Weather Records on 30 January 1983

785 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 January 1983. Highest significance: Concordia ASOS, US.

Key Facts for 30 January 1983

On 30 January 1983, 785 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
341 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 763 daily.
Concordia ASOS set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 30 January 1983.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 503 records.

Record Map

785 stations

785 station records on 30 January 1983 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 January 1983: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Douglas (Bisbee) Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bisbee	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Redington	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rucker Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nogales	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arivaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	4.8 C (40.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tucson Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cochrane	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Creel (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Turvo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Muni AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
El Burrero	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
El Oregano	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-1.5 C (29.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aztec Ruins Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Misantla	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Aktobe	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Libode (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson Camp Ave Exp	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bredy	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adamovka	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-2.5 C (27.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Adak AP	United States	Record snow depth	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nacozari (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Orenburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Anvil Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Corupa (Hansa)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.4 mm (4.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hurbanovo	Slovakia	Record high maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Cuautla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nogales 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Grouse	United States	Record snow depth	86.4 cm (34.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Holland Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hawaii Vol Np HQ 54	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Omsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kimberley	South Africa	Record high minimum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

785 records

Records set or tied on 30 January 1983 by type: Highest daily maximum 165, Lowest daily maximum 19, Highest daily minimum 176, Lowest daily minimum 32, Heaviest daily rainfall 342, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 30 January 1983 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	165
Lowest daily maximum	19
Highest daily minimum	176
Lowest daily minimum	32
Heaviest daily rainfall	342
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 30 January 1983 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 763.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

676 broken records

Margins by which the 676 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 January 1983

Top 20 records on 30 January 1983 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 January 1983	Concordia ASOS, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Douglas (Bisbee) Intl AP, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Bisbee, US	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Redington, US	monthly rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	22 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Rucker Canyon, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Linden, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Tombstone, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	0 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Nogales, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Arivaca, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high min	4.8 C (40.6 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	90 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Tucson Magnetic Obsy, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Sahuaripa, MX	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Chiricahua Nm, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	68 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Beloit, US	daily snowfall	19.8 cm (7.8 in)	9.6 cm (3.8 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Durham, CA	daily high min	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	92 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Cochrane, CA	daily high min	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	9.1 C (16.4 F)	64 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Creel (Cfe), MX	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	25 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Odesa, UA	daily high min	5.9 C (42.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 January 1983	Turvo, BR	monthly rain	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	3 years	35 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

1796 to 1983

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1983. 1983 had 785 records.

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

Records on 01-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1801	2
1826	1
1830	2
1843	3
1846	3
1854	2
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	2
1879	1
1880	1
1881	2
1883	1
1884	4
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1890	1
1891	2
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1897	1
1898	7
1899	7
1900	4
1901	5
1902	5
1903	11
1904	4
1905	8
1906	14
1907	9
1908	44
1909	27
1910	17
1911	35
1912	28
1913	35
1914	62
1915	58
1916	68
1917	113
1918	369
1919	33
1920	48
1921	41
1922	49
1923	126
1924	194
1925	179
1926	185
1927	141
1928	110
1929	416
1930	161
1931	648
1932	347
1933	137
1934	974
1935	305
1936	650
1937	379
1938	323
1939	630
1940	270
1941	380
1942	333
1943	470
1944	320
1945	275
1946	380
1947	1,314
1948	578
1949	1,271
1950	952
1951	1,227
1952	320
1953	508
1954	768
1955	435
1956	577
1957	638
1958	677
1959	282
1960	435
1961	464
1962	632
1963	738
1964	321
1965	772
1966	2,109
1967	885
1968	799
1969	1,258
1970	360
1971	1,370
1972	418
1973	578
1974	1,208
1975	934
1976	501
1977	759
1978	789
1979	2,085
1980	815
1981	654
1982	906
1983	785
1984	984
1985	678
1986	788
1987	1,006
1988	1,375
1989	1,508
1990	1,034
1991	766
1992	1,302
1993	764
1994	904
1995	924
1996	1,287
1997	793
1998	407
1999	1,169
2000	1,116
2001	1,319
2002	2,839
2003	1,086
2004	1,348
2005	906
2006	1,040
2007	673
2008	698
2009	737
2010	1,349
2011	668
2012	827
2013	1,984
2014	1,175
2015	658
2016	1,155
2017	507
2018	678
2019	990
2020	347
2021	442
2022	458
2023	1,298
2024	1,586
2025	688
2026	429

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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 20	635
20 to 40	28
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	3