Weather Records on 30 December 1941

149 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 1941. Highest significance: Bradshaw Homestead, AU.

Key Facts for 30 December 1941

On 30 December 1941, 149 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
12 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 145 daily.
Bradshaw Homestead set a daily record precipitation of 86.4 mm (3.4 in) on 30 December 1941.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

149 stations

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

Weather records on 30 December 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bradshaw Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buxa	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Carlton Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
N Fk Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Timber	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	23.1 C (73.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Mtn	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo 3N	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Marnai	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Roros	Norway	Record daily precipitation	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gohpur	India	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boreli	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gowrie Junction	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pentland Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Zeehan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.9 C (-45.2 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Morrison	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rockford	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rpf 206 Mile	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jondarayan Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Tullah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kachugaon	India	Record daily precipitation	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Missoula 6 NW WFO	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gospic	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Namdalseid	Norway	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grace	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Sigourney	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Skjak	Norway	Record snow depth	48.0 cm (18.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Paso Robles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oregon Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Perry	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport L&D 15	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Goombungee Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record low minimum temperature	-20.9 C (-5.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.5 mm (0.14 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Ulan-Ude	Russia	Record daily precipitation	2.4 mm (0.09 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Arthur 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

149 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 8, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 4, Lowest daily minimum 10, Heaviest daily rainfall 63, Heaviest daily snowfall 39, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 30 December 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	8
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	4
Lowest daily minimum	10
Heaviest daily rainfall	63
Heaviest daily snowfall	39
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 30 December 1941 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 3, daily 145.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

125 broken records

Margins by which the 125 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 1941

Top 20 records on 30 December 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 1941	Bradshaw Homestead, AU	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1941	Buxa, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1941	Carlton Hill, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1941	N Fk Rs, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Big Timber, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	45 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Winton Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	34 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Ivanhoe Station, AU	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high max	23.1 C (73.6 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	50 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Battle Mtn, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Queenstown (Copper Mine), AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Iowa City, US	daily snowfall	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	4.3 cm (1.7 in)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Columbus Junction, US	daily snowfall	5.8 cm (2.3 in)	3.3 cm (1.3 in)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Ft Duchesne, US	daily high min	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	49 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	24 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Toledo 3N, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	40 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Marnai, IN	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Roros, NO	daily rain	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	44 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Eureka, US	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	48 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Gohpur, IN	daily rain	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	36 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1941	Boreli, IN	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	40 years	20 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 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1941. 1941 had 149 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	113
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1