Weather Records on 27 January 2021

786 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 2021. Highest significance: Turlock #2, US.

Key Facts for 27 January 2021

On 27 January 2021, 786 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 759 daily.
Turlock #2 set a daily record precipitation of 49.8 mm (2.0 in) on 27 January 2021.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 480 records.

Record Map

786 stations

786 station records on 27 January 2021 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 2021: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Turlock #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Salinas AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Beloit	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Modesto AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Kosice	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Topaz Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Calaveras Big Trees	United States	Record daily snowfall	84.3 cm (33.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Noupoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Topaz Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cordes	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Postmasburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff 4 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Topaz Lake	United States	Record snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carmel Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Booligal (Ulonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hat Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Payson	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merced	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Hot Springs	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sparks	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeba	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	318.0 mm (12.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Panoche 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton Falls	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bishop AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toolangi (Mount St Leonard Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ronaldsway	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Bluff Dam	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Springerville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Auburn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cuyamaca	United States	Record snow depth	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Julian Cdf	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sutcliffe	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cawker City	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leonard Creek Rch - Denio 33S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.4 cm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Perry	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

786 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 2021 by type: Highest daily maximum 100, Lowest daily maximum 115, Highest daily minimum 86, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 229, Heaviest daily snowfall 85, Deepest snow cover 101.

Records on 27 January 2021 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	100
Lowest daily maximum	115
Highest daily minimum	86
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	229
Heaviest daily snowfall	85
Deepest snow cover	101

Records on 27 January 2021 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 21, daily 759.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

653 broken records

Margins by which the 653 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 600.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 2021

Top 20 records on 27 January 2021 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 2021	Turlock #2, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	127 years	75 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2021	Salinas AP, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	75 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2021	Beloit, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	105 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2021	Shasta Dam, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	78 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2021	Modesto AP, US	monthly rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	86 years	69 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2021	Kosice, SK	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2021	Topaz Lake, US	all-time snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	0 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2021	Calaveras Big Trees, US	all-time snowfall	84.3 cm (33.2 in)	10.6 cm (4.2 in)	88 years	63 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2021	Odesa, UA	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2021	Noupoort, ZA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	124 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2021	Topaz Lake, US	all-time rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2021	Cordes, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	93 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2021	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	118 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2021	Postmasburg, ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2021	Pooncarie (Karpa Kora Station), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	120 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2021	Flagstaff 4 SW, US	daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	52.4 cm (20.6 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2021	Dunsmuir Trtmt Pl, US	monthly snowfall	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2021	Tombstone, US	daily low max	1.7 C (35.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	122 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2021	Topaz Lake, US	all-time snow depth	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	15.3 cm (6.0 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2021	Carmel Valley, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	13 years	49 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 2021

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2021. 2021 had 786 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	628
100 to 200	18
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1
500 to 600	2