Weather Records on 27 January 2011

719 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 2011. Highest significance: Indian Mills 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 27 January 2011

On 27 January 2011, 719 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
223 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 686 daily.
Indian Mills 2 W set a daily record snowfall of 27.9 cm (11.0 in) on 27 January 2011.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

719 stations

719 station records on 27 January 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Nouakchott	Mauritania	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Morgantown	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ansonia 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Parsons 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Springs	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pottersville 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Brook 2 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glenmoore	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Desoto City 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cranford	United States	Record daily snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
New Brunswick 3 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.9 cm (16.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Islip-Li Macarthur AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record snow depth	106.7 cm (42.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carrington 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	81.3 cm (32.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Igor I Sikorsky Mem AP	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mineola	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wertsville 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woonsocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiza/Escodola	Spain	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Middleton	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.1 cm (13.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Norristown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ansonia 1 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Flemington 5 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yorktown Hts 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
N Foster 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich Public Utility Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port of Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Riverhead Rsch Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Natick	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Denton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Boonton 1 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wanaque Raymond Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hacker Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Laguardia AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Lcd	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.7 cm (11.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Menorca/Mao	Spain	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camp Crook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wx	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

719 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 119, Lowest daily minimum 82, Heaviest daily rainfall 104, Heaviest daily snowfall 140, Deepest snow cover 123.

Records on 27 January 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	119
Lowest daily minimum	82
Heaviest daily rainfall	104
Heaviest daily snowfall	140
Deepest snow cover	123

Records on 27 January 2011 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 23, daily 686.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

546 broken records

Margins by which the 546 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 2011

Top 20 records on 27 January 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 2011	Indian Mills 2 W, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	99 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2011	Nouakchott, MR	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	65 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2011	Mt Carmel, US	daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2011	Morgantown, US	daily snowfall	39.4 cm (15.5 in)	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2011	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	monthly snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2011	Ansonia 1 NW, US	all-time snow depth	78.7 cm (31.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2011	Hightstown 2 W, US	daily snowfall	25.7 cm (10.1 in)	10.5 cm (4.1 in)	116 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2011	Midland Park, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	53 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2011	W Chester 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	69 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2011	Parsons 3 SE, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	100 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2011	Rock Springs, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2011	Pottersville 2 NNW, US	daily snowfall	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	30.7 cm (12.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2011	Honey Brook 2 SSE, US	daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2011	Moorestown 4 E, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2011	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily snowfall	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	116 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2011	Glenmoore, US	daily snowfall	33.8 cm (13.3 in)	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2011	W Chester 2 NW, US	monthly snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	88 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2011	Kingston, US	daily snowfall	28.4 cm (11.2 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2011	Desoto City 8 SW, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2011	Cranford, US	monthly snowfall	44.5 cm (17.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	33 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2011. 2011 had 719 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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 27 January 2011
Margin	Records
0 to 100	455
100 to 200	62
200 to 300	19
300 to 400	9
400 to 500	1