Weather Records on 30 January 2000

1,116 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 2000. Highest significance: Simao, CN.

Key Facts for 30 January 2000

On 30 January 2000, 1,116 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
338 were record highs and 250 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 1,091 daily.
Simao set a monthly record daily precipitation of 71.9 mm (2.8 in) on 30 January 2000.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 501 records.

Record Map

1,116 stations

1,116 station records on 30 January 2000 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 2000: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Simao	China	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Prescott 2 NNW	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nashville	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick Police Brks	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nuuk	Greenland [Denmark]	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Gould	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tuskahoma	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Green Forest	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Galena	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Innot Hot Springs Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cold Bay AP	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Doolgunna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kunming	China	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paris 3 ESE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sparkman	United States	Record snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado Goodwin Fld	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville 2NE	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Philippi	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Baraboo Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Morrilton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lowestoft	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Park	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh AP	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waverly	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Vale 5SSE	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asheboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Negley 4 SSW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-16.6 C (2.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wapello	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wewoka 3 SW	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clinton Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Princeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,116 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 2000 by type: Highest daily maximum 108, Lowest daily maximum 137, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 113, Heaviest daily rainfall 271, Heaviest daily snowfall 114, Deepest snow cover 143.

Records on 30 January 2000 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	108
Lowest daily maximum	137
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	113
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	114
Deepest snow cover	143

Records on 30 January 2000 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 22, daily 1,091.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

926 broken records

Margins by which the 926 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 508.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 January 2000

Top 20 records on 30 January 2000 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 2000	Simao, CN	monthly rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2000	Prescott 2 NNW, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2000	Nashville, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	33 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Frederick Police Brks, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	81 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Smithville, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Nuuk, GL	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Martinsburg E W Virginia Rgnl, US	daily snowfall	21.8 cm (8.6 in)	11.6 cm (4.6 in)	81 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Mount Gould, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	84 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Nikolskoye/Beringa Ostrov, RU	monthly low max	-13.2 C (8.2 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	97 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Tuskahoma, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Green Forest, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	52 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Galena, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Innot Hot Springs Township, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	36 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Cold Bay AP, US	daily snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	13 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Doolgunna, AU	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Kunming, CN	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Vandalia, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	3.9 cm (1.5 in)	98 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Paris 3 ESE, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2000	Sparkman, US	daily snow depth	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 years	47 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 2000

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2000. 2000 had 1,116 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	680
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	880
100 to 200	39
200 to 300	4
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	2
500 to 600	1