Weather Records on 30 January 1938

323 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1938. Highest significance: Norddal, NO.

Key Facts for 30 January 1938

On 30 January 1938, 323 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
81 were record highs and 41 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 321 daily.
Norddal set a daily record precipitation of 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 30 January 1938.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

323 stations

323 station records on 30 January 1938 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1938: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Norddal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Penticton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cheboygan	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hermitage	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Katherine Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Normanstone Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Low Isles Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Douglas - Warner St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Herschel	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Layton 3 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Grand River Lock	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ewa Plantation 741	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Penticton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Rapids Sutron	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ventspils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Geneva	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Belaringar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Anupgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Le Claire	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newaygo Hardy Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Milwaukee Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ramgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Millwood (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hanumangarh	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kimball 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kelowna	Canada	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Galva	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Macknade Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.9 mm (5.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cambooya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hedley	Canada	Record daily snowfall	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

323 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1938 by type: Highest daily maximum 63, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 18, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 171, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 30 January 1938 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	63
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	18
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	171
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 30 January 1938 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 321.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

262 broken records

Margins by which the 262 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 102.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 January 1938

Top 20 records on 30 January 1938 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1938	Norddal, NO	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1938	Penticton, CA	daily snowfall	10.7 cm (4.2 in)	8.2 cm (3.2 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1938	Kelowna, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	35 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1938	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1938	Zugspitze, DE	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Irvington, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Cheboygan, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Scottsburg, US	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Hermitage, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Rome, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	22 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Fulton 3 W, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Katherine Council, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	51 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Marengo, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Anchorage, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Normanstone Well, AU	monthly rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	27 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Low Isles Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Port Douglas - Warner St, AU	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	30 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Kingston Queens U, CA	daily high max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	57 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Herschel, ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1938	Layton 3 NW, US	daily high max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	32 years	23 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 1938

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1938. 1938 had 323 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 20	233
20 to 40	17
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	3
100 to 120	1