Weather Records on 30 January 1916

68 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1916. Highest significance: Cudgewa North, AU.

Key Facts for 30 January 1916

On 30 January 1916, 68 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
13 were record highs and 21 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 67 daily.
Cudgewa North set a daily record precipitation of 46.7 mm (1.8 in) on 30 January 1916.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

68 stations

68 station records on 30 January 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cudgewa North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fairlight Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poowong (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ballarat Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.2 C (73.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Karumba Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Newlyn Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland 2717 Euclid	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Inverell Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Warwillah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Conargo (Willurah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Kerang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
M.R.A.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	4 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

68 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 5, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 32, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 30 January 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	5
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	32
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 January 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 67.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

59 broken records

Margins by which the 59 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 January 1916

Top 20 records on 30 January 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1916	Cudgewa North, AU	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1916	Toledo Blade, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1916	Gunnedah Pool, AU	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	5.1 C (9.2 F)	35 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Fairlight Station, AU	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Winnemucca AP, US	daily low min	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	33 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Arhangelsk, RU	daily rain	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Kew, AU	daily rain	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Beenak, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Poowong (Post Office), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Cleveland 2717 Euclid, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Ballarat Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	33 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Buffalo, US	daily high max	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	35 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Ringwood 2, AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	42 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Tashkent, UZ	daily rain	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	26 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low max	23.2 C (73.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	42 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	26 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	15.7 C (60.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1916	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily low max	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	22 years	16 of 100 (Routine)

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 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1916. 1916 had 68 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	2
1826	1
1830	2
1843	3
1846	3
1854	2
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	4
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1897	1
1898	7
1899	7
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	4
1905	8
1906	14
1907	9
1908	44
1909	27
1910	17
1911	35
1912	28
1913	35
1914	62
1915	58
1916	68
1917	113
1918	369
1919	33
1920	48
1921	41
1922	49
1923	126
1924	194
1925	179
1926	185
1927	141
1928	110
1929	416
1930	161
1931	648
1932	347
1933	137
1934	974
1935	305
1936	650
1937	379
1938	323
1939	630
1940	270
1941	380
1942	333
1943	470
1944	320
1945	275
1946	380
1947	1,314
1948	578
1949	1,271
1950	952
1951	1,227
1952	320
1953	508
1954	768
1955	435
1956	577
1957	638
1958	677
1959	282
1960	435
1961	464
1962	632
1963	738
1964	321
1965	772
1966	2,109
1967	885
1968	799
1969	1,258
1970	360
1971	1,370
1972	418
1973	578
1974	1,208
1975	934
1976	501
1977	759
1978	789
1979	2,085
1980	815
1981	654
1982	906
1983	785
1984	984
1985	678
1986	788
1987	1,006
1988	1,375
1989	1,508
1990	1,034
1991	766
1992	1,302
1993	764
1994	904
1995	924
1996	1,287
1997	793
1998	407
1999	1,169
2000	1,116
2001	1,319
2002	2,839
2003	1,086
2004	1,348
2005	906
2006	1,040
2007	673
2008	698
2009	737
2010	1,349
2011	668
2012	827
2013	1,984
2014	1,175
2015	658
2016	1,155
2017	507
2018	678
2019	990
2020	347
2021	442
2022	458
2023	1,298
2024	1,586
2025	688
2026	429

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	46
5 to 10	7
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1
35 to 40	1