Weather Records on 13 January 1930

310 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 January 1930. Highest significance: Dunmurray, ZA.

Key Facts for 13 January 1930

On 13 January 1930, 310 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 305 daily.
Dunmurray set a daily record precipitation of 38.1 mm (1.5 in) on 13 January 1930.
Across 157 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

310 stations

310 station records on 13 January 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 January 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dunmurray	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parkers Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Quatsino	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Le Mars	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grants Pass	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Evansville Ft Court STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
N Loup	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fairbury 7S	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weeping Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eugene	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Cumberland L/D	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Charles Chenault	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kansas City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Paducah River	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Bow 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Paris	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Hayes Center 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	-0.7 C (30.7 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Thomas River (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

310 records

Records set or tied on 13 January 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 31, Lowest daily maximum 38, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 95, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 13 January 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	31
Lowest daily maximum	38
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 13 January 1930 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 305.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

249 broken records

Margins by which the 249 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 January 1930

Top 20 records on 13 January 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 January 1930	Dunmurray, ZA	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
13 January 1930	Fairbury 7S, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Parkers Landing, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Englesberg Village, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Quatsino, CA	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Prescott, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	12 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Le Mars, US	monthly snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Hays 1 S, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Cairo River, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Grants Pass, US	all-time low min	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	10 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Colby, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	24 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Earlington, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Kimball 2NE, US	daily low max	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Independence, US	daily low min	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Port Dover, CA	daily high min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	51 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Hvar, HR	daily high max	15.5 C (59.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	46 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Evansville Ft Court STN, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	30 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Durham, GB	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	N Loup, US	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
13 January 1930	Evelyn Sharp Fld, US	daily rain	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	32 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 310 records.

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

Records on 01-13 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1799	2
1837	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1864	2
1867	1
1870	2
1871	2
1873	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	2
1882	3
1884	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	5
1892	2
1893	3
1894	1
1895	6
1896	4
1897	2
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	2
1902	4
1903	4
1904	23
1905	5
1906	9
1907	14
1908	17
1909	8
1910	45
1911	60
1912	104
1913	6
1914	58
1915	14
1916	49
1917	39
1918	102
1919	23
1920	87
1921	55
1922	104
1923	72
1924	68
1925	418
1926	62
1927	189
1928	638
1929	116
1930	310
1931	102
1932	1,183
1933	115
1934	232
1935	174
1936	220
1937	284
1938	235
1939	357
1940	324
1941	415
1942	318
1943	377
1944	373
1945	507
1946	212
1947	341
1948	533
1949	420
1950	1,141
1951	400
1952	375
1953	669
1954	427
1955	261
1956	469
1957	552
1958	327
1959	347
1960	968
1961	264
1962	711
1963	1,727
1964	995
1965	320
1966	652
1967	470
1968	1,024
1969	615
1970	468
1971	827
1972	1,221
1973	928
1974	762
1975	916
1976	683
1977	889
1978	487
1979	1,801
1980	1,246
1981	1,168
1982	1,381
1983	1,131
1984	657
1985	923
1986	619
1987	1,851
1988	674
1989	769
1990	517
1991	627
1992	841
1993	2,132
1994	1,264
1995	1,729
1996	1,855
1997	2,435
1998	1,001
1999	679
2000	966
2001	662
2002	1,219
2003	566
2004	769
2005	1,883
2006	1,104
2007	2,370
2008	398
2009	875
2010	800
2011	1,358
2012	433
2013	1,645
2014	370
2015	916
2016	422
2017	1,126
2018	961
2019	479
2020	611
2021	631
2022	753
2023	740
2024	1,987
2025	436
2026	1,151

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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 2026-10-16 (16 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	228
25 to 50	10
50 to 75	4
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1