Branca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Machadodorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Peter 4ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshoni	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.3 C (52.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yugarenok	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Frisco City 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tomball	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Myrtleford (Ovens Research Sta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coldspring 5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Houston San Jacinto da	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
New Caney 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Dos Patos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brombachtal-Kirch-Brombach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montgomery	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bixby	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grant 5 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Agate 3 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tepexpan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Piedad de Cabadas (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goodland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Carandai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monteiro Lobato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clear Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Brotterode	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Palmares Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.6 mm (3.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Perus	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yugarenok	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newcastle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kodiak AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Shemya USAF Base	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manuel Duarte (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bolsoy Santar	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,017 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1995 by type: Highest daily maximum 183, Lowest daily maximum 25, Highest daily minimum 238, Lowest daily minimum 22, Heaviest daily rainfall 517, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 27 January 1995 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	183
Lowest daily maximum	25
Highest daily minimum	238
Lowest daily minimum	22
Heaviest daily rainfall	517
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 27 January 1995 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 29, daily 986.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

844 broken records

Margins by which the 844 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1995

Top 20 records on 27 January 1995 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1995	Hays 1 S, US	monthly rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	96 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1995	De Ridder, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	79 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1995	Kronach, DE	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	60 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1995	Ellis, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Austin Waste Wtp Facility, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	76 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Salina Muni AP, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Kansas City Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Agua Branca, BR	daily rain	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Leavenworth, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Machadodorp, ZA	daily rain	56.5 mm (2.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Saint Peter 4ENE, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Shoshoni, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	108 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	81 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Lichtentanne, DE	daily high max	11.3 C (52.3 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	128 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Yugarenok, RU	daily high max	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	18.8 C (33.8 F)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Frisco City 3 SSW, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1995	Tomball, US	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	45 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 1995

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1995. 1995 had 1,017 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 1995-01-27: 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 20	779
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1