Weather Records on 30 January 2008

698 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 2008. Highest significance: Detour Village, US.

Key Facts for 30 January 2008

On 30 January 2008, 698 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
237 were record highs and 163 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 672 daily.
Detour Village set a daily record precipitation of 37.6 mm (1.5 in) on 30 January 2008.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

698 stations

698 station records on 30 January 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Omaha	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Silver Creek Falls	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Erzincan	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Aibonito 1 S	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boyne Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Charlevoix	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bahia Tortugas	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchum Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ruch	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Korla	China	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bangkok Metropolis	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchum Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlahuacan (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record snow depth	83.8 cm (33.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waikiki 717.2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Apuro	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record snow depth	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington Swg Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbrabow	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Omaha	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Dale	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Satus Pass 2 SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	24.1 cm (9.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Morgan	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Diablo Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Colstrip	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Deer Creek Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Morris 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brigham City Waste Plt	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record high minimum temperature	4.1 C (39.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Teocelo	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lemolo Lake 3 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vernon	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ross Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hotan	China	Record low minimum temperature	-18.6 C (-1.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lava Beds Nat Mon	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

698 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 141, Lowest daily maximum 108, Highest daily minimum 96, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 165, Heaviest daily snowfall 74, Deepest snow cover 59.

Records on 30 January 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	141
Lowest daily maximum	108
Highest daily minimum	96
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	165
Heaviest daily snowfall	74
Deepest snow cover	59

Records on 30 January 2008 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 20, daily 672.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

541 broken records

Margins by which the 541 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 381.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 January 2008

Top 20 records on 30 January 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 2008	Detour Village, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	61 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2008	Saint Anthony, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	64 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 January 2008	Motozintla (Smn), MX	all-time low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	85 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Omaha, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Silver Creek Falls, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	38 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Erzincan, TR	daily rain	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Aibonito 1 S, PR	monthly low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	91 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Boyne Falls, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Charlevoix, US	daily high max	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	101 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Princeton, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Bahia Tortugas, MX	all-time low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Ketchum Rs, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	24 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Ruch, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Ft Duchesne, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Kewaunee, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	1.0 cm (0.4 in)	98 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Korla, CN	daily low min	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	8.9 C (16.0 F)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily high min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	109 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Bangkok Metropolis, TH	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	54 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Ketchum Rs, US	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 2008	Ixtlahuacan (Smn), MX	daily high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	44 years	39 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 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 2008. 2008 had 698 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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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 50	477
50 to 100	35
100 to 150	12
150 to 200	11
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	3
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1