Weather Records on 30 January 1999

1,169 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1999. Highest significance: Hattiesburg 5SW, US.

Key Facts for 30 January 1999

On 30 January 1999, 1,169 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
391 were record highs and 143 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 67 monthly and 1,093 daily.
Hattiesburg 5SW set a monthly record daily precipitation of 250.2 mm (9.9 in) on 30 January 1999.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

1,169 stations

1,169 station records on 30 January 1999 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1999: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hattiesburg 5SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	250.2 mm (9.9 in)	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
Holly	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hartley 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Richfield	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Natchitoches	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lake Providence	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Follett	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Belzoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Vaiden 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tucumcari 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Hereford	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Purvis 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clovis	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lien I Selbu	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Olton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Kansas City Dwtn AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
McPherson	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Phila 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rolling Fk	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Laverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Friona	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan Mill	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Kentwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Tallulah	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.6 mm (5.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alva 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Helena 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ponca City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.2 mm (3.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Ecore	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Spearsville Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Winona Fire Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Marksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winnfield 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pickens	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Enid	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Woodville 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Elida	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Apache	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Great Salt Plains Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Aunet	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buckatunna 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Paducah 7E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Spearman	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Meadville	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ragland 3 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,169 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1999 by type: Highest daily maximum 193, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 198, Lowest daily minimum 98, Heaviest daily rainfall 524, Heaviest daily snowfall 56, Deepest snow cover 55.

Records on 30 January 1999 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	193
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	198
Lowest daily minimum	98
Heaviest daily rainfall	524
Heaviest daily snowfall	56
Deepest snow cover	55

Records on 30 January 1999 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 67, daily 1,093.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

996 broken records

Margins by which the 996 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 1999

Top 20 records on 30 January 1999 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1999	Hattiesburg 5SW, US	monthly rain	250.2 mm (9.9 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	83 years	84 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 January 1999	Holly, US	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 January 1999	Hartley 4 ESE, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	102 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 January 1999	Lamar, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	79 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Richfield, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	103 years	70 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Natchitoches, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	88.2 mm (3.5 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Lake Providence, US	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Follett, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Seymour 3NW, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Monticello, US	daily rain	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Greensboro, US	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Alexandria, US	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Belzoni, US	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Vaiden 1 SSW, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Livingston, US	daily rain	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	93 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Tucumcari 4 NE, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	14.8 cm (5.8 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Hereford, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Purvis 2N, US	daily rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 January 1999	Clovis, US	all-time snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 years	60 of 100 (Major)

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 1999

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1999. 1999 had 1,169 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 1999-01-30: 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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 30 January 1999
Margin	Records
0 to 50	899
50 to 100	67
100 to 150	22
150 to 200	7
200 to 250	1