Weather Records on 30 January 1923

126 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1923. Highest significance: St Albans, CA.

Key Facts for 30 January 1923

On 30 January 1923, 126 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 122 daily.
St Albans set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 30 January 1923.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 507 records.

Record Map

126 stations

126 station records on 30 January 1923 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1923: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Albans	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Portland	United States	Record snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Helena	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Albans	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Surgut	Russia	Record daily precipitation	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti Heath Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stellenbosch (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sevastopol',Mgs	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	6.5 mm (0.26 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hood Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kanmantoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.6 C (110.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.3 C (48.7 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Liberty	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Wappingers Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Marshall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Sturt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	4.7 mm (0.19 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lowell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Green Bay	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	43.4 C (110.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Grenola 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Bethany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

126 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1923 by type: Highest daily maximum 17, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 51, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 January 1923 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	17
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	51
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 January 1923 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 122.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

105 broken records

Margins by which the 105 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 January 1923

Top 20 records on 30 January 1923 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1923	St Albans, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.4 cm (2.9 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1923	Portland, US	daily snow depth	96.5 cm (38.0 in)	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1923	Helena, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Stillwater 2 W, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Cairns Post Office, AU	all-time high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	7 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Treherne, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	31 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Fulton, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Ashwood, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Pine Bluff, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	St Albans, CA	daily rain	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Treherne, CA	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Surgut, RU	daily rain	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Anticosti Heath Point, CA	daily rain	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	42 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-7.5 C (18.5 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	43 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1923	Stellenbosch (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	42 years	20 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 1923

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1923. 1923 had 126 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 50	101
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1