Weather Records on 30 December 1933

279 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 1933. Highest significance: Victoria Sugar Mill, AU.

Key Facts for 30 December 1933

On 30 December 1933, 279 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
65 were record highs and 129 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 23 were all-time records, 42 monthly and 214 daily.
Victoria Sugar Mill set a monthly record daily precipitation of 303.3 mm (11.9 in) on 30 December 1933.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

279 stations

279 station records on 30 December 1933 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 1933: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	303.3 mm (11.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	297.2 mm (11.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Colesberg (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Townsville Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Bluff Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johnsbury	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orono	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Amherst	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Kings College	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cavendish	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mareeba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Taunton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keene	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
North Bridgton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Charlottetown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-27.2 C (-17.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
New London	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Le Grand	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emmitsburg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fall River	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-38.3 C (-36.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-31.7 C (-25.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Sable Island	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Nashua 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Spier Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Lady Grey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Swan Reach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawker (Warcowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edmonton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morgan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Carrieton (Eurelia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.0 mm (0.04 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rutherglen	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport 1 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-22.2 C (-8.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lambertville River	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Brunswick Exp STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

279 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 1933 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 77, Heaviest daily rainfall 77, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 30 December 1933 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	77
Heaviest daily rainfall	77
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 30 December 1933 by timescale: all-time 23, monthly 42, daily 214.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

221 broken records

Margins by which the 221 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 1933

Top 20 records on 30 December 1933 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 1933	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	303.3 mm (11.9 in)	149.6 mm (5.9 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1933	Macknade Sugar Mill, AU	monthly rain	297.2 mm (11.7 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1933	Lucinda Township, AU	daily rain	166.1 mm (6.5 in)	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1933	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1933	Colesberg (Tnk), ZA	all-time rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1933	Townsville Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1933	Halifax Macrossan St, AU	daily rain	177.3 mm (7.0 in)	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1933	Red Bluff Muni AP, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1933	Woodstock, US	all-time low max	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1933	Ellesmere, ZA	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1933	New Bedford Coop, US	all-time low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	37 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1933	Saint Johnsbury, US	all-time low max	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	19 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1933	Orono, US	daily low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	11.7 C (21.1 F)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1933	Amherst, US	all-time low max	-19.4 C (-2.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1933	Windsor Kings College, CA	monthly low min	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	54 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1933	Waterville Wwtp, US	all-time low min	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	26 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1933	Brenham, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1933	Chatham, CA	monthly low min	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1933	Waterville Wwtp, US	all-time low max	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1933	Durham, US	all-time low min	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	16 years	32 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

1799 to 1933

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1933. 1933 had 279 records.

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

Records on 12-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	2
1835	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	4
1872	3
1874	2
1875	2
1876	3
1878	1
1880	5
1881	3
1882	3
1884	2
1888	2
1889	2
1890	7
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1895	6
1896	3
1897	7
1898	6
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	2
1903	8
1904	12
1905	10
1906	11
1907	26
1908	17
1909	13
1910	18
1911	20
1912	37
1913	32
1914	47
1915	62
1916	45
1917	217
1918	25
1919	82
1920	84
1921	111
1922	227
1923	223
1924	65
1925	184
1926	63
1927	290
1928	31
1929	382
1930	71
1931	509
1932	407
1933	279
1934	206
1935	202
1936	931
1937	234
1938	208
1939	237
1940	397
1941	149
1942	584
1943	165
1944	137
1945	251
1946	584
1947	317
1948	760
1949	206
1950	479
1951	955
1952	334
1953	399
1954	538
1955	254
1956	556
1957	443
1958	525
1959	216
1960	345
1961	389
1962	671
1963	567
1964	537
1965	1,122
1966	403
1967	760
1968	1,391
1969	817
1970	571
1971	1,122
1972	1,052
1973	1,262
1974	564
1975	703
1976	981
1977	795
1978	1,930
1979	427
1980	1,560
1981	684
1982	630
1983	2,765
1984	1,834
1985	568
1986	852
1987	1,270
1988	755
1989	528
1990	3,065
1991	525
1992	1,210
1993	865
1994	642
1995	1,455
1996	1,620
1997	1,384
1998	801
1999	838
2000	1,377
2001	651
2002	1,034
2003	661
2004	974
2005	928
2006	1,779
2007	748
2008	653
2009	933
2010	1,200
2011	782
2012	676
2013	642
2014	660
2015	820
2016	706
2017	1,324
2018	284
2019	1,131
2020	604
2021	1,455
2022	909
2023	726
2024	638
2025	325

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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 50	214
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1