Weather Records on 30 December 1965

1,122 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 1965. Highest significance: Indian Head Cda, CA.

Key Facts for 30 December 1965

On 30 December 1965, 1,122 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
800 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,082 daily.
Indian Head Cda set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 30 December 1965.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

1,122 stations

1,122 station records on 30 December 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Indian Head Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Portage la Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Virden	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Coalville	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Budennovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Whitewood	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Great Falls	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	33.3 cm (13.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hamiota	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Carlyle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cypress River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Logan Utah St UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Midale	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Midale	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Garland 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Moosomin	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mohall	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record snow depth	125.0 cm (49.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Francis	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
El Reno 1 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Daly River Police	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Childs	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brandon Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Peterborough	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Howard 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Regina Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Souris	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Welland	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Toronto	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Escanaba	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Hall 1 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Blue	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Telluride 4WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Geneseo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manhattan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,122 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 318, Lowest daily maximum 15, Highest daily minimum 482, Lowest daily minimum 12, Heaviest daily rainfall 194, Heaviest daily snowfall 86, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 30 December 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	318
Lowest daily maximum	15
Highest daily minimum	482
Lowest daily minimum	12
Heaviest daily rainfall	194
Heaviest daily snowfall	86
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 30 December 1965 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 38, daily 1,082.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

913 broken records

Margins by which the 913 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 330.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 1965

Top 20 records on 30 December 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 1965	Indian Head Cda, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	55 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1965	Portage la Prairie, CA	monthly snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	22 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1965	Russell, CA	all-time snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	75 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Virden, CA	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	1 year	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Virden, CA	monthly snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	1 year	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Coalville, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Muenster, CA	monthly snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	56 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Budennovsk, RU	monthly rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	6.2 mm (0.24 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Whitewood, CA	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	41 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Great Falls, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Brandon Cda, CA	monthly snowfall	33.3 cm (13.1 in)	6.6 cm (2.6 in)	65 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Hamiota, CA	monthly snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	7.7 cm (3.0 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Darwin Loco Works, AU	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Humboldt, CA	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	5.0 cm (2.0 in)	83 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Emerson, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	87 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Carlyle, CA	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Carlyle, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Cypress River, CA	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	8 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Lewiston, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1965	Logan Utah St UNIV, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	48 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 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1965. 1965 had 1,122 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 1965-12-30: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	874
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1