Weather Records on 27 January 2016

1,008 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 2016. Highest significance: Orlando Executive AP, US.

Key Facts for 27 January 2016

On 27 January 2016, 1,008 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
646 were record highs and 74 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 988 daily.
Orlando Executive AP set a daily record precipitation of 57.9 mm (2.3 in) on 27 January 2016.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

1,008 stations

1,008 station records on 27 January 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Condobolin (Worrongorrah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mulwala Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Marathon	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Burren Junction (Hastings Stre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tomoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jiggs 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwells Mills	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Trundle (Brookview St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mangalore Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bauhinia Downs Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands (Glentannar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Cargelligo Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garze	China	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Everglades	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lowville	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coupeville 1 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trangie (Old Bundemar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daytona Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Yantumara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kiel-Holtenau	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.6 C (45.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Punta Gorda 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Free Union	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Sanford AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fargo Hector Intl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	8.7 C (47.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Skwentna	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Turnagain Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Seymour Shire Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oneida	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,008 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 253, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 393, Lowest daily minimum 26, Heaviest daily rainfall 231, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 50.

Records on 27 January 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	253
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	393
Lowest daily minimum	26
Heaviest daily rainfall	231
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	50

Records on 27 January 2016 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 17, daily 988.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

866 broken records

Margins by which the 866 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 584.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 2016

Top 20 records on 27 January 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 2016	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	112 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2016	Condobolin (Worrongorrah), AU	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2016	Mulwala Post Office, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	108 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2016	Marathon, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	118 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2016	Burren Junction (Hastings Stre, AU	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Tomoo, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Yea, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Jiggs 2NE, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Blackwells Mills, US	daily snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Marathon, US	all-time snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Trundle (Brookview St), AU	daily rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Mangalore Airport, AU	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Nuwara Eliya, LK	monthly high max	29.1 C (84.4 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Bauhinia Downs Store, AU	daily rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	85 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Chiltern (Post Office), AU	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	108 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Qinzhou, CN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily high min	29.8 C (85.6 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	104 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Highlands (Glentannar), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Lake Cargelligo Airport, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	88 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2016	Garze, CN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	4 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2016. 2016 had 1,008 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	856
100 to 200	8
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2