Weather Records on 30 December 1948

760 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 1948. Highest significance: Darlington Point (Tubbo), AU.

Key Facts for 30 December 1948

On 30 December 1948, 760 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
156 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 715 daily.
Darlington Point (Tubbo) set a daily record precipitation of 40.9 mm (1.6 in) on 30 December 1948.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

760 stations

760 station records on 30 December 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bungendore (Douglas)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Collector (Brookdale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hartington	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Jeir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Derringullen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Berrebangalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Greenethorpe (Iandra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hall (Lochleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston (Hunthawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Hull	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kynnersley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mullaley (Bando)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Forest	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bumbaldry (Gold 'N' Grove)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Naradhan (Uralba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Roxbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Durham Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goorangoola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Goulburn (Kippilaw)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Paddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gundy (Miller St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Disraeli	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Somerset	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gogeldrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Milo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Boothulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Creek Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Binalong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Chimborazo Pk	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yass (Linton Hostel)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Barellan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
George School	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Iffley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Marlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bulgroo Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bukalong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bungendore (Gidleigh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grenfell (Quondong Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

760 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 68, Lowest daily maximum 22, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 505, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 30 December 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	68
Lowest daily maximum	22
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	505
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 30 December 1948 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 45, daily 715.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

689 broken records

Margins by which the 689 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 457.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 1948

Top 20 records on 30 December 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 1948	Darlington Point (Tubbo), AU	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1948	Bungendore (Douglas), AU	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1948	Hammonton 1 NE, US	monthly rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1948	Bourke Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1948	Collector (Brookdale), AU	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1948	Hartington, US	daily snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	54 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1948	Jeir, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1948	Queanbeyan (Mount Campbell), AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1948	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1948	Curlewis (Pine Cliff), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1948	Yass (Derringullen), AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1948	Berrebangalo, AU	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1948	Greenethorpe (Iandra), AU	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1948	Narra Allen, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1948	Breadalbane (Sweetwood Lea), AU	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1948	Hall (Lochleigh), AU	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1948	Hillston (Hunthawang), AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1948	Cooma (Carlaminda), AU	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1948	Merriwa (Terragong), AU	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1948	Queanbeyan Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	50 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 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1948. 1948 had 760 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 1948-12-30: 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 100	679
100 to 200	6
200 to 300	3
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1