Weather Records on 30 December 1991

525 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 1991. Highest significance: Yundamindra, AU.

Key Facts for 30 December 1991

On 30 December 1991, 525 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
177 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 514 daily.
Yundamindra set a daily record precipitation of 50.6 mm (2.0 in) on 30 December 1991.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 496 records.

Record Map

525 stations

525 station records on 30 December 1991 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 1991: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yundamindra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Yerilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Upper Swan Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Ora Banda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Quitupan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Glenorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Van Nuys Fc15A	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pioche	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shiprock	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jerusalem Central	Israel	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woolners Arm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jhb-Norwood	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Graman (Ulupna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Haiwee	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Selby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Covina City Yard Fc387B	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Long Prairie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Big Delta AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.1 cm (3.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Juca Casimiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yuleba Garden St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Peach Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Plymouth	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kanab	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Itaiquara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spitshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Juncal Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Glenaradale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Papane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Imperial Beach Ream Fld NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wishek	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Warkon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Iguatama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	112.4 mm (4.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chambers	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Willow City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Britton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cooper Lake Project	United States	Record snow depth	116.8 cm (46.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Boxian	China	Record low minimum temperature	-15.9 C (3.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

525 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 1991 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 69, Highest daily minimum 149, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 197, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 30 December 1991 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	69
Highest daily minimum	149
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	197
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 30 December 1991 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 10, daily 514.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

433 broken records

Margins by which the 433 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 1991

Top 20 records on 30 December 1991 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 1991	Yundamindra, AU	daily rain	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1991	Yerilla, AU	daily rain	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1991	Upper Swan Research Station, AU	monthly rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1991	Gunnison 3SW, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Ora Banda, AU	monthly rain	112.7 mm (4.4 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	4 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Quitupan, MX	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Glenorn, AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Bhubaneswar, IN	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Van Nuys Fc15A, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Leonora, AU	monthly rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	72 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Pioche, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	99 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Shiprock, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Jerusalem Central, IL	daily rain	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	21 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Los Alamos, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	77 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Woolners Arm, AU	daily rain	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Jhb-Norwood, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	72 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Graman (Ulupna), AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Haiwee, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	66 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Selby, US	daily high min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	78 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1991	Tyndall, US	daily high min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	86 years	35 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

1799 to 1991

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1991. 1991 had 525 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	2
1835	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	1
1863	1
1868	1
1870	4
1872	3
1874	2
1875	2
1876	3
1878	1
1880	5
1881	3
1882	3
1884	2
1888	2
1889	2
1890	7
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1895	6
1896	3
1897	7
1898	6
1899	3
1900	5
1901	8
1902	2
1903	8
1904	12
1905	10
1906	11
1907	26
1908	17
1909	13
1910	18
1911	20
1912	37
1913	32
1914	47
1915	62
1916	45
1917	217
1918	25
1919	82
1920	84
1921	111
1922	227
1923	223
1924	65
1925	184
1926	63
1927	290
1928	31
1929	382
1930	71
1931	509
1932	407
1933	279
1934	206
1935	202
1936	931
1937	234
1938	208
1939	237
1940	397
1941	149
1942	584
1943	165
1944	137
1945	251
1946	584
1947	317
1948	760
1949	206
1950	479
1951	955
1952	334
1953	399
1954	538
1955	254
1956	556
1957	443
1958	525
1959	216
1960	345
1961	389
1962	671
1963	567
1964	537
1965	1,122
1966	403
1967	760
1968	1,391
1969	817
1970	571
1971	1,122
1972	1,052
1973	1,262
1974	564
1975	703
1976	981
1977	795
1978	1,930
1979	427
1980	1,560
1981	684
1982	630
1983	2,765
1984	1,834
1985	568
1986	852
1987	1,270
1988	755
1989	528
1990	3,065
1991	525
1992	1,210
1993	865
1994	642
1995	1,455
1996	1,620
1997	1,384
1998	801
1999	838
2000	1,377
2001	651
2002	1,034
2003	661
2004	974
2005	928
2006	1,779
2007	748
2008	653
2009	933
2010	1,200
2011	782
2012	676
2013	642
2014	660
2015	820
2016	706
2017	1,324
2018	284
2019	1,131
2020	604
2021	1,455
2022	909
2023	726
2024	638
2025	325

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Data for records on 1991-12-30: 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 2026-10-17 (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 20	392
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	15
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1