Weather Records on 30 January 1954

768 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1954. Highest significance: Urana Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 30 January 1954

On 30 January 1954, 768 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
139 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 7 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 738 daily.
Urana Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 44.7 mm (1.8 in) on 30 January 1954.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

768 stations

768 station records on 30 January 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Urana Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Yanco (Billinbah East)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bendigo Prison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Maragle Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Narrandera Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Binya Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rushworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Barkers Creek Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Coree STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wycheproof (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Toolleen (Ryan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bolagamy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lankeys Creek (Woodridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jerilderie (Yanko Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Drummartin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Burrowye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Coolac (Hopewood)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Daysdale (Dennison Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodbury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gogeldrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Binya (Merribee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Big Hill Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Heathcote	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Galong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brungle (Rosemount)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Corryong (Parish Lane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Macedon (Burncranna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Berrigan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sea Lake (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Colbinabbin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Waranga Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Moira Pastoral Co.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oaklands General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Point (Tubbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Elmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Runnymede	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Castlemaine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fryerstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Burrinjuck Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Whroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Merton Weir Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Annandayle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie (Goulburn Weir)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Malmsbury Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta (Wollumbi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mulwala (Tarramia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Culgoa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nagambie Cba	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carrajung Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

768 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 73, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 531, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 30 January 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	73
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	531
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 30 January 1954 by timescale: all-time 7, monthly 23, daily 738.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

691 broken records

Margins by which the 691 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 279.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 January 1954

Top 20 records on 30 January 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1954	Urana Post Office, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	81 years	69 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1954	Yanco (Billinbah East), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1954	Bendigo Prison, AU	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	82 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1954	Maragle Station, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	66 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1954	Narrandera Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	71 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1954	Binya Post Office, AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	59 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1954	Springvale, AU	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1954	Gundagai, AU	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1954	Rushworth, AU	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1954	Macedon Forestry, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1954	Barkers Creek Reservoir, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1954	Yellowin, AU	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1954	Jerilderie (Coree STN), AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1954	Wycheproof (Post Office), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1954	Toolleen (Ryan), AU	daily rain	89.7 mm (3.5 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1954	Bolagamy, AU	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1954	Lankeys Creek (Woodridge), AU	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1954	Whitton (Conapaira St), AU	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1954	Jerilderie (Yanko Station), AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1954	Drummartin, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	36 years	55 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

1796 to 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1954. 1954 had 768 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	662
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1