Weather Records on 21 January 1930

616 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 January 1930. Highest significance: Kansas City, US.

Key Facts for 21 January 1930

On 21 January 1930, 616 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
24 were record highs and 491 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 590 daily.
Kansas City set a daily record snow depth of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 21 January 1930.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 466 records.

Record Map

616 stations

616 station records on 21 January 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 January 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kansas City	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooktown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	231.9 mm (9.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Grassy Hill Radio Otc	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Capricorn Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lafayette Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sunnyside	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dayville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Prineville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barcaldine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Winfield 3NE	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cheneyville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Scipio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-33.3 C (-27.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Olympia Priest Pt Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fairview Outstation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Little Rock St Capitol	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton Forestry HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tooele	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Calumet	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pelee Island	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.0 C (35.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Riverside 7 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Portland Rfc City	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Saltern Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

616 records

Records set or tied on 21 January 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 255, Highest daily minimum 15, Lowest daily minimum 236, Heaviest daily rainfall 55, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 21 January 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	255
Highest daily minimum	15
Lowest daily minimum	236
Heaviest daily rainfall	55
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 21 January 1930 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 18, daily 590.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

544 broken records

Margins by which the 544 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1676.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 January 1930

Top 20 records on 21 January 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 January 1930	Kansas City, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1930	Cooktown Post Office, AU	daily rain	231.9 mm (9.1 in)	146.6 mm (5.8 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1930	Grassy Hill Radio Otc, AU	daily rain	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1930	Grand Coteau, US	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1930	Enid, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1930	Millen 4 N, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
21 January 1930	Cape Capricorn Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1930	Jefferson 3SE, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	31 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1930	Jennings, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	7 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1930	Lafayette Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1930	Keosauqua, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1930	Houma, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1930	Sunnyside, US	all-time low min	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1930	Eufaula, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1930	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	146.3 mm (5.8 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	28 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1930	Schriever, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1930	Dayville, US	all-time low min	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	0 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1930	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1930	Astoria, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
21 January 1930	Prineville, US	all-time low min	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	5 years	26 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

1793 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1930. 1930 had 616 records.

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

Records on 01-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	2
1796	1
1798	1
1800	2
1803	1
1804	2
1829	1
1838	3
1840	2
1845	2
1846	1
1850	2
1864	2
1866	4
1867	1
1869	1
1871	1
1873	2
1876	1
1878	4
1880	3
1881	4
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1896	2
1897	3
1898	3
1899	15
1900	5
1901	4
1902	8
1903	18
1904	30
1905	3
1906	53
1907	10
1908	11
1909	25
1910	11
1911	8
1912	7
1913	23
1914	37
1915	47
1916	38
1917	83
1918	49
1919	14
1920	75
1921	54
1922	35
1923	62
1924	535
1925	103
1926	157
1927	447
1928	206
1929	132
1930	616
1931	112
1932	167
1933	572
1934	255
1935	771
1936	314
1937	852
1938	250
1939	305
1940	562
1941	205
1942	522
1943	1,168
1944	324
1945	290
1946	339
1947	205
1948	387
1949	452
1950	643
1951	367
1952	436
1953	325
1954	1,094
1955	399
1956	653
1957	527
1958	506
1959	936
1960	319
1961	746
1962	741
1963	761
1964	771
1965	251
1966	636
1967	511
1968	1,179
1969	927
1970	1,770
1971	672
1972	598
1973	573
1974	992
1975	496
1976	860
1977	549
1978	1,301
1979	1,675
1980	425
1981	972
1982	1,339
1983	1,179
1984	2,132
1985	2,457
1986	883
1987	934
1988	771
1989	511
1990	927
1991	559
1992	447
1993	1,763
1994	1,195
1995	1,276
1996	528
1997	950
1998	606
1999	1,387
2000	686
2001	736
2002	796
2003	690
2004	535
2005	1,111
2006	1,116
2007	1,955
2008	1,061
2009	788
2010	1,166
2011	836
2012	1,148
2013	455
2014	522
2015	426
2016	580
2017	1,248
2018	664
2019	526
2020	894
2021	626
2022	430
2023	517
2024	1,015
2025	1,386
2026	201

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 250	541
250 to 500	1
500 to 750	0
750 to 1000	0
1000 to 1250	1
1250 to 1500	0
1500 to 1750	1