Weather Records on 30 December 1919

82 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 1919. Highest significance: Armagh, GB.

Key Facts for 30 December 1919

On 30 December 1919, 82 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
11 were record highs and 19 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 81 daily.
Armagh set a daily record precipitation of 28.4 mm (1.1 in) on 30 December 1919.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

82 stations

82 station records on 30 December 1919 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 1919: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Guelph Oac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Carcoar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
State College	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tarkastad (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McDonald	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Perm	Russia	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Wellwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bogo Bogolog	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisburg - Coop	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Blayney Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Hill End Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-35.5 C (-31.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-40.0 C (-40.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-40.5 C (-40.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cadia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pulletop (Matta Mia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.0 C (-2.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	13.4 C (56.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Majura 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.2 C (-2.6 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Orange Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Brewongle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sale Mercury Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Taralga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-16.5 C (2.3 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Ooma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

82 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 1919 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 38, Heaviest daily snowfall 14.

Records on 30 December 1919 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	38
Heaviest daily snowfall	14
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 December 1919 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 81.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

71 broken records

Margins by which the 71 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 1919

Top 20 records on 30 December 1919 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 1919	Armagh, GB	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	42 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1919	Gabo Island Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Stratford, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Bodalla Post Office, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Guelph Oac, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Thornborough, AU	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Gavle, SE	monthly low min	-26.0 C (-14.8 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	18 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Carcoar, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	daily low min	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	31 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	State College, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	17 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Jokkmokk, SE	daily rain	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Maffra Shire Hall, AU	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Tarkastad (Pol), ZA	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	5.4 mm (0.21 in)	41 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Skara 1, SE	daily rain	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	1.1 mm (0.04 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Port Jervis, US	daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Mount McDonald, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	28 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Perm, RU	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	25 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1919	Wellwood, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	23 years	18 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

1799 to 1919

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1919. 1919 had 82 records.

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

Records on 12-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	2
1835	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	4
1872	3
1874	2
1875	2
1876	3
1878	1
1880	5
1881	3
1882	3
1884	2
1888	2
1889	2
1890	7
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1895	6
1896	3
1897	7
1898	6
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	2
1903	8
1904	12
1905	10
1906	11
1907	26
1908	17
1909	13
1910	18
1911	20
1912	37
1913	32
1914	47
1915	62
1916	45
1917	217
1918	25
1919	82
1920	84
1921	111
1922	227
1923	223
1924	65
1925	184
1926	63
1927	290
1928	31
1929	382
1930	71
1931	509
1932	407
1933	279
1934	206
1935	202
1936	931
1937	234
1938	208
1939	237
1940	397
1941	149
1942	584
1943	165
1944	137
1945	251
1946	584
1947	317
1948	760
1949	206
1950	479
1951	955
1952	334
1953	399
1954	538
1955	254
1956	556
1957	443
1958	525
1959	216
1960	345
1961	389
1962	671
1963	567
1964	537
1965	1,122
1966	403
1967	760
1968	1,391
1969	817
1970	571
1971	1,122
1972	1,052
1973	1,262
1974	564
1975	703
1976	981
1977	795
1978	1,930
1979	427
1980	1,560
1981	684
1982	630
1983	2,765
1984	1,834
1985	568
1986	852
1987	1,270
1988	755
1989	528
1990	3,065
1991	525
1992	1,210
1993	865
1994	642
1995	1,455
1996	1,620
1997	1,384
1998	801
1999	838
2000	1,377
2001	651
2002	1,034
2003	661
2004	974
2005	928
2006	1,779
2007	748
2008	653
2009	933
2010	1,200
2011	782
2012	676
2013	642
2014	660
2015	820
2016	706
2017	1,324
2018	284
2019	1,131
2020	604
2021	1,455
2022	909
2023	726
2024	638
2025	325

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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 10	49
10 to 20	11
20 to 30	4
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2
70 to 80	1