Weather Records on 30 December 2011

782 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 2011. Highest significance: Pindar, AU.

Key Facts for 30 December 2011

On 30 December 2011, 782 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
535 were record highs and 57 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 772 daily.
Pindar set a daily record precipitation of 45.0 mm (1.8 in) on 30 December 2011.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

782 stations

782 station records on 30 December 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pindar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lacrosse	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Pickfoot Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 8 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder Mountain	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield Radio Ksvc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lovelock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yerington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fisher Creek	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Canyon Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonners Ferry	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Limassol	Cyprus	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aspendell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ibapah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marysvale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Beartooth Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Provo Byu	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plain	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
John Martin Dam	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ruby Lake Nwr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Three Lynx	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tooele	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cascadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Two Ocean Plateau	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Progreso	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fairmont	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Newman	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Orford 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmdale AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chiconautla	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snowflake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lewis Lake Divide	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tonopah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Government Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cordova N	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sylvan Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Buenos Aires	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Guadalupe	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cody 12SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Grace Comparison	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

782 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 312, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 223, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 173, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 30 December 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	312
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	223
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	173
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 30 December 2011 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 772.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

592 broken records

Margins by which the 592 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 December 2011

Top 20 records on 30 December 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 2011	Pindar, AU	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2011	Lacrosse, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Cuddalore, IN	daily rain	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	89 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Pickfoot Creek, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Fallon Exp STN, US	daily high max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	90 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Homer 8 NW, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Boulder Mountain, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Richfield Radio Ksvc, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	112 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily rain	98.1 mm (3.9 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Lovelock, US	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Moscow U of I, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	2.0 mm (0.08 in)	98 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Haugan 1 W, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Yerington, US	daily high max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Falls City 2 SSW, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	73 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Fisher Creek, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	14 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Winnemucca AP, US	daily high max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	93 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Canyon Dam, US	daily high min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	89 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Black Rock, US	daily high max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	89 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	St. Petersburg, RU	daily high min	2.4 C (36.3 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	113 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2011	Bonners Ferry, US	daily high max	7.8 C (46.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	96 years	40 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2011. 2011 had 782 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 2011-12-30: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	586
50 to 100	4
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	2