Weather Records on 30 December 1943

165 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 1943. Highest significance: Caboolture Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 30 December 1943

On 30 December 1943, 165 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 13 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 153 daily.
Caboolture Post Office set a monthly record daily precipitation of 259.1 mm (10.2 in) on 30 December 1943.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 498 records.

Record Map

165 stations

165 station records on 30 December 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Caboolture Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	259.1 mm (10.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Dunwich Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	237.5 mm (9.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Tweed Heads Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Southport Ridgeway Ave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ernest Junction Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	234.4 mm (9.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nerang Gilston Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Indooroopilly Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cudgen Plantation	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Murwillumbah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cowan Cowan Signal STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nudgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bald Hills Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oxenford (Oberon Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rivertree (Myall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tomewin (Border Gate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina (Crowley Village)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manly Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.7 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wynnum Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zillmere Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Legume (New Koreelah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ballina West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clunes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Brisbane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coraki Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beenleigh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glass House Mountains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.4 mm (5.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Orara (Aurania)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Moreton Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	164.3 mm (6.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amcor - Petrie Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	143.3 mm (5.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mqanduli (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Gravatt	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sandgate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kyogle Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Murarrie Road Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pinkenba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.5 mm (4.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
El Dorado	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Margate Collins St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Morningside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.8 mm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Emerson	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cyferfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tallebudgera Guineas Creek Roa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Claremont Pomona Clg	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Toombul Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Alstonville Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guy Fawkes 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kindersley	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Dutton Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Rietfontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Selonah	India	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Middelpos (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

165 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 3, Heaviest daily rainfall 114, Deepest snow cover 20.

Records on 30 December 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	3
Heaviest daily rainfall	114
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	20

Records on 30 December 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 153.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

148 broken records

Margins by which the 148 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 1943

Top 20 records on 30 December 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 1943	Caboolture Post Office, AU	monthly rain	259.1 mm (10.2 in)	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	34 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1943	Dunwich Post Office, AU	monthly rain	237.5 mm (9.4 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	27 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1943	Tweed Heads Golf Club, AU	daily rain	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1943	Southport Ridgeway Ave, AU	daily rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	131.8 mm (5.2 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Ernest Junction Rail STN, AU	monthly rain	234.4 mm (9.2 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	33 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Nerang Gilston Rd, AU	daily rain	204.5 mm (8.1 in)	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Indooroopilly Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Cudgen Plantation, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Murwillumbah Post Office, AU	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Cowan Cowan Signal STN, AU	monthly rain	203.7 mm (8.0 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Nudgee, AU	monthly rain	145.0 mm (5.7 in)	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Old Koreelah (White Swamp (Ede, AU	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Bald Hills Post Office, AU	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Byron Bay (Jacaranda Drive), AU	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Oxenford (Oberon Way), AU	daily rain	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	56.3 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Ashland, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	4 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Brisbane Regional Office, AU	daily rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	70 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Rivertree (Myall), AU	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Tomewin (Border Gate), AU	daily rain	102.6 mm (4.0 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1943	Ballina (Crowley Village), AU	daily rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	17 years	38 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1943. 1943 had 165 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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Data for records on 1943-12-30: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	117
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1