Weather Records on 30 December 1936

931 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 1936. Highest significance: Dixon Wwtp, US.

Key Facts for 30 December 1936

On 30 December 1936, 931 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
529 were record highs and 34 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 913 daily.
Dixon Wwtp set a monthly record daily precipitation of 59.9 mm (2.4 in) on 30 December 1936.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

931 stations

931 station records on 30 December 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Millstream	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waukesha Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Coleraine (Tulse Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Campbell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monmouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sycamore	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Emsdale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Honohina 137	United States	Record daily precipitation	171.2 mm (6.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
St Cloud State Clg	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hoopeston	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atchison	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Delphi 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pana	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City Forrest	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Danville	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inwood 2 SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lillimur Estate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Caguas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St Joe AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fayette	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record snow depth	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Howe	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abydos Woodstock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Toronto	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kapskarmo	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

931 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 240, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 289, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 337, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 30 December 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	240
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	289
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	337
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 30 December 1936 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 913.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

830 broken records

Margins by which the 830 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 1936

Top 20 records on 30 December 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 1936	Dixon Wwtp, US	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1936	Millstream, AU	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Collegeville St John's, US	monthly rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Rockford, US	monthly rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Hakalau 142, US	daily rain	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Waukesha Wwtp, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Coleraine (Tulse Hill), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Port Campbell Post Office, AU	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Woodstock, CA	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Ottawa 4SW, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Monmouth, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Conception, US	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Sycamore, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	30 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Huntsville, CA	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Clinton #1, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Hilo 86A, US	daily rain	208.8 mm (8.2 in)	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Casterton (Warrock), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Oregon Wtr Wks, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Princetown, AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	2 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1936	Darlington Wwtp, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)

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 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1936. 1936 had 931 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	806
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1