Weather Records on 30 December 1950

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 1950. Highest significance: Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU.

Key Facts for 30 December 1950

On 30 December 1950, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 468 daily.
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 30 December 1950.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 30 December 1950 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 1950: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sassafras Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Vaalbank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cheltenham Kingston Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bealiba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caulfield (Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Eerstegeluk	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springs (Rwb)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Laanecoorie Weir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murrumbeena Leeds Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Langsloot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
De Wagendrift	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moselle Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Springs-Olympia Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clyde State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Officer (Jesmond Dene)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gudauri	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ringwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mangrulpir	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brid Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beaconsfield Upper	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakleigh (Metropolitan Golf Cl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Werribee Research Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washim	India	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Prahran (Como House)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Woudzicht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boksburg (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	25.1 C (77.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marengo	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton (O'Shannassy Reservo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.8 C (-7.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
De Kroon (Irr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Croydon State School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-21.5 C (-6.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ottoshoop (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Aurora Water	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Muccan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toorak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Karanjia	India	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mordialloc Woodlands Golf Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jhb-Zoological Garden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Canterbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Uccle	Belgium	Record low minimum temperature	-16.7 C (1.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yarima	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkersdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 1950 by type: Highest daily maximum 21, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 25, Lowest daily minimum 31, Heaviest daily rainfall 342, Heaviest daily snowfall 16, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 30 December 1950 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	21
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	25
Lowest daily minimum	31
Heaviest daily rainfall	342
Heaviest daily snowfall	16
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 30 December 1950 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 468.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

429 broken records

Margins by which the 429 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 1950

Top 20 records on 30 December 1950 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 1950	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1950	Warburton, AU	daily rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Sassafras Post Office, AU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Vaalbank, ZA	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Cheltenham Kingston Centre, AU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Bealiba, AU	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Caulfield (Racecourse), AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Eerstegeluk, ZA	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Springs (Rwb), ZA	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Laanecoorie Weir, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Murrumbeena Leeds Grove, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Langsloot, ZA	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	De Wagendrift, ZA	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Moselle Downs Station, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Springs-Olympia Park, ZA	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Beenak, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	62 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Clyde State School, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Officer (Jesmond Dene), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Gudauri, GE	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	62 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1950	Ringwood, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	41 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 1950

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1950. 1950 had 479 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 25	367
25 to 50	45
50 to 75	11
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1