Weather Records on 27 January 2018

546 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 2018. Highest significance: Abbeville, US.

Key Facts for 27 January 2018

On 27 January 2018, 546 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 532 daily.
Abbeville set a daily record precipitation of 81.5 mm (3.2 in) on 27 January 2018.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

546 stations

546 station records on 27 January 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Aurukun Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	169.6 mm (6.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kljuchi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brunchilly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante	Spain	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orange	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Boro (Calderwood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Plenty	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alicante El Altet	Spain	Record daily precipitation	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wave Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Maudal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Galveston Scholes Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tuross	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harare (Kutsaga)	Zimbabwe	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Felipe Carrillo Puerto (Obs)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Newton Rigg	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Campbell Town (Greenhill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Uliastai	Mongolia	Record low minimum temperature	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Postville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hognestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Amhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Talas	Kyrgyzstan	Record low maximum temperature	-17.6 C (0.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.2 mm (4.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flekkefjord	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Strath Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Launceston Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.2 C (93.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Boggabri (Kanownda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Edi Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tullaroop Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tole Bi	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-23.5 C (-10.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Marais	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Humpty Doo Collard Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	107.8 mm (4.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Detour Village	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chief Joseph Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Roseburg Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Matad	Mongolia	Record low minimum temperature	-36.8 C (-34.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Portland (Jamieson St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

546 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 97, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 180, Lowest daily minimum 52, Heaviest daily rainfall 177, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 27 January 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	97
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	180
Lowest daily minimum	52
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 27 January 2018 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 532.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

467 broken records

Margins by which the 467 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 2018

Top 20 records on 27 January 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 2018	Abbeville, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	114 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2018	Port Arthur SE Tx Rgnl AP, US	monthly rain	169.7 mm (6.7 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2018	New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl, US	daily rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	26 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Aurukun Shire Council, AU	daily rain	169.6 mm (6.7 in)	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Kljuchi, RU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Port Arthur City, US	monthly rain	165.4 mm (6.5 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Brunchilly, AU	daily rain	103.0 mm (4.1 in)	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Alicante, ES	daily rain	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Tellico Plains, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	108 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Orange, US	monthly rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Lower Boro (Calderwood), AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	4 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Upper Plenty, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Alicante El Altet, ES	daily rain	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Wave Hill, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Maudal, NO	daily rain	80.4 mm (3.2 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Galveston Scholes Fld, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	70 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Tuross, AU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Casey, US	daily high max	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	112 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Casey, US	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	119 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2018	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	102 years	42 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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2018. 2018 had 546 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	435
20 to 40	14
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2