Weather Records on 30 January 1941

380 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1941. Highest significance: Guayama 1SW, PR.

Key Facts for 30 January 1941

On 30 January 1941, 380 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
95 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 370 daily.
Guayama 1SW set a daily record precipitation of 44.7 mm (1.8 in) on 30 January 1941.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

380 stations

380 station records on 30 January 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thornlea	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jhaldah(Jhalda)	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Limon 10 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Middleburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baramba	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bonth	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sterkstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Tamluk	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gordonville	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Truro Nsac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sathenapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-12.8 C (9.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-12.9 C (8.8 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.0 C (12.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Farmland 5 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.6 C (-8.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vasteras-Hasslo	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-13.8 C (7.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Montrose #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.9 cm (3.9 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-23.0 C (-9.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kristianstad	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cap Madeleine	Canada	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record low maximum temperature	-9.5 C (14.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-8.8 C (16.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-15.5 C (4.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Lupton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elwood 8 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hartsel	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiesberg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

380 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 62, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 167, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 30 January 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	62
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	167
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 30 January 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 370.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

318 broken records

Margins by which the 318 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 January 1941

Top 20 records on 30 January 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1941	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Thornlea, ZA	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Jhaldah(Jhalda), IN	monthly rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Ramnagar, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Limon 10 SSW, US	monthly snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Middleburg, ZA	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Baramba, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Bhadrachalam, IN	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Bonth, IN	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Truro Nsac, CA	all-time snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	5.7 C (10.3 F)	52 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Sterkstroom (Pol), ZA	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	6 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Cheesman, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Tamluk, IN	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Hawthorne, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	14.9 cm (5.9 in)	23 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1941	Molteno (Mun), ZA	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1941	Boras, SE	daily low max	-10.5 C (13.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1941	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	4.8 cm (1.9 in)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1941	Vestervig, DK	daily low min	-16.0 C (3.2 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	40 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1941	Gordonville, ZA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	23 years	30 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1941. 1941 had 380 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 50	308
50 to 100	6
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2