Weather Records on 27 January 2022

420 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 2022. Highest significance: Sharon Springs, US.

Key Facts for 27 January 2022

On 27 January 2022, 420 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
82 were record highs and 132 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 413 daily.
Sharon Springs set a daily record snow depth of 45.7 cm (18.0 in) on 27 January 2022.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

420 stations

420 station records on 27 January 2022 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 2022: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Sharon Springs	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Coulta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Burlington	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Merlin Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pirlta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelanna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Innes Ag Research STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Hope (Fairview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Robinvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mangum	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brimpton Lake)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yeelana (Brooker)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Burtundy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mangum	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koppio	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bronzewing	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Boga (Kunat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yarroweyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yallunda Flat (Meetigilly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth (Wamberra Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kyneton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Dangar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maylands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Adelaide (Hope Valley Reservoi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mildura Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olmsted L&D	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tocumwal Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Culgoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durham Ox	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Willow City	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ben Lomond (Koala)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gladfield Hopefield Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Toorourrong Reservoir (Toorour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Eildon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gallipolis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mahrigong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Copeton Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jetmore 8NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Donora 1 SW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record high maximum temperature	33.1 C (91.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burdett 3S	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Turkey	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle	United States	Record snow depth	94.0 cm (37.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ambo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mathoura (Mathoura Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Laoag	Philippines	Record high minimum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Yadnarie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ulcanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wensleydale (Anglesea (Vehicle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

420 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 2022 by type: Highest daily maximum 44, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 84, Heaviest daily rainfall 146, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 34.

Records on 27 January 2022 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	44
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	84
Heaviest daily rainfall	146
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	34

Records on 27 January 2022 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 413.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

348 broken records

Margins by which the 348 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 2022

Top 20 records on 27 January 2022 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 2022	Sharon Springs, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2022	Coulta, AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2022	Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	131 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Burlington, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	32 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Merlin Station, AU	daily rain	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	104 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Pirlta, AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	68 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Yeelanna, AU	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Glen Innes Ag Research STN, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	83 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Mount Hope (Fairview), AU	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	108 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Robinvale, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Malmsbury Reservoir, AU	daily rain	67.4 mm (2.7 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Mangum, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Yeelana (Brimpton Lake), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Yeelana (Brooker), AU	daily rain	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Richmond Post Office, AU	daily rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	104 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Wentworth (Burtundy), AU	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Yan Yean, AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2022	Mangum, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	74 years	48 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 2022

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2022. 2022 had 420 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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Data for records on 2022-01-27: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 50	331
50 to 100	12
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1
300 to 350	1