Weather Records on 30 December 2019

1,131 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 December 2019. Highest significance: Red Lake Indian Agcy, US.

Key Facts for 30 December 2019

On 30 December 2019, 1,131 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
693 were record highs and 86 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 1,077 daily.
Red Lake Indian Agcy set a daily record snowfall of 19.1 cm (7.5 in) on 30 December 2019.
Across 154 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 492 records.

Record Map

1,131 stations

1,131 station records on 30 December 2019 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 December 2019: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Moloaa 1145	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Hale Loud Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Beverly Stp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Baudette	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Flint 7W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Litchville 2NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	40.8 C (105.4 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Olonec	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Litchville 2NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Traverse Cy Cherry Capital AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Lodejnoe Pole	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harrisville Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winter	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Erzurum	Turkey	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mtwara	Tanzania	Record daily precipitation	179.3 mm (7.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford Hanscom Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Taylorsville 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Pellston Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ishigaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Petoskey	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record snow depth	68.6 cm (27.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Montpelier	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nellore	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hallock	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 2 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Climax	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-17.8 C (0.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Streator 2SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
E Tawas	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lupton 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Enid Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shelby 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walterboro 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hartford-Bradley Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wamsutter	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,131 records

Records set or tied on 30 December 2019 by type: Highest daily maximum 331, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 362, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 284, Heaviest daily snowfall 43, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 30 December 2019 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	331
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	362
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	284
Heaviest daily snowfall	43
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 30 December 2019 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 50, daily 1,077.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

977 broken records

Margins by which the 977 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 December 2019

Top 20 records on 30 December 2019 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 December 2019	Red Lake Indian Agcy, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	98 years	73 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2019	Moloaa 1145, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	108.5 mm (4.3 in)	82 years	73 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2019	Hale Loud Dam, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	82 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2019	Beverly Stp, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	104 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2019	Alma, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2019	Standish 4NE, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2019	Manistique Wwtp, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2019	Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2019	Baudette, US	daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	110 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2019	Saginaw #3, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 December 2019	Saint Johns, US	monthly rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	46 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2019	W Branch 3SE, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	78 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2019	Grayling, US	monthly rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	126 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2019	White Lake, US	daily snowfall	22.1 cm (8.7 in)	6.9 cm (2.7 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2019	Flint 7W, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	26 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2019	Litchville 2NW, US	all-time snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	22 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2019	Chippewa Valley Rgnl AP, US	daily snowfall	20.8 cm (8.2 in)	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	50 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2019	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	monthly high max	40.8 C (105.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	121 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2019	Olonec, RU	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	65 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 December 2019	Owosso Wwtp, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	50 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 2019

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 2019. 2019 had 1,131 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 2019-12-30: 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	916
25 to 50	29
50 to 75	16
75 to 100	7
100 to 125	6
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1