Weather Records on 27 January 2023

425 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 2023. Highest significance: Adel, US.

Key Facts for 27 January 2023

On 27 January 2023, 425 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 75 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 414 daily.
Adel set a daily record precipitation of 25.4 mm (1.0 in) on 27 January 2023.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 482 records.

Record Map

425 stations

425 station records on 27 January 2023 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 2023: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Adel	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Vacoas (Mauritius)	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Adel	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hellinikon	Greece	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home 1 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Elk Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Meadow	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hebgen Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lead Hill	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bisson Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Holyoke	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waikapu 390	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ozone	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salmon AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hershey 5 SSE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 12 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Calcutta/Dum Dum	India	Record high minimum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wisdom	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Colton	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
La Sal 1SW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Songkhla	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
S Fork Shields	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mountain Meadows	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnette 7 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zinder	Niger	Record high maximum temperature	38.5 C (101.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Horinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-18.2 C (-0.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mayville	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sleeping Woman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.6 C (-42.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hayden	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
McCammon	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ogallala	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sheep Mtn.	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bomnak	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-33.5 C (-28.3 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jasper	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowtail Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sibiti	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose	United States	Record snow depth	53.3 cm (21.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Puukolii 457.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Warm Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record low minimum temperature	21.0 C (69.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

425 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 2023 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 160, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 57.

Records on 27 January 2023 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	160
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	57

Records on 27 January 2023 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 414.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

342 broken records

Margins by which the 342 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 2023

Top 20 records on 27 January 2023 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 2023	Adel, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	123 years	67 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2023	Hebgen Dam, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	66 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2023	Vacoas (Mauritius), MU	daily rain	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	187.7 mm (7.4 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2023	Adel, US	monthly snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	105 years	60 of 100 (Major)
27 January 2023	Hellinikon, GR	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	Mtn Home 1 NNW, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	120 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	Plaisance (Mauritiu, MU	daily rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	N Fk Elk Creek, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	Roosevelt 1 S, US	daily low min	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	93 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	Hayden, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	Clover Meadow, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	Hebgen Dam, US	daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	55 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	Lead Hill, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	85 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	Bisson Creek, US	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	Holyoke, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	Winthrop 1 WSW, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	111 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	Waikapu 390, US	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	Ozone, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	67 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	Salmon AP, US	daily high min	-2.1 C (28.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	103 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 2023	Hershey 5 SSE, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	53 years	41 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 2023

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2023. 2023 had 425 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	301
50 to 100	22
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1