Weather Records on 30 January 1982

906 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1982. Highest significance: Neosho Rapids, US.

Key Facts for 30 January 1982

On 30 January 1982, 906 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 81 monthly and 816 daily.
Neosho Rapids set a monthly record daily precipitation of 101.6 mm (4.0 in) on 30 January 1982.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

906 stations

906 station records on 30 January 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Neosho Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Mount Anderson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	340.4 mm (13.4 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Passau-Maierhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Quincy Mem Brg	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Steffenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Anadarko 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Palmyra	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Eureka 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Edina	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbina	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Coloma	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Casey	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie 5S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Herrnhut	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Brookfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Moravia 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Passau-Oberhaus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belleview 2 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pommelsbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Paoli	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lecompton	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ottawa	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
W Lafayette 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gridley	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chandler	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Stillwater 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Annaberg-Buchholz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg-Reitzenhain	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Polo	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record snow depth	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Iola 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Labelle	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

906 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 48, Lowest daily maximum 36, Highest daily minimum 68, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 553, Heaviest daily snowfall 48, Deepest snow cover 105.

Records on 30 January 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	48
Lowest daily maximum	36
Highest daily minimum	68
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	553
Heaviest daily snowfall	48
Deepest snow cover	105

Records on 30 January 1982 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 81, daily 816.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

785 broken records

Margins by which the 785 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 229.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 January 1982

Top 20 records on 30 January 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1982	Neosho Rapids, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	75 years	79 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	Mount Anderson, AU	all-time rain	340.4 mm (13.4 in)	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 years	78 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	Passau-Maierhof, DE	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	81 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	Olathe 3E, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	Marshall, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	66 years	68 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	Quincy Mem Brg, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	McAlester Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	59 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	Steffenville, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	67 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	Anadarko 3 E, US	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	14 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	Wichita Falls Muni AP, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	84 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	Palmyra, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	Eureka 1E, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	Madison, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	Edina, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1982	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily rain	51.5 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	83 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1982	Cottonwood Falls, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1982	El Dorado, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	85 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1982	Ft Scott, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	66 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1982	Waverly, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	59 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 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1982. 1982 had 906 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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Data for records on 1982-01-30: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	714
50 to 100	45
100 to 150	15
150 to 200	5
200 to 250	6