Weather Records on 2 January 1930

264 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 January 1930. Highest significance: Grafton, US.

Key Facts for 2 January 1930

On 2 January 1930, 264 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
189 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 263 daily.
Grafton set a daily record precipitation of 34.5 mm (1.4 in) on 2 January 1930.
Across 166 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 479 records.

Record Map

264 stations

264 station records on 2 January 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 January 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grafton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lyndhurst Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Broome Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Connellsville Lk 7	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vickery 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Mapoon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Derry 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Raglan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.0 C (-49.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Wooster Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville Dwtn AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Great Western (Seppelt)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cortland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Bremen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Philo 3 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Perth Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.7 C (101.7 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mount McConnell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Tewantin Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Dalby Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	22.5 C (72.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.7 mm (0.30 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Farmersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Carmel	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.4 cm (10.8 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

264 records

Records set or tied on 2 January 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 86, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 103, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 60, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 January 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	86
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	103
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 January 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 263.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

196 broken records

Margins by which the 196 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 71.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 January 1930

Top 20 records on 2 January 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 January 1930	Grafton, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Walsh River Post Office, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Lyndhurst Station, AU	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Greenville Dwtn AP, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Veedersburg, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Broome Post Office, AU	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	53 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily low max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Mc Connellsville Lk 7, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Bad Muskau, DE	daily rain	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Buffalo, US	daily rain	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Marion 2 N, US	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Vickery 2 NW, US	daily rain	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Old Mapoon, AU	daily rain	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Washington 1 W, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Independence, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Urjupinsk, RU	daily rain	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	22 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Chippewa Lake, US	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	24 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Anderson 1 N, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	27 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
2 January 1930	Taunton, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	36 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

1794 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1930. 1930 had 264 records.

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

Records on 01-02 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1800	1
1810	1
1823	1
1825	2
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1854	1
1855	1
1860	4
1861	4
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1871	4
1873	3
1874	1
1875	3
1876	4
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1882	1
1883	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	4
1890	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	7
1897	1
1898	2
1899	8
1900	7
1901	9
1902	5
1903	6
1904	22
1905	14
1906	8
1907	18
1908	6
1909	26
1910	17
1911	22
1912	53
1913	19
1914	27
1915	22
1916	43
1917	86
1918	114
1919	49
1920	48
1921	265
1922	77
1923	46
1924	165
1925	146
1926	190
1927	241
1928	744
1929	42
1930	264
1931	296
1932	148
1933	107
1934	242
1935	283
1936	460
1937	634
1938	111
1939	633
1940	403
1941	518
1942	619
1943	440
1944	355
1945	327
1946	157
1947	776
1948	967
1949	338
1950	1,253
1951	622
1952	823
1953	281
1954	309
1955	407
1956	179
1957	199
1958	240
1959	391
1960	630
1961	638
1962	582
1963	508
1964	955
1965	638
1966	964
1967	265
1968	807
1969	623
1970	947
1971	624
1972	407
1973	524
1974	1,495
1975	622
1976	653
1977	664
1978	689
1979	3,391
1980	360
1981	989
1982	1,102
1983	690
1984	1,221
1985	860
1986	641
1987	1,083
1988	1,279
1989	584
1990	425
1991	689
1992	947
1993	893
1994	576
1995	570
1996	1,425
1997	3,370
1998	1,108
1999	1,607
2000	1,340
2001	1,410
2002	1,021
2003	1,363
2004	1,212
2005	1,205
2006	1,658
2007	941
2008	843
2009	826
2010	1,304
2011	866
2012	805
2013	548
2014	684
2015	778
2016	603
2017	771
2018	2,183
2019	481
2020	645
2021	495
2022	1,905
2023	1,497
2024	635
2025	566
2026	770

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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	182
10 to 20	8
20 to 30	3
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1