Weather Records on 27 January 1998

697 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 January 1998. Highest significance: Tezpur, IN.

Key Facts for 27 January 1998

On 27 January 1998, 697 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
372 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 683 daily.
Tezpur set a daily record precipitation of 102.1 mm (4.0 in) on 27 January 1998.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 481 records.

Record Map

697 stations

697 station records on 27 January 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 January 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tezpur	India	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Camden on Gauley 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bullita	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Garcia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wedgefield	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cdu Katherine Rural Campus	Australia	Record daily precipitation	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Itiquira (Dnpvn)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Little Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bristol AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rhodhiss Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Timber Creek Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.4 mm (5.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Daly River Mission	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bluefield Mercer Co AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.1 cm (7.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brevard	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrenceville 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santuck	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Parral	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Spearfish	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wise 1SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chillagoe Atherton Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waialua 847	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tipperary	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Boa Esperanca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	128.9 mm (5.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chileka	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Holton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beckley Raleigh Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Toxaway 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warnow	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.7 mm (3.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Rs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford Hydro STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paradis 7 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Picayune	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnojarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-4.6 C (23.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater Hydro	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

697 records

Records set or tied on 27 January 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 203, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 184, Heaviest daily snowfall 17, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 27 January 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	203
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	184
Heaviest daily snowfall	17
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 27 January 1998 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 683.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

525 broken records

Margins by which the 525 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 292.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 January 1998

Top 20 records on 27 January 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 January 1998	Tezpur, IN	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	91 years	76 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1998	Asheville, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	76 years	73 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1998	Toora, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	64 years	68 of 100 (Major)
27 January 1998	Waterville 2, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Bradshaw Homestead, AU	monthly rain	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Camden on Gauley 2 SW, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Bullita, AU	daily rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Garcia, BR	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Wedgefield, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Cdu Katherine Rural Campus, AU	daily rain	128.0 mm (5.0 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Itiquira (Dnpvn), BR	daily rain	121.2 mm (4.8 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Asheville, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	N Wilkesboro, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Asheville AP, US	daily snowfall	30.2 cm (11.9 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	96 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Little Mtn, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Bristol AP, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Rhodhiss Hydro Plt, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
27 January 1998	Timber Creek Police, AU	daily rain	145.4 mm (5.7 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 years	43 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 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1998. 1998 had 697 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 1998-01-27: 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	502
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	1