Weather Records on 30 January 1952

320 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1952. Highest significance: Bad Muskau, DE.

Key Facts for 30 January 1952

On 30 January 1952, 320 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 90 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 314 daily.
Bad Muskau set a daily record snow depth of 14.0 cm (5.5 in) on 30 January 1952.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 506 records.

Record Map

320 stations

320 station records on 30 January 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Swaziland Ranch-Homest	Swaziland	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
George Airport	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Roberval Nord	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alder Dam Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tirukkattupalli	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Welverdiend (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mayuram	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crested Butte	United States	Record snow depth	218.4 cm (86.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Roland West Portal	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cypress River	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sandpoint Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo Ezbekiya	Egypt	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsnek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Macaiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Avon Park 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kent	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ottawa Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Landsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Paisley	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Park AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heron 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saidapet	India	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wallace	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buckley 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Vermilion Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sivaganga	India	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruppathur	India	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valapady	India	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hankey (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Harrington 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pet Jorhat	India	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Palani	India	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crofton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arkonam	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gobichettipalaya	India	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Namakkal	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruvannamalai	India	Record daily precipitation	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

320 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 43, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 140, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 18.

Records on 30 January 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	43
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	18

Records on 30 January 1952 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 5, daily 314.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

248 broken records

Margins by which the 248 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 January 1952

Top 20 records on 30 January 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1952	Bad Muskau, DE	daily snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	63 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1952	Swaziland Ranch-Homest, SZ	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1952	Lichtentanne, DE	daily snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	87 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1952	George Airport, ZA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1952	Roberval Nord, CA	all-time low min	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	34 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1952	Alder Dam Camp, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1952	Tirukkattupalli, IN	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1952	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily low min	-35.6 C (-32.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	84 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1952	Welverdiend (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1952	Tranqubar, IN	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	41 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1952	Longmire Rainier Nps, US	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1952	Mayuram, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	41 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1952	Crested Butte, US	daily snow depth	218.4 cm (86.0 in)	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	37 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1952	Newport, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1952	Moscow U of I, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1952	Roland West Portal, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	26 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1952	Cypress River, CA	daily high max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	20.0 C (36.0 F)	2 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1952	Riva, IT	daily low min	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	63 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1952	Sandpoint Exp STN, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	26 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1952	Fort Vermilion Cda, CA	daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	30 years	25 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 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1952. 1952 had 320 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 100	240
100 to 200	7
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1