Weather Records on 30 December 1927

290 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 1927. Highest significance: St Cloud State Clg, US.

Key Facts for 30 December 1927

On 30 December 1927, 290 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
134 were record highs and 120 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 283 daily.
St Cloud State Clg set a daily record snow depth of 73.7 cm (29.0 in) on 30 December 1927.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

290 stations

290 station records on 30 December 1927 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 1927: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
La Monte	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Point Amour	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Darwin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Quesnel	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	3.0 cm (1.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Seattle Urban Site	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-45.6 C (-50.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Warren	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Townsend	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Biskra	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New England	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kamloops	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mauzy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

290 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 1927 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 60, Highest daily minimum 101, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 20, Heaviest daily snowfall 7, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 30 December 1927 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	60
Highest daily minimum	101
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	20
Heaviest daily snowfall	7
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 30 December 1927 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 5, daily 283.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

209 broken records

Margins by which the 209 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 1927

Top 20 records on 30 December 1927 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 1927	St Cloud State Clg, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	40.7 cm (16.0 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1927	La Monte, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1927	Point Amour, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	17 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Columbia Wb City, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Tranebjerg, DK	daily low min	-10.8 C (12.6 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	39 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Morgantown 1, US	daily high min	11.1 C (52.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	51 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Kansas City, US	daily snowfall	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Astoria, US	daily low max	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Princeton, CA	daily low min	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	32 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Galway, IE	daily low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Lindsay, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	46 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Darwin Post Office, AU	daily low max	26.2 C (79.2 F)	1.5 C (2.7 F)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Steveston, CA	daily low min	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	4 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Bathurst, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Ottawa, CA	daily high max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	51 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Clayton 1 SSW, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1927	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily low max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	33 years	19 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 1927

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1927. 1927 had 290 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 30 December 1927
Margin	Records
0 to 100	208
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1