Weather Records on 6 January 1930

319 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 January 1930. Highest significance: Kalamazoo State Hospital, US.

Key Facts for 6 January 1930

On 6 January 1930, 319 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
248 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 315 daily.
Kalamazoo State Hospital set a daily record precipitation of 30.5 mm (1.2 in) on 6 January 1930.
Across 168 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

319 stations

319 station records on 6 January 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 January 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Thornborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barrie	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lakefield	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Alma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butte Bert Mooney AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Power	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cedarville	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clontarf	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karasjok	Norway	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Tract	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.9 C (28.6 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

319 records

Records set or tied on 6 January 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 46, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 6 January 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	46
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 6 January 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 315.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

258 broken records

Margins by which the 258 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 117.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 January 1930

Top 20 records on 6 January 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 January 1930	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1930	Alton, CA	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	39 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1930	Helena Wb City, US	daily snowfall	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1930	Butte Bert Mooney AP, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
6 January 1930	Thornborough, AU	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Barrie, CA	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	44 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Southampton, CA	daily high min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	49 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Peterborough, CA	daily high min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	49 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Buffalo, US	daily high min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	49 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Chilliwack, CA	daily low max	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	16 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Southampton, CA	daily high max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Woodstock, CA	daily high min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	40 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Owen Sound, CA	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Lakefield, CA	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	44 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Briksdal, NO	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Alma, US	daily high min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Austin, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	10 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
6 January 1930	Delta, US	monthly rain	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	20 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

1803 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1930. 1930 had 319 records.

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

Records on 01-06 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1830	1
1839	1
1845	1
1850	1
1851	2
1853	1
1855	2
1857	1
1858	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	2
1864	3
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	4
1874	4
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1880	1
1881	4
1882	2
1884	4
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	9
1891	4
1892	1
1893	2
1894	5
1895	3
1896	6
1897	2
1898	5
1899	4
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	15
1904	4
1905	19
1906	19
1907	16
1908	20
1909	55
1910	15
1911	46
1912	116
1913	32
1914	18
1915	40
1916	97
1917	46
1918	50
1919	44
1920	35
1921	52
1922	128
1923	111
1924	452
1925	44
1926	189
1927	270
1928	215
1929	220
1930	319
1931	142
1932	526
1933	352
1934	379
1935	560
1936	392
1937	357
1938	153
1939	321
1940	746
1941	269
1942	479
1943	291
1944	249
1945	837
1946	1,409
1947	351
1948	493
1949	470
1950	942
1951	207
1952	195
1953	769
1954	505
1955	327
1956	464
1957	273
1958	325
1959	710
1960	434
1961	354
1962	768
1963	382
1964	214
1965	796
1966	577
1967	516
1968	893
1969	840
1970	797
1971	1,160
1972	533
1973	633
1974	756
1975	587
1976	590
1977	625
1978	691
1979	1,782
1980	887
1981	794
1982	1,241
1983	1,356
1984	813
1985	1,096
1986	776
1987	875
1988	2,337
1989	1,768
1990	628
1991	1,386
1992	940
1993	1,019
1994	1,347
1995	1,243
1996	1,172
1997	1,185
1998	2,131
1999	1,894
2000	614
2001	1,113
2002	842
2003	932
2004	1,226
2005	1,730
2006	978
2007	1,882
2008	1,422
2009	890
2010	1,543
2011	994
2012	1,235
2013	350
2014	1,503
2015	725
2016	518
2017	1,316
2018	1,231
2019	506
2020	514
2021	385
2022	1,071
2023	555
2024	481
2025	1,153
2026	655

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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	247
20 to 40	8
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2