Weather Records on 30 December 2010

1,200 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 2010. Highest significance: Potsdam, DE.

Key Facts for 30 December 2010

On 30 December 2010, 1,200 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
224 were record highs and 247 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 1,144 daily.
Potsdam set a daily record snow depth of 37.0 cm (14.6 in) on 30 December 2010.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

1,200 stations

1,200 station records on 30 December 2010 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 2010: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Potsdam	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Weissenfels	Germany	Record snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bochum	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Houston-Westbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Zeitz	Germany	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Aachen	Germany	Record snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Alfhausen	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Erfurt-Bindersleben	Germany	Record snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Rothenfelde	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Altgeringswalde	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Uelzen	Germany	Record snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wishek	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Billy Creek	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Gera-Leumnitz	Germany	Record snow depth	62.0 cm (24.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Noorbeek	Netherlands	Record snow depth	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Houston Hts	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.0 cm (5.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview 8N	United States	Record daily snowfall	59.9 cm (23.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harzgerode	Germany	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Konigshofen	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record snow depth	44.0 cm (17.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Snowflake	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Vallecito Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lifton Pumping STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oaknolia 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Angermunde	Germany	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sondershausen	Germany	Record snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dillenburg	Germany	Record snow depth	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Echt	Netherlands	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Albion 1 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Schkeuditz	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Doberlug-Kirchhain	Germany	Record snow depth	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Schonefeld	Germany	Record snow depth	38.0 cm (15.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Harlem	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aue	Germany	Record snow depth	55.0 cm (21.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wuppertal-Buchenhofen	Germany	Record snow depth	20.0 cm (7.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record snow depth	31.0 cm (12.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mahnomen	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Polson	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview 8N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record snow depth	63.5 cm (25.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hannover	Germany	Record snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Solingen-Hohenscheid	Germany	Record snow depth	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,200 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 2010 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 125, Highest daily minimum 80, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 248, Heaviest daily snowfall 155, Deepest snow cover 326.

Records on 30 December 2010 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	125
Highest daily minimum	80
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	248
Heaviest daily snowfall	155
Deepest snow cover	326

Records on 30 December 2010 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 54, daily 1,144.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

959 broken records

Margins by which the 959 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 2010

Top 20 records on 30 December 2010 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 2010	Potsdam, DE	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	87 years	75 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2010	Simpson 6 N - Wildhorse, US	monthly snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	74 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2010	Weissenfels, DE	daily snow depth	39.0 cm (15.4 in)	17.0 cm (6.7 in)	72 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2010	Bochum, DE	daily snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	16.0 cm (6.3 in)	60 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2010	Gorlitz, DE	daily snow depth	35.0 cm (13.8 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	87 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2010	Tierra Amarilla 4 N, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	83 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2010	Houston-Westbury, US	daily rain	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2010	Zeitz, DE	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	53 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2010	Chinook, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	59 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2010	Aachen, DE	daily snow depth	26.0 cm (10.2 in)	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2010	Alfhausen, DE	daily snow depth	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2010	Quemado, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2010	Erfurt-Bindersleben, DE	daily snow depth	43.0 cm (16.9 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2010	Bad Rothenfelde, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	18.0 cm (7.1 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2010	Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg, DE	daily snow depth	58.0 cm (22.8 in)	25.0 cm (9.8 in)	60 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2010	Altgeringswalde, DE	daily snow depth	42.0 cm (16.5 in)	22.0 cm (8.7 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2010	Uelzen, DE	daily snow depth	27.0 cm (10.6 in)	15.0 cm (5.9 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2010	Lindenberg, DE	daily snow depth	37.0 cm (14.6 in)	21.0 cm (8.3 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2010	Wishek, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	105 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2010	Billy Creek, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	35 years	54 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

1799 to 2010

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2010. 2010 had 1,200 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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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	850
100 to 200	88
200 to 300	17
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	0
500 to 600	2