Weather Records on 30 May 1916

41 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 1916. Highest significance: Burlington, US.

Key Facts for 30 May 1916

On 30 May 1916, 41 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
2 were record highs and 10 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 0 monthly and 41 daily.
Burlington set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 30 May 1916.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

41 stations

41 station records on 30 May 1916 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 May 1916: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Burlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Anticosti West Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Quebec	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Beatrice	Canada	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orleansville (Chlef)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Windsor Riverside	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Algiers-Ville/Universite	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Montreal McGill	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maccue	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Brome	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gawler Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Pointe Au Pere	Canada	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-1.8 C (28.8 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Bic	Canada	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Nemours (Ghazaouet)	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Williamstown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Coondambo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo (Black Rock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Saddleworth	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Johnburgh Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	30.4 C (86.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Oran-Hopital Militaire	Algeria	Record low maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	3 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	2 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

41 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 1916 by type: Highest daily maximum 1, Lowest daily maximum 6, Highest daily minimum 1, Lowest daily minimum 4, Heaviest daily rainfall 29.

Records on 30 May 1916 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	1
Lowest daily maximum	6
Highest daily minimum	1
Lowest daily minimum	4
Heaviest daily rainfall	29
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 May 1916 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 0, daily 41.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

37 broken records

Margins by which the 37 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 34.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 1916

Top 20 records on 30 May 1916 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 1916	Burlington, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1916	Anticosti West Point, CA	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	17 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1916	Quebec, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Stratford, CA	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Uman, UA	daily rain	38.5 mm (1.5 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	1 year	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Johnsonville, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	13 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Beatrice, CA	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Oran-Hopital Militaire, DZ	daily rain	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Nordby (Fano), DK	daily rain	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Orleansville (Chlef), DZ	daily rain	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Vestervig, DK	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	15 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Windsor Riverside, CA	daily rain	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	11 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Algiers-Ville/Universite, DZ	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	25 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Nemours (Ghazaouet), DZ	daily rain	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	7.0 mm (0.28 in)	37 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Montreal McGill, CA	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	35 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Sidi-Bel-Abbes, DZ	daily rain	16.4 mm (0.6 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	13 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Kiev, UA	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Maccue, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	32 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Brome, CA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	34 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1916	Gawler Council Depot, AU	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	13 years	15 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

1818 to 1916

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 1916. 1916 had 41 records.

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

Records on 05-30 in each year
Year	Records
1818	3
1844	1
1847	1
1848	1
1852	1
1853	1
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1860	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	4
1867	1
1868	4
1870	1
1871	2
1873	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1894	2
1895	5
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	9
1903	12
1904	7
1905	20
1906	8
1907	20
1908	32
1909	6
1910	22
1911	22
1912	26
1913	89
1914	25
1915	32
1916	41
1917	42
1918	31
1919	90
1920	28
1921	392
1922	72
1923	121
1924	187
1925	190
1926	201
1927	177
1928	86
1929	368
1930	530
1931	316
1932	256
1933	250
1934	731
1935	88
1936	579
1937	440
1938	309
1939	336
1940	289
1941	518
1942	500
1943	444
1944	325
1945	383
1946	310
1947	880
1948	386
1949	318
1950	376
1951	448
1952	295
1953	622
1954	271
1955	377
1956	466
1957	267
1958	480
1959	419
1960	274
1961	657
1962	454
1963	245
1964	709
1965	454
1966	326
1967	859
1968	357
1969	1,092
1970	483
1971	1,044
1972	721
1973	391
1974	631
1975	776
1976	499
1977	444
1978	888
1979	1,185
1980	650
1981	1,001
1982	981
1983	1,310
1984	2,543
1985	772
1986	1,264
1987	1,021
1988	1,371
1989	1,021
1990	983
1991	1,264
1992	1,413
1993	690
1994	834
1995	777
1996	893
1997	936
1998	1,190
1999	1,113
2000	1,391
2001	854
2002	940
2003	1,110
2004	1,219
2005	737
2006	1,179
2007	1,128
2008	829
2009	480
2010	771
2011	1,914
2012	720
2013	821
2014	551
2015	699
2016	540
2017	657
2018	1,319
2019	706
2020	920
2021	841
2022	1,034
2023	344
2024	600
2025	828
2026	525

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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 5	18
5 to 10	7
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	2
25 to 30	1
30 to 35	1