Weather Records on 27 January 2017

576 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 2017. Highest significance: Ruxton Park, US.

Key Facts for 27 January 2017

On 27 January 2017, 576 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
192 were record highs and 223 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 557 daily.
Ruxton Park set a monthly record daily precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 27 January 2017.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

576 stations

576 station records on 27 January 2017 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 2017: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ruxton Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
New Delhi/Safdarjun	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dubois	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Interior 3 NE	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Agulhas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Suttsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Owyhee Dam	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mancos 1SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Malheur Branch Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Sharpe Prj	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bundarra (Araluen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Serena	Chile	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brockport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Trona	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saskylah	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-16.1 C (3.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Buckhorn	United States	Record snow depth	190.5 cm (75.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crested Butte	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gibbs Rch - Jarbidge 24SE	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	United States	Record snow depth	104.1 cm (41.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Carriel Sur Intl	Chile	Record high maximum temperature	34.1 C (93.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Loudes	France	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pavillion	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Antofagasta	Chile	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moffit 3 SE	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bison	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Altamont	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zuni	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Antofagasta	Chile	Record high minimum temperature	22.3 C (72.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfield Rs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Preston	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Silver Lake Brighton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hokitika Aerodrome	New Zealand	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gordon 6N	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record snow depth	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kushiro	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vardoe	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pocatello 2 NE	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Squaw Butte-Northern Great Bas	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Weber Basin Pump Plt 3	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Asotin 14 SW	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Puttalam	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kautokeino	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	-1.4 C (29.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taylor Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-41.7 C (-43.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baldwyn	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

576 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 2017 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 100, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 123, Heaviest daily rainfall 59, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 97.

Records on 27 January 2017 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	100
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	123
Heaviest daily rainfall	59
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	97

Records on 27 January 2017 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 10, daily 557.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

466 broken records

Margins by which the 466 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 686.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 2017

Top 20 records on 27 January 2017 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 2017	Ruxton Park, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	87 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	New Delhi/Safdarjun, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	89 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Dubois, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Interior 3 NE, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	21 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Cape Agulhas, ZA	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Suttsu, JP	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Freiburg, DE	daily low min	-12.4 C (9.7 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	100 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Owyhee Dam, US	daily snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Mancos 1SW, US	daily low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	113 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Georgetown, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	103 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Malheur Branch Exp STN, US	daily snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Lake Sharpe Prj, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Bundarra (Araluen), AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	La Serena, CL	all-time high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Brockport, US	daily high min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	101 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Ostrov Sosnovez, RU	daily high max	1.3 C (34.3 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	95 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Newcastle, US	daily snowfall	29.5 cm (11.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	38 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Farson 2NNE, US	daily low max	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	69 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2017	Cuddalore, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	38 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 2017

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2017. 2017 had 576 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	432
100 to 200	23
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	0
600 to 700	1