Weather Records on 30 January 1973

578 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1973. Highest significance: Meningie, AU.

Key Facts for 30 January 1973

On 30 January 1973, 578 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 169 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 569 daily.
Meningie set a daily record precipitation of 27.7 mm (1.1 in) on 30 January 1973.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

578 stations

578 station records on 30 January 1973 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1973: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Glenelg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Belair (State Flora Nursery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Coomandook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Cooke Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Hattonvale Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pio IX (Patrocinio)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ilford (Tara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tintinara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Glenlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Randwick Racecourse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tarong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Darwin Loco Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Earlstan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Goodger Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth Falls Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Noreena Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dawson	Canada	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Warden (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Abydos Woodstock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belair (Kalyra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Netherton (Desert Fringe)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grandchester Symes St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Francistown	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kotlas	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-47.1 C (-52.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Brisbane Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Penrith Ladbury Avenue	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ponte Do Costa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-27.0 C (-16.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgewater (Memsie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-45.4 C (-49.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Millinocket	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rio Grande City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Witklip (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cherry Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Echunga Golf Course	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kumbia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marulan (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Taabinga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Zacatecas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-46.6 C (-51.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hartbeesfontein (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Badplaas (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gilman	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Werris Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Forster - Tuncurry R.V.C.P.	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Warranooke (Glenorchy)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Champoton (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

578 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1973 by type: Highest daily maximum 14, Lowest daily maximum 78, Highest daily minimum 27, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 352, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 30 January 1973 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	14
Lowest daily maximum	78
Highest daily minimum	27
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	352
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 30 January 1973 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 5, daily 569.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

521 broken records

Margins by which the 521 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 1973

Top 20 records on 30 January 1973 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1973	Meningie, AU	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	86 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1973	Glenelg Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1973	Belair (State Flora Nursery), AU	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1973	Coomandook, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1973	Cooke Plains, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	73 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Hattonvale Store, AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Pio IX (Patrocinio), BR	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	75.3 mm (3.0 in)	18 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Ilford (Tara), AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Tintinara, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Glenlee, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Randwick Racecourse, AU	daily rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	6 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Tarong, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Helensburgh (Sawan St), AU	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Darwin Loco Works, AU	daily rain	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Warracknabeal (Earlstan), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Daly Waters, AU	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	47 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Burketown Post Office, AU	daily rain	167.1 mm (6.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Goodger Store, AU	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Wentworth Falls Post Office, AU	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1973	Noreena Downs, AU	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	36 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 1973

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1973. 1973 had 578 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	508
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1