Weather Records on 4 January 1930

134 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 January 1930. Highest significance: Lakeview 2 NNW, US.

Key Facts for 4 January 1930

On 4 January 1930, 134 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
110 were record highs and 9 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 1 monthly and 133 daily.
Lakeview 2 NNW set a daily record precipitation of 30.2 mm (1.2 in) on 4 January 1930.
Across 162 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 508 records.

Record Map

134 stations

134 station records on 4 January 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 January 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Banff	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Banff	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.9 C (-50.6 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bandon 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Peddie (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Estherville 4E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Howard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Altastenberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Algona	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kennebec	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Bizerte Cap Blanc	Tunisia	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Ellensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Dunderlandsdalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Winnebago	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt 3 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Flandreau	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

134 records

Records set or tied on 4 January 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 80, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 30, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 12, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 4 January 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	80
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	30
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	12
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 4 January 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 1, daily 133.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

108 broken records

Margins by which the 108 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 January 1930

Top 20 records on 4 January 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 January 1930	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1930	Durban-Botanical Gardens, ZA	daily rain	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 January 1930	Banff, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	5.5 mm (0.22 in)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Banff, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.5 cm (2.2 in)	15 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Irkutsk, RU	daily low min	-45.9 C (-50.6 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	40 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Bandon 2 NNE, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	7 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Cobar Post Office, AU	daily low min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	41 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	47 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Cedarville, US	daily rain	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	12 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Peddie (Mag), ZA	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	32 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Estherville 4E, US	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	31 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Farmington, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	36 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Elko Rgnl AP, US	monthly high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	8 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Masset Airport, CA	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	16 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Berlin (Sar), ZA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily high max	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	29 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Howard, US	daily high max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	31 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Zeehan Post Office, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	12 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Altastenberg, DE	daily high min	2.1 C (35.8 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	28 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
4 January 1930	Le Grand, US	daily high min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	14 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

1795 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1930. 1930 had 134 records.

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

Records on 01-04 in each year
Year	Records
1795	2
1803	2
1824	1
1845	1
1855	1
1860	2
1864	4
1866	1
1867	2
1869	2
1871	2
1872	1
1873	2
1874	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	3
1879	1
1880	1
1881	3
1882	2
1884	2
1886	5
1887	2
1888	4
1889	4
1890	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	9
1895	8
1896	2
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	6
1901	9
1902	7
1903	16
1904	51
1905	21
1906	15
1907	13
1908	8
1909	23
1910	20
1911	17
1912	30
1913	27
1914	45
1915	21
1916	59
1917	59
1918	78
1919	34
1920	113
1921	121
1922	56
1923	54
1924	184
1925	128
1926	310
1927	185
1928	150
1929	96
1930	134
1931	94
1932	200
1933	231
1934	319
1935	207
1936	394
1937	251
1938	136
1939	647
1940	332
1941	1,010
1942	1,191
1943	453
1944	300
1945	194
1946	371
1947	858
1948	391
1949	1,261
1950	2,015
1951	394
1952	349
1953	267
1954	249
1955	659
1956	462
1957	262
1958	448
1959	1,124
1960	358
1961	378
1962	359
1963	559
1964	349
1965	403
1966	798
1967	319
1968	661
1969	645
1970	497
1971	1,191
1972	728
1973	667
1974	957
1975	394
1976	534
1977	524
1978	656
1979	1,606
1980	643
1981	1,430
1982	2,261
1983	953
1984	996
1985	1,049
1986	705
1987	1,172
1988	903
1989	1,205
1990	509
1991	1,016
1992	1,201
1993	1,538
1994	1,418
1995	922
1996	1,389
1997	3,256
1998	1,246
1999	1,842
2000	1,486
2001	1,350
2002	1,151
2003	1,229
2004	1,611
2005	1,581
2006	1,167
2007	2,045
2008	845
2009	824
2010	1,183
2011	586
2012	1,357
2013	797
2014	770
2015	715
2016	618
2017	997
2018	1,096
2019	616
2020	497
2021	427
2022	698
2023	1,236
2024	562
2025	477
2026	1,013

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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	102
10 to 20	2
20 to 30	2
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	0
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1