Weather Records on 30 January 2001

1,319 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 2001. Highest significance: Milan 1NW, US.

Key Facts for 30 January 2001

On 30 January 2001, 1,319 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
315 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 1,242 daily.
Milan 1NW set a daily record precipitation of 31.2 mm (1.2 in) on 30 January 2001.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

1,319 stations

1,319 station records on 30 January 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bryant	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Bryant	United States	Record daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Undoolya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Armour	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ravenna	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
St Peter	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tyler	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	39.6 cm (15.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Winner	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Winside	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Lastovo	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Clear Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Chambers	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	47.0 cm (18.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Scandia	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
N Loup	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winside	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux City Perry Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forest Lake 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Anselmo 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
New Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Flandreau	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.4 cm (9.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Menno	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmot	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,319 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 578, Heaviest daily snowfall 201, Deepest snow cover 99.

Records on 30 January 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	578
Heaviest daily snowfall	201
Deepest snow cover	99

Records on 30 January 2001 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 68, daily 1,242.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,125 broken records

Margins by which the 1,125 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 January 2001

Top 20 records on 30 January 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 2001	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Alexandria, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Bryant, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Bryant, US	daily snowfall	50.8 cm (20.0 in)	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	86 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Undoolya, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	84 years	72 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Alexandria, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	24.2 cm (9.5 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Armour, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	72 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Newport, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	104 years	70 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	72 years	69 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Ravenna, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	96 years	68 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Ewing, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Milan 1NW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	86 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	St Peter, US	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Tyler, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Huron Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	11.9 cm (4.7 in)	84 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Tyndall, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Wessington 2SE, US	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	69 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Wessington Springs, US	all-time snowfall	39.6 cm (15.6 in)	1.5 cm (0.6 in)	107 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Winner, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	86 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2001	Madison Wwtp, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	54 years	62 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2001. 2001 had 1,319 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 2001-01-30: 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 100	1,061
100 to 200	53
200 to 300	9
300 to 400	1
400 to 500	1