Weather Records on 30 January 1963

738 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1963. Highest significance: Melton, AU.

Key Facts for 30 January 1963

On 30 January 1963, 738 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 110 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 713 daily.
Melton set a monthly record daily precipitation of 97.5 mm (3.8 in) on 30 January 1963.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

738 stations

738 station records on 30 January 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Busselton Shire	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Aldervale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Vacaville	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Deeside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nannup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Denmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Darradup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Auberry 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers Ed Ph 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Spicer	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Karinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Warren	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Strathalbyn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Gummun Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Grove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gulgong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Capel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brooks Farnham Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Owens Gap (T.O.K.)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Springfields	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Manjimup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Giant Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Los Gatos	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wrights	United States	Record daily precipitation	177.8 mm (7.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ferndale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Escada	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Lake 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Northcliffe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Margaret River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgarrup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Three Springs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Muir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ash Mtn	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Graton	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doyle	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Taboleiro Do Meio	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woodfords	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bowman Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Riva	Italy	Record low maximum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood City	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murrurundi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Portola	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen (Main Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeport	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Petaluma AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tahlee (Carrington (Church St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

738 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 43, Highest daily minimum 76, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 392, Heaviest daily snowfall 51, Deepest snow cover 63.

Records on 30 January 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	43
Highest daily minimum	76
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	392
Heaviest daily snowfall	51
Deepest snow cover	63

Records on 30 January 1963 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 25, daily 713.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

651 broken records

Margins by which the 651 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 January 1963

Top 20 records on 30 January 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1963	Melton, AU	monthly rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	70 years	79 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1963	Cape Leeuwin, AU	monthly rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1963	Busselton Shire, AU	monthly rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1963	San Jose, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	69 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1963	Aldervale, AU	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	55 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	Wingen (Murrulla), AU	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	Ukiah, US	daily rain	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	60 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	King City, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	52 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	Vacaville, US	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	Deeside, AU	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	Nannup, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	Denmark, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	Darradup, AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	Auberry 2 NW, US	monthly rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	9 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	Three Rivers Ed Ph 2, US	daily rain	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	Spicer, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	Karinga, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	Glen Warren, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	Strathalbyn, AU	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1963	Merriwa (Gummun Place), AU	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	8 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

1796 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1963. 1963 had 738 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1963-01-30: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	619
50 to 100	20
100 to 150	6
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	2