Weather Records on 29 January 1930

116 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 January 1930. Highest significance: Alton, CA.

Key Facts for 29 January 1930

On 29 January 1930, 116 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
10 were record highs and 15 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 111 daily.
Alton set an all-time record daily snowfall of 71.1 cm (28.0 in) on 29 January 1930.
Across 160 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

116 stations

116 station records on 29 January 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 January 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Alton	Canada	Record daily snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Alton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mingela Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Riche	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Reid River Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Millerton	United States	Record snow depth	457.2 cm (180.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Orleans Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Eton Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record snow depth	259.1 cm (102.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Houma	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Americus	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marianna Sch For Boys	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Rock House	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record snow depth	304.8 cm (120.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oskaloosa	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	9.6 mm (0.38 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Broken Hill (Kars)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Baton Rouge	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Enid	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vysnij Volocek	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bologna	Italy	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.1 cm (3.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Silistria	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wollongbar (Central Park Drive	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record snow depth	330.2 cm (130.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
White Cliffs (Tarella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke (Beemery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Kingfisher	United States	Record snow depth	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Colville	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Charters Towers Post Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Airy 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	12 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

116 records

Records set or tied on 29 January 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 2, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 8, Lowest daily minimum 9, Heaviest daily rainfall 54, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 25.

Records on 29 January 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	2
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	8
Lowest daily minimum	9
Heaviest daily rainfall	54
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	25

Records on 29 January 1930 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 3, daily 111.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

93 broken records

Margins by which the 93 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 2540.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 January 1930

Top 20 records on 29 January 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 January 1930	Alton, CA	all-time snowfall	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 years	73 of 100 (Major)
29 January 1930	Alton, CA	monthly rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	1 year	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1930	Pointe Riche, CA	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	20.4 cm (8.0 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1930	Mingela Post Office, AU	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1930	Pointe Riche, CA	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1930	Reid River Railway Station, AU	daily rain	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1930	Millerton, US	daily snow depth	457.2 cm (180.0 in)	254.0 cm (100.0 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1930	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	24 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 January 1930	New Orleans Carrollton, US	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1930	Abbeville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1930	Grand Junction Walker Fld, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	12 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1930	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	6.1 cm (2.4 in)	32 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1930	Broken Hill (Nuntherungie), AU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1930	Independence, US	daily snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	12 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1930	Biloxi, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1930	Pearlington, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1930	Quinyambie, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1930	Burdekin Shire Council, AU	daily rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1930	Evergreen, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
29 January 1930	Eton Police Station, AU	daily rain	216.2 mm (8.5 in)	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	24 years	26 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

1796 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1930. 1930 had 116 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 01-29 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	1
1804	1
1830	2
1831	1
1834	1
1839	1
1843	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	2
1872	2
1873	3
1875	1
1877	2
1883	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	3
1888	2
1890	1
1891	2
1892	2
1893	3
1894	2
1895	7
1896	3
1897	3
1898	10
1899	4
1900	9
1901	5
1902	7
1903	20
1904	6
1905	15
1906	17
1907	9
1908	16
1909	14
1910	57
1911	22
1912	28
1913	40
1914	57
1915	41
1916	286
1917	45
1918	134
1919	30
1920	57
1921	48
1922	47
1923	66
1924	155
1925	237
1926	170
1927	203
1928	116
1929	222
1930	116
1931	397
1932	338
1933	126
1934	536
1935	455
1936	536
1937	196
1938	224
1939	223
1940	386
1941	357
1942	451
1943	330
1944	423
1945	286
1946	181
1947	1,154
1948	697
1949	1,097
1950	768
1951	1,125
1952	239
1953	554
1954	755
1955	476
1956	642
1957	820
1958	834
1959	464
1960	441
1961	599
1962	635
1963	1,131
1964	143
1965	696
1966	2,021
1967	731
1968	806
1969	1,201
1970	611
1971	1,200
1972	296
1973	676
1974	1,195
1975	1,300
1976	570
1977	1,047
1978	738
1979	1,587
1980	791
1981	515
1982	667
1983	1,200
1984	689
1985	551
1986	831
1987	1,142
1988	829
1989	1,420
1990	1,218
1991	636
1992	1,293
1993	748
1994	1,010
1995	1,170
1996	808
1997	803
1998	675
1999	1,553
2000	1,365
2001	1,198
2002	2,267
2003	657
2004	1,074
2005	1,042
2006	1,600
2007	739
2008	1,026
2009	980
2010	1,014
2011	519
2012	604
2013	1,904
2014	1,816
2015	700
2016	864
2017	390
2018	883
2019	395
2020	425
2021	849
2022	612
2023	1,183
2024	1,886
2025	741
2026	402

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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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 500	89
500 to 1000	2
1000 to 1500	0
1500 to 2000	1
2000 to 2500	0
2500 to 3000	1