Weather Records on 27 January 2019

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 2019. Highest significance: Mossman Central Mill, AU.

Key Facts for 27 January 2019

On 27 January 2019, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
280 were record highs and 148 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 657 daily.
Mossman Central Mill set a daily record precipitation of 562.0 mm (22.1 in) on 27 January 2019.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

679 stations

679 station records on 27 January 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	562.0 mm (22.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	350.0 mm (13.8 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ft Lauderdale Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cairns Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	276.8 mm (10.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Deeral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Mossman South Alchera Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	378.0 mm (14.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Highbury Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	246.0 mm (9.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walkamin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Whyanbeel Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	471.6 mm (18.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oconomowoc Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	238.6 mm (9.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
White Cliff Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	263.0 mm (10.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Intl Falls Intl AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-43.2 C (-45.8 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hazelmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cotton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-48.9 C (-56.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Weaverville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Baudette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Babinda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	197.0 mm (7.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wauchula	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Tribulation Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	468.8 mm (18.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Venice	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood 2 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Adams Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oodnadatta Airport	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Daintree Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	405.0 mm (15.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Woolbrook (Danglemah Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ramgundam	India	Record low maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gladstone L/D 18	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whitewater Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tbilisi	Georgia	Record high maximum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kewanee 1E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-16.3 C (2.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Burlington Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.1 C (-24.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Borzja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-20.5 C (-4.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Winters	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 149, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 131, Lowest daily minimum 99, Heaviest daily rainfall 215, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 27 January 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	149
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	131
Lowest daily minimum	99
Heaviest daily rainfall	215
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 27 January 2019 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 18, daily 657.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

577 broken records

Margins by which the 577 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 2019

Top 20 records on 27 January 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 2019	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	562.0 mm (22.1 in)	458.4 mm (18.0 in)	80 years	74 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2019	Fosston 1 E, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	103 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2019	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	350.0 mm (13.8 in)	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	108 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2019	Ft Lauderdale Beach, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2019	Cairns Aero, AU	daily rain	276.8 mm (10.9 in)	159.5 mm (6.3 in)	49 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2019	Deeral, AU	daily rain	253.0 mm (10.0 in)	156.5 mm (6.2 in)	80 years	61 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2019	Mossman South Alchera Drive, AU	daily rain	378.0 mm (14.9 in)	163.3 mm (6.4 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2019	Casa Grande Nm, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2019	Highbury Station, AU	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2019	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	246.0 mm (9.7 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2019	Walkamin Research Station, AU	daily rain	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	48 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2019	Whyanbeel Valley, AU	monthly rain	471.6 mm (18.6 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2019	Oconomowoc Wwtp, US	daily low min	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	123 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2019	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	238.6 mm (9.4 in)	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2019	White Cliff Point, AU	daily rain	263.0 mm (10.4 in)	197.6 mm (7.8 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2019	Intl Falls Intl AP, US	daily low min	-43.2 C (-45.8 F)	5.4 C (9.7 F)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2019	Hazelmere, AU	daily rain	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2019	Walnut, US	daily low min	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	116 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2019	Cotton, US	all-time low min	-48.9 C (-56.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	54 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2019	Princeton, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	116 years	44 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2019. 2019 had 679 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 100	566
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1