Weather Records on 30 December 2018

284 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 2018. Highest significance: Kuranda Railway Station, AU.

Key Facts for 30 December 2018

On 30 December 2018, 284 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
102 were record highs and 89 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 276 daily.
Kuranda Railway Station set a daily record precipitation of 223.0 mm (8.8 in) on 30 December 2018.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

284 stations

284 station records on 30 December 2018 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 2018: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kuranda Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Elazig	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pekoa Airport (Sant	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin Phoenix Park	Ireland	Record high minimum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mossman Central Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gove 4W	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Panama City 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record low minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lewis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Legaspi	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	215.4 mm (8.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Olive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	183.2 mm (7.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Upton	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Princeville Rch 1117	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Brazzaville	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ajo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alcalde	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Marathon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Van Horn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Xigaze	China	Record low minimum temperature	-21.9 C (-7.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Youyang	China	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ramgundam	India	Record low maximum temperature	25.8 C (78.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Jacket 2W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bingham 2 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Balasore	India	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sierra Vista	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Anthony	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Curtin Springs	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.9 C (116.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shiptons Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hillston Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Mele	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	18.0 C (64.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pokrovskaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Giles Meteorological Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.0 C (111.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Balranald (Rsl)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Guiyang	China	Record low minimum temperature	-4.7 C (23.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pisa	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliff Point	Australia	Record daily precipitation	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Miri	Malaysia	Record high minimum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mariinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-37.0 C (-34.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Wick	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pendra Road	India	Record low minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pedernal 9 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Harlingen Rio Grande Vly Intl	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Qinzhou	China	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Zuni	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Cordoba Aero	Argentina	Record low minimum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

284 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 2018 by type: Highest daily maximum 36, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 66, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 75, Heaviest daily snowfall 8, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 30 December 2018 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	36
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	66
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	8
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 30 December 2018 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 5, daily 276.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

223 broken records

Margins by which the 223 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 2018

Top 20 records on 30 December 2018 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 2018	Kuranda Railway Station, AU	daily rain	223.0 mm (8.8 in)	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	104 years	68 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2018	Elazig, TR	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	17 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Richfield, US	daily snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Forestburg 4 NNE, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	87 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Pekoa Airport (Sant, VU	daily rain	214.9 mm (8.5 in)	178.8 mm (7.0 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Dublin Phoenix Park, IE	daily high min	10.3 C (50.5 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	121 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Mossman Central Mill, AU	daily rain	131.0 mm (5.2 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	104 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Gove 4W, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	100 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Paradise, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	92 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Paradise, US	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	92 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Panama City 5N, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Don Muang, TH	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Jemez Springs, US	daily low min	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	85 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Alpine, US	daily low max	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	57 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Myroodah, AU	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	56 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Bhubaneswar, IN	all-time low min	8.2 C (46.8 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	26 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Ft Lewis, US	daily low max	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	81 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2018	Legaspi, PH	daily rain	215.4 mm (8.5 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	8 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 2018	Mount Olive, AU	monthly rain	183.2 mm (7.2 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	0 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 December 2018	Upton, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	1.2 cm (0.5 in)	60 years	31 of 100 (Routine)

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 2018

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2018. 2018 had 284 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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Data for records on 2018-12-30: 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 2026-10-17 (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 25	202
25 to 50	12
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1