Weather Records on 11 January 1930

186 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 11 January 1930. Highest significance: Old Halls Creek, AU.

Key Facts for 11 January 1930

On 11 January 1930, 186 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
39 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 174 daily.
Old Halls Creek set a daily record precipitation of 114.0 mm (4.5 in) on 11 January 1930.
Across 158 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 517 records.

Record Map

186 stations

186 station records on 11 January 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 11 January 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tempe Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Prescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	55.4 cm (21.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Thurman	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brookville	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
La Delle 7 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maricopa 9 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Urandangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Minneapolis Wb Dwtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.6 C (29.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Mina	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Needles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Madre Henszey	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Armour	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Tennant Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Gjerstad I Aust-Agder	Norway	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Biri	Norway	Record daily precipitation	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Natural Brg	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Society Hill 6 S	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

186 records

Records set or tied on 11 January 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 60, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 12.

Records on 11 January 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	60
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	12

Records on 11 January 1930 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 9, daily 174.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

146 broken records

Margins by which the 146 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

11 January 1930

Top 20 records on 11 January 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
11 January 1930	Old Halls Creek, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1930	Tempe Downs, AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1930	Kansas City, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	18 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1930	Prescott, US	all-time snowfall	55.4 cm (21.8 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	14 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1930	New Ulm 2 SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1930	St Cloud State Clg, US	daily snowfall	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	23 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
11 January 1930	Grants Pass, US	all-time low max	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1930	Mc Minnville, US	daily low min	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	10.6 C (19.1 F)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1930	Walnut Grove, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1930	Umea, SE	monthly high min	2.0 C (35.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	47 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1930	Bjornholt, NO	monthly rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	2 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1930	Fairview Outstation, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1930	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	56 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1930	Lakeview 2 NNW, US	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	14 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1930	San Bernardino F S 226, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1930	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1930	Ekaterinburg, RU	daily high min	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	4.8 C (8.6 F)	39 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1930	Prescott, US	monthly snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	14 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1930	Warsaw 1, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
11 January 1930	Thurman, US	daily rain	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	28 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

1794 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1930. 1930 had 186 records.

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

Records on 01-11 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1803	2
1840	1
1851	1
1853	1
1858	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1871	1
1873	3
1876	1
1877	3
1878	1
1879	4
1880	1
1881	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	1
1891	6
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	1
1896	8
1897	14
1898	5
1899	3
1900	8
1901	6
1902	6
1903	15
1904	3
1905	10
1906	4
1907	9
1908	7
1909	28
1910	50
1911	48
1912	47
1913	32
1914	41
1915	26
1916	79
1917	107
1918	208
1919	17
1920	101
1921	65
1922	131
1923	106
1924	367
1925	116
1926	102
1927	278
1928	589
1929	112
1930	186
1931	115
1932	180
1933	239
1934	192
1935	163
1936	475
1937	325
1938	192
1939	370
1940	419
1941	348
1942	687
1943	206
1944	109
1945	624
1946	325
1947	259
1948	342
1949	970
1950	420
1951	325
1952	214
1953	797
1954	526
1955	214
1956	594
1957	506
1958	344
1959	439
1960	548
1961	414
1962	2,062
1963	1,600
1964	248
1965	431
1966	246
1967	412
1968	1,103
1969	511
1970	539
1971	871
1972	1,400
1973	675
1974	1,878
1975	2,114
1976	685
1977	1,319
1978	654
1979	1,379
1980	1,319
1981	959
1982	2,363
1983	1,486
1984	828
1985	699
1986	873
1987	1,598
1988	1,065
1989	836
1990	1,459
1991	1,469
1992	718
1993	1,883
1994	667
1995	1,297
1996	1,366
1997	1,558
1998	1,165
1999	923
2000	1,122
2001	778
2002	970
2003	752
2004	848
2005	1,539
2006	1,096
2007	994
2008	1,019
2009	682
2010	1,093
2011	1,709
2012	881
2013	1,468
2014	684
2015	533
2016	555
2017	1,124
2018	1,027
2019	345
2020	1,617
2021	702
2022	295
2023	676
2024	614
2025	806
2026	499

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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 25	130
25 to 50	5
50 to 75	6
75 to 100	2
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1