Weather Records on 30 January 1932

347 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1932. Highest significance: David City 4E, US.

Key Facts for 30 January 1932

On 30 January 1932, 347 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
108 were record highs and 101 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 343 daily.
David City 4E set a daily record snow depth of 35.6 cm (14.0 in) on 30 January 1932.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

347 stations

347 station records on 30 January 1932 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1932: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
David City 4E	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Speers Ferry	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mendota	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Borroloola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Roper River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Umzimkulu (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Williamsburg 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murphy 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Creston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burnside	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ironton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charleville Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lycippus 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mannington 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Granite Reef Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Simcoe	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sandvig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	6.9 C (44.4 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Quakertown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lost Creek Near	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fergana	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Imphal (C.Hosp)	India	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Schenley Lock 5	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

347 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1932 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 125, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 30 January 1932 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	125
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 30 January 1932 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 343.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

296 broken records

Margins by which the 296 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 1270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 January 1932

Top 20 records on 30 January 1932 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1932	David City 4E, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	29 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1932	Speers Ferry, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1932	Mendota, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1932	Batesville, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	8 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1932	Williamson, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1932	Borroloola, AU	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	6 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1932	Whitefish Pt, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1932	Clinton, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1932	Roper River Police, AU	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	9 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1932	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1932	Umzimkulu (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1932	Resaca, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1932	Williamsburg 2, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1932	Murphy 4ESE, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1932	Kingston, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	13 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1932	Hays 1 S, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	16 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1932	Whitefish Pt, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1932	Creston, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1932	Carthage, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1932	Fairmont, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	37 years	29 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

1796 to 1932

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1932. 1932 had 347 records.

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

Records on 01-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	2
1826	1
1830	2
1843	3
1846	3
1854	2
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	4
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1897	1
1898	7
1899	7
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	4
1905	8
1906	14
1907	9
1908	44
1909	27
1910	17
1911	35
1912	28
1913	35
1914	62
1915	58
1916	68
1917	113
1918	369
1919	33
1920	48
1921	41
1922	49
1923	126
1924	194
1925	179
1926	185
1927	141
1928	110
1929	416
1930	161
1931	648
1932	347
1933	137
1934	974
1935	305
1936	650
1937	379
1938	323
1939	630
1940	270
1941	380
1942	333
1943	470
1944	320
1945	275
1946	380
1947	1,314
1948	578
1949	1,271
1950	952
1951	1,227
1952	320
1953	508
1954	768
1955	435
1956	577
1957	638
1958	677
1959	282
1960	435
1961	464
1962	632
1963	738
1964	321
1965	772
1966	2,109
1967	885
1968	799
1969	1,258
1970	360
1971	1,370
1972	418
1973	578
1974	1,208
1975	934
1976	501
1977	759
1978	789
1979	2,085
1980	815
1981	654
1982	906
1983	785
1984	984
1985	678
1986	788
1987	1,006
1988	1,375
1989	1,508
1990	1,034
1991	766
1992	1,302
1993	764
1994	904
1995	924
1996	1,287
1997	793
1998	407
1999	1,169
2000	1,116
2001	1,319
2002	2,839
2003	1,086
2004	1,348
2005	906
2006	1,040
2007	673
2008	698
2009	737
2010	1,349
2011	668
2012	827
2013	1,984
2014	1,175
2015	658
2016	1,155
2017	507
2018	678
2019	990
2020	347
2021	442
2022	458
2023	1,298
2024	1,586
2025	688
2026	429

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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 200	293
200 to 400	1
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1
1000 to 1200	0
1200 to 1400	1