Weather Records on 30 January 1972

418 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1972. Highest significance: Cuero, US.

Key Facts for 30 January 1972

On 30 January 1972, 418 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
51 were record highs and 142 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 409 daily.
Cuero set a daily record precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 30 January 1972.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 505 records.

Record Map

418 stations

418 station records on 30 January 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Yorktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Madisonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dryer 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Three Rivers	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehorse A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bronson	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lodge	United States	Record snow depth	119.4 cm (47.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wharton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schulenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sugartown	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Uniao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Atyrau	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-29.7 C (-21.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Summit	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Humboldt	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Midland Water Pollution Contro	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alvin	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Groveton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Valley Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Porto Tiradentes	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Browning	United States	Record snow depth	101.6 cm (40.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Calarasi	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Visalia	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Collins	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gonzales 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hallettsville 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
S. Goncalo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.5 C (20.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Yoakum	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record snow depth	609.6 cm (240.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tiangua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clover Valley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sequim	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Barbara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	94.4 mm (3.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Itariri	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.9 mm (2.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Juquia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Sousa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Catingueira (Juca)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Muenster	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-6.4 C (20.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Friant Government Camp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lemon Cove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Lima	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

418 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 22, Lowest daily maximum 85, Highest daily minimum 29, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 206, Heaviest daily snowfall 9, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 30 January 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	22
Lowest daily maximum	85
Highest daily minimum	29
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	206
Heaviest daily snowfall	9
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 30 January 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 8, daily 409.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

372 broken records

Margins by which the 372 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 711.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 January 1972

Top 20 records on 30 January 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1972	Cuero, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	38 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Yorktown, US	monthly rain	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Madisonville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Angleton 2 W, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	73.1 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Columbus, US	daily rain	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Port Lavaca 2, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Bay City Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Dryer 1 NW, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	22 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	George W 2 SSW, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Three Rivers, US	monthly rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Whitehorse A, CA	daily snowfall	11.2 cm (4.4 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	20 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Bronson, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Red Lodge, US	daily snow depth	119.4 cm (47.0 in)	53.4 cm (21.0 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Wharton, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Brooksville Chin Hill, US	daily high min	20.0 C (68.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	76 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Crockett, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Schulenburg, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1972	Sugartown, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 January 1972	Encinal, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	34 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1972. 1972 had 418 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 100	368
100 to 200	2
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1
600 to 700	0
700 to 800	1