Weather Records on 30 January 1969

1,258 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1969. Highest significance: Paris, US.

Key Facts for 30 January 1969

On 30 January 1969, 1,258 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
374 were record highs and 296 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 28 were all-time records, 52 monthly and 1,178 daily.
Paris set a monthly record daily precipitation of 119.9 mm (4.7 in) on 30 January 1969.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

1,258 stations

1,258 station records on 30 January 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Greenville Kgvl Radio	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Dardanelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Glenwood 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo River	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
River Jordan	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Dexter	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Idabel	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Falls River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Morehouse	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.3 mm (5.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alum Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.4 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Benton	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Falls	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Devils Knob	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Evening Shade 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Golconda River	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Canary	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Eugene-Mahlon Sweet Fld	United States	Record snow depth	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dequeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carbondale Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Redwood Falls Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saanich Dom Astro Obs	Canada	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Amity	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.2 mm (4.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Happy Camp Rs	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arthur City	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Paakea 350	United States	Record daily precipitation	161.8 mm (6.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Juncos 1 SE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waldron	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.1 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville L&D 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Harrison	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Priest Rvr Exp STN	United States	Record snow depth	129.5 cm (51.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Round Spring 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Samburg Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Oden 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.8 mm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Paragould	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Victor 4 N	United States	Record snow depth	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Blytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,258 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 165, Highest daily minimum 280, Lowest daily minimum 131, Heaviest daily rainfall 352, Heaviest daily snowfall 131, Deepest snow cover 105.

Records on 30 January 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	165
Highest daily minimum	280
Lowest daily minimum	131
Heaviest daily rainfall	352
Heaviest daily snowfall	131
Deepest snow cover	105

Records on 30 January 1969 by timescale: all-time 28, monthly 52, daily 1,178.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,054 broken records

Margins by which the 1,054 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 January 1969

Top 20 records on 30 January 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1969	Paris, US	monthly rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 years	70 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1969	Newport, US	daily rain	119.4 mm (4.7 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	77 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1969	Corning, US	daily rain	145.8 mm (5.7 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1969	Greenville Kgvl Radio, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	59.1 mm (2.3 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1969	Dardanelle, US	daily rain	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	77 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1969	Malvern, US	daily rain	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	77 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1969	Conway, US	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1969	Glenwood 4 NNE, US	all-time rain	217.9 mm (8.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1969	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1969	Hot Springs 1 NNE, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1969	Mena, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	77 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1969	Cairo River, US	daily rain	116.3 mm (4.6 in)	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	30 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1969	McKinney Muni AP, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1969	River Jordan, CA	daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1969	Dexter, US	monthly rain	148.8 mm (5.9 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1969	Idabel, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1969	Sherman, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1969	Falls River, CA	all-time snowfall	91.4 cm (36.0 in)	30.4 cm (12.0 in)	4 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1969	Galena, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1969	Morehouse, US	daily rain	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	53 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1969. 1969 had 1,258 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	930
50 to 100	73
100 to 150	25
150 to 200	14
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	5
300 to 350	4
350 to 400	1