Weather Records on 30 July 1914

52 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 July 1914. Highest significance: Worcester, ZA.

Key Facts for 30 July 1914

On 30 July 1914, 52 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
9 were record highs and 29 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 2 monthly and 50 daily.
Worcester set a daily record precipitation of 33.5 mm (1.3 in) on 30 July 1914.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

52 stations

52 station records on 30 July 1914 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 July 1914: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Springbok	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericton Unb	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saint John	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Paarl (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Galway	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kew	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic City Marina	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Willowmore	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Beaufort West (Met)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Owen Sound	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
World Trade Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Philadelphia City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Litchfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chatham	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Medicine Hat A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Stonecliffe	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sunbury (Salesian College )	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Vineland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Buffalo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Morgantown 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Dalhousie	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Parry Sound	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
London South	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Quebec	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1 of 100 (Routine)
Anticosti SW Point	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	0 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

52 records

Records set or tied on 30 July 1914 by type: Highest daily maximum 3, Lowest daily maximum 8, Highest daily minimum 6, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 14.

Records on 30 July 1914 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	3
Lowest daily maximum	8
Highest daily minimum	6
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	14
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 July 1914 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 2, daily 50.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

39 broken records

Margins by which the 39 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 27.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 July 1914

Top 20 records on 30 July 1914 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 July 1914	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 1914	Wilmington Wb City, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Springbok, ZA	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	15 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Fredericton Unb, CA	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	25 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Saint John, CA	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Paarl (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Washington, US	daily low min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	33 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Pointe Au Pere, CA	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Galway, IE	daily rain	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	11.5 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Kew, AU	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	38 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Robertson, ZA	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Atlantic City Marina, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Willowmore, ZA	daily rain	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	26 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Beaufort West (Met), ZA	daily rain	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	35 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Houston Wb City, US	daily high max	38.9 C (102.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	30 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	33 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Lincoln UNIV Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Calgary Int'l A, CA	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	20 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	Owen Sound, CA	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	23 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
30 July 1914	World Trade Ctr, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	35 years	17 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

1794 to 1914

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1914. 1914 had 52 records.

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

Records on 07-30 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1827	1
1828	2
1829	1
1830	1
1834	1
1837	2
1838	1
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	2
1860	4
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	2
1885	3
1886	5
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	10
1894	6
1895	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	8
1899	2
1900	4
1901	11
1902	6
1903	25
1904	17
1905	29
1906	22
1907	11
1908	23
1909	30
1910	8
1911	54
1912	21
1913	34
1914	52
1915	26
1916	150
1917	93
1918	42
1919	19
1920	188
1921	193
1922	40
1923	428
1924	80
1925	275
1926	186
1927	109
1928	210
1929	221
1930	170
1931	432
1932	275
1933	451
1934	619
1935	340
1936	452
1937	245
1938	388
1939	395
1940	562
1941	371
1942	304
1943	397
1944	289
1945	299
1946	409
1947	394
1948	489
1949	512
1950	552
1951	322
1952	581
1953	345
1954	504
1955	787
1956	506
1957	289
1958	344
1959	391
1960	793
1961	511
1962	378
1963	308
1964	483
1965	978
1966	527
1967	282
1968	530
1969	506
1970	431
1971	2,319
1972	758
1973	434
1974	569
1975	1,048
1976	590
1977	641
1978	646
1979	761
1980	962
1981	851
1982	821
1983	904
1984	997
1985	1,029
1986	952
1987	1,084
1988	826
1989	1,227
1990	795
1991	734
1992	1,003
1993	965
1994	1,631
1995	1,207
1996	1,317
1997	933
1998	1,240
1999	1,456
2000	1,030
2001	1,400
2002	1,346
2003	1,163
2004	936
2005	788
2006	1,103
2007	1,160
2008	763
2009	1,328
2010	1,331
2011	1,003
2012	731
2013	737
2014	1,199
2015	682
2016	460
2017	464
2018	1,038
2019	486
2020	763
2021	839
2022	845
2023	683
2024	705
2025	869
2026	1,001

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Data for records on 1914-07-30: 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 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 5	33
5 to 10	2
10 to 15	1
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	1