Weather Records on 30 January 1986

788 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1986. Highest significance: Perpignan, FR.

Key Facts for 30 January 1986

On 30 January 1986, 788 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
474 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 40 monthly and 746 daily.
Perpignan set a daily record precipitation of 79.6 mm (3.1 in) on 30 January 1986.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

788 stations

788 station records on 30 January 1986 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1986: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Perpignan	France	Record daily precipitation	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bowes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Danbulla Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	166.2 mm (6.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	165.2 mm (6.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescenta Fc251 C	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Ford 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gambona	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield 3 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Big Pines Park Fc83B	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sandberg Ptrl Fc130B	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sugarloaf Rsvr	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
McCloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stanley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Downieville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Wilson Cbs	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.8 mm (5.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhart	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dulce	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ralph 1 N	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Glendora Fc 287B	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Truckee Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Manassa	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Webster Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hope Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record snow depth	57.0 cm (22.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Gabriel Canyon Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ludlow 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Murrum Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	108.2 mm (4.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Downey Fire Dept. Fc107C	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lytle Creek Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wasco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ignacio 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Healy	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

788 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1986 by type: Highest daily maximum 211, Lowest daily maximum 33, Highest daily minimum 263, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 203, Heaviest daily snowfall 24, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 30 January 1986 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	211
Lowest daily maximum	33
Highest daily minimum	263
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	24
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 30 January 1986 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 40, daily 746.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

606 broken records

Margins by which the 606 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 January 1986

Top 20 records on 30 January 1986 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1986	Perpignan, FR	daily rain	79.6 mm (3.1 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1986	Bowes, AU	monthly rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1986	Danbulla Forestry, AU	daily rain	166.2 mm (6.5 in)	102.7 mm (4.0 in)	46 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Mount Olive, AU	daily rain	165.2 mm (6.5 in)	93.3 mm (3.7 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Milan, IT	daily rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	La Crescenta Fc251 C, US	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Rocky Ford 2 SE, US	monthly high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	75 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Hawthorne AP, US	daily high min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	97 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Centennial 1NE, US	monthly high min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	74 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Gambona, CG	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	63.1 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Bloomfield 3 SE, US	monthly high max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	68 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Lima, US	daily high min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	86 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Lysebotn, NO	daily snow depth	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	4.0 cm (1.6 in)	84 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Lugano, CH	daily rain	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Big Pines Park Fc83B, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Maricopa, US	daily high max	27.8 C (82.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily high min	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	86 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Sandberg Ptrl Fc130B, US	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1986	Sugarloaf Rsvr, US	daily high max	10.6 C (51.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	83 years	37 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 1986

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1986. 1986 had 788 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	580
50 to 100	21
100 to 150	3
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1