Weather Records on 7 January 1930

449 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 January 1930. Highest significance: Arkadelphia 2 N, US.

Key Facts for 7 January 1930

On 7 January 1930, 449 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
266 were record highs and 35 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 428 daily.
Arkadelphia 2 N set a daily record precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 7 January 1930.
Across 158 earlier years (1826 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

449 stations

449 station records on 7 January 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 January 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stuttgart	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Suldalsvatn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lock #4	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Paris Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hafslo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Austin	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Holly Springs 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olney 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Vernon 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laura Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Welland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
New Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Northfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Herberton White St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Culbertson	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Chilliwack	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Botnen I Forde	Norway	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Myklebust I Breim	Norway	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jerome	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rockville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Veedersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Emporium 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Park Rapids Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moab	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Innisfail	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.7 mm (6.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

449 records

Records set or tied on 7 January 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 157, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 137, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 7 January 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	157
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	137
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 7 January 1930 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 428.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

376 broken records

Margins by which the 376 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

7 January 1930

Top 20 records on 7 January 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 January 1930	Arkadelphia 2 N, US	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1930	Corning, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1930	Jackson, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1930	Stuttgart, US	daily rain	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1930	Fulton, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1930	Charleston, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1930	Marble Hill, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1930	Columbus, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1930	Suldalsvatn, NO	all-time rain	134.2 mm (5.3 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	26 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1930	Lock #4, US	monthly rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	42 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1930	Malvern, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1930	Harrisburg, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1930	Paris Stp, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
7 January 1930	Hafslo, NO	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1930	Austin, US	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1930	Meeker 5 W, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1930	Holly Springs 2 N, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1930	Olney 2S, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1930	Ottawa, CA	monthly high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	56 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
7 January 1930	Mt Vernon 3 NE, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	31 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

1826 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1826 to 1930. 1930 had 449 records.

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

Records on 01-07 in each year
Year	Records
1826	1
1839	1
1846	1
1853	1
1855	1
1857	1
1858	1
1860	1
1861	1
1865	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1871	1
1874	3
1877	5
1879	1
1880	1
1882	2
1885	3
1886	3
1887	1
1888	2
1889	2
1890	5
1891	4
1893	1
1894	1
1896	4
1897	1
1898	5
1899	1
1900	5
1901	6
1902	5
1903	17
1904	3
1905	15
1906	19
1907	43
1908	19
1909	18
1910	14
1911	17
1912	56
1913	55
1914	11
1915	111
1916	53
1917	17
1918	57
1919	145
1920	60
1921	76
1922	180
1923	104
1924	206
1925	70
1926	91
1927	171
1928	212
1929	73
1930	449
1931	94
1932	216
1933	180
1934	645
1935	509
1936	529
1937	851
1938	192
1939	220
1940	697
1941	303
1942	702
1943	342
1944	283
1945	803
1946	834
1947	293
1948	740
1949	510
1950	377
1951	361
1952	386
1953	494
1954	409
1955	164
1956	283
1957	338
1958	416
1959	350
1960	440
1961	351
1962	855
1963	609
1964	218
1965	1,297
1966	614
1967	686
1968	1,305
1969	761
1970	1,139
1971	927
1972	395
1973	1,106
1974	892
1975	739
1976	1,127
1977	676
1978	485
1979	1,481
1980	700
1981	779
1982	1,416
1983	922
1984	657
1985	1,224
1986	717
1987	787
1988	2,940
1989	1,713
1990	688
1991	993
1992	993
1993	1,266
1994	1,226
1995	1,172
1996	1,945
1997	1,011
1998	2,599
1999	1,223
2000	696
2001	915
2002	1,296
2003	1,260
2004	928
2005	1,241
2006	1,164
2007	1,147
2008	1,806
2009	1,033
2010	1,899
2011	727
2012	537
2013	397
2014	2,632
2015	598
2016	704
2017	1,315
2018	1,026
2019	538
2020	446
2021	535
2022	895
2023	444
2024	690
2025	560
2026	725

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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	341
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1