Weather Records on 30 December 1994

642 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 1994. Highest significance: Lamar 3 SSE, US.

Key Facts for 30 December 1994

On 30 December 1994, 642 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
342 were record highs and 49 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 626 daily.
Lamar 3 SSE set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 30 December 1994.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 495 records.

Record Map

642 stations

642 station records on 30 December 1994 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 1994: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lamar 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Intricate Bay	United States	Record snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Senador Pompeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
La Poza Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Abelardo Luz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bysonder	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bodie California St Historic P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cody	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iwamizawa	Japan	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hay Springs 12 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Postojna	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cool Junction	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Custer	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lista Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Creighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mendoza Aero	Argentina	Record high maximum temperature	41.9 C (107.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yuma	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Taquarucu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Belle	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Marble Bar Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	47.7 C (117.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alto Uruguai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lyon - St Exupery	France	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mitzic	Gabon	Record low maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vytegra	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.2 C (41.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Margaret Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Joacaba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Toliman	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-13.4 C (7.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tenerife/Los Rodeos	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	24.8 C (76.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holly	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Staplehurst	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Beira	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lajas Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Babaevo	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kostroma	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tescott	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-17.4 C (0.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Ellsworth 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Rushville	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Palizada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Betatakin	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Alsworth	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

642 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 1994 by type: Highest daily maximum 189, Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 153, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 200, Heaviest daily snowfall 40, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 30 December 1994 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	189
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	153
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	200
Heaviest daily snowfall	40
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 30 December 1994 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 15, daily 626.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

532 broken records

Margins by which the 532 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 559.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 1994

Top 20 records on 30 December 1994 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 1994	Lamar 3 SSE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	83 years	72 of 100 (Major)
30 December 1994	Intricate Bay, US	daily snow depth	99.1 cm (39.0 in)	55.9 cm (22.0 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	Senador Pompeu, BR	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	Tartu, EE	daily high min	4.7 C (40.5 F)	3.2 C (5.8 F)	96 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	La Poza Grande, MX	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	Abelardo Luz, BR	monthly rain	114.2 mm (4.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	Parnu, EE	daily high min	2.4 C (36.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	96 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	daily low max	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	63 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	Bysonder, ZA	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	Kiev, UA	daily high min	2.1 C (35.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	111 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	Bodie California St Historic P, US	daily low min	-26.1 C (-15.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	92 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	Cody, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	69 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	Iwamizawa, JP	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	15.1 mm (0.6 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	Poretskoye, RU	daily high max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	88 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	Ft Morgan, US	daily snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	79 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	Hay Springs 12 S, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 1994	Postojna, SI	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	27 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1994	Mc Cool Junction, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	71 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1994	Custer, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	71 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 1994	Lista Fyr, NO	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	33 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

1799 to 1994

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1994. 1994 had 642 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 1994-12-30: 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 100	527
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	1