Weather Records on 30 December 1929

382 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 1929. Highest significance: Harrisville Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 30 December 1929

On 30 December 1929, 382 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
277 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 373 daily.
Harrisville Post Office set an all-time record daily precipitation of 164.1 mm (6.5 in) on 30 December 1929.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

382 stations

382 station records on 30 December 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harrisville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kluitjeskraal (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Franklyn Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Springsure Comet St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Silistria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Syfergat (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Casino Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Palmwoods Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Olin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Clarke River Telecom	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Stanthorpe Leslie Parade	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 4 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
The Towers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clanwilliam (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudtshoorn	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Savanne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Malmesbury	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Princeton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Aar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wupperthal	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Homestead Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warwick Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton #1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morris W Cntrl Rsch & Outreach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallangarra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Chat	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

382 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 181, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 2, Heaviest daily rainfall 86, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 December 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	181
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	2
Heaviest daily rainfall	86
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 December 1929 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 373.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

324 broken records

Margins by which the 324 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 1929

Top 20 records on 30 December 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 1929	Harrisville Post Office, AU	all-time rain	164.1 mm (6.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1929	Kluitjeskraal (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1929	Franklyn Vale, AU	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1929	Springsure Comet St, AU	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	8 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Olympia Priest Pt Park, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Coraki Post Office, AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	10 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Silistria, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Charlottetown, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	48 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Syfergat (Sar), ZA	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Lucknow, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Casino Airport, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	68 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Bulken, NO	daily rain	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Middelwater, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Alice Springs Post Office, AU	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Nambour Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	67.5 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1929	Palmwoods Post Office, AU	monthly rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	26 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 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1929. 1929 had 382 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 20	304
20 to 40	11
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1