Weather Records on 30 April 1909

74 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1909. Highest significance: Escanaba, US.

Key Facts for 30 April 1909

On 30 April 1909, 74 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1 were record highs and 26 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 70 daily.
Escanaba set a daily record precipitation of 30.0 mm (1.2 in) on 30 April 1909.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

74 stations

74 station records on 30 April 1909 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 1909: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Narre Warren North (Narre Warr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Beenak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Newark Liberty Intl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Putbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warracknabeal Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Stawell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warburton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Dover	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Stanley	Canada	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warragul (Carbethon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ringwood 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Daylesford	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Southampton	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Port Albert	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Maldon (Derby Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston Queens U	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Dimboola	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Yan Yean	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Gravenhurst	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Werribee (Wyndham)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
La Crosse Wb City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.3 C (54.1 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Goderich Lighthouse	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Horsham Polkemmet Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Bute	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Montgomery Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Noorong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

74 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1909 by type: Lowest daily maximum 20, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 6, Heaviest daily rainfall 42, Heaviest daily snowfall 5.

Records on 30 April 1909 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	0
Lowest daily maximum	20
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	6
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 April 1909 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 70.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

69 broken records

Margins by which the 69 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 April 1909

Top 20 records on 30 April 1909 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1909	Escanaba, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1909	Linkoeping-Malmslaett, SE	monthly rain	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	30 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Chattanooga Wb City, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Beatrice, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	32 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Scotsburn (Mount Boninyong), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Windsor Riverside, CA	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	monthly low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	39 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Narre Warren North (Narre Warr, AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Beenak, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Montreal McGill, CA	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Winnipeg St Johns Coll, CA	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	3.8 cm (1.5 in)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Newark Liberty Intl AP, US	daily low max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Putbus, DE	daily rain	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	7.5 mm (0.30 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily rain	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	17 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Warracknabeal Post Office, AU	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Stawell, AU	daily rain	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Warburton, AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1909	Port Dover, CA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	20 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

1795 to 1909

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1909. 1909 had 74 records.

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

Records on 04-30 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1809	1
1812	1
1814	2
1833	1
1840	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	5
1888	1
1889	1
1891	5
1892	7
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	11
1900	4
1901	8
1902	13
1903	21
1904	11
1905	9
1906	16
1907	35
1908	28
1909	74
1910	17
1911	19
1912	18
1913	62
1914	8
1915	20
1916	21
1917	25
1918	28
1919	130
1920	70
1921	54
1922	138
1923	42
1924	96
1925	210
1926	331
1927	127
1928	130
1929	119
1930	232
1931	548
1932	145
1933	422
1934	443
1935	327
1936	373
1937	228
1938	282
1939	268
1940	526
1941	484
1942	1,163
1943	470
1944	286
1945	314
1946	301
1947	330
1948	912
1949	447
1950	671
1951	783
1952	435
1953	635
1954	1,224
1955	1,252
1956	908
1957	401
1958	482
1959	575
1960	507
1961	381
1962	617
1963	730
1964	339
1965	488
1966	740
1967	914
1968	928
1969	587
1970	1,189
1971	365
1972	497
1973	398
1974	822
1975	468
1976	783
1977	525
1978	631
1979	675
1980	545
1981	1,342
1982	504
1983	1,154
1984	1,519
1985	650
1986	660
1987	1,437
1988	808
1989	674
1990	977
1991	828
1992	1,808
1993	765
1994	1,499
1995	1,007
1996	1,637
1997	764
1998	857
1999	1,012
2000	1,046
2001	900
2002	1,171
2003	927
2004	703
2005	1,113
2006	778
2007	996
2008	1,260
2009	660
2010	921
2011	636
2012	819
2013	732
2014	946
2015	380
2016	969
2017	1,450
2018	708
2019	700
2020	1,476
2021	1,167
2022	499
2023	782
2024	705
2025	489
2026	365

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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 20	61
20 to 40	6
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1