Weather Records on 30 April 1926

331 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1926. Highest significance: Hermannsburg, AU.

Key Facts for 30 April 1926

On 30 April 1926, 331 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
189 were record highs and 18 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 26 monthly and 305 daily.
Hermannsburg set a daily record precipitation of 38.9 mm (1.5 in) on 30 April 1926.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

331 stations

331 station records on 30 April 1926 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst Gaol	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Porthill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Port Fairy (Griffiths Island)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Emerald Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Swift Current	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Constantine	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lynd #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Macarthur (Glenhuntly)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Willoughby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Goose Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paskeville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Robe Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Manildra (Hazeldale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berrebangalo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Casterton (Warrock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thargomindah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orange 3	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gunning Rural Supplies	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gundagai	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkworth (Bungaree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narra Allen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murringo (Windermere)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heywood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cumnock (Willow Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Berthong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Young Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mittagong Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yamma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.1 mm (0.36 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Thelangerin East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steveston	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Calgary Int'l A	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mendooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Dubbo (Darling Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Whitton (Conapaira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Sandy Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Merino	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Ottumwa 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

331 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 115, Lowest daily maximum 2, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 123, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 30 April 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	115
Lowest daily maximum	2
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	123
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 April 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 26, daily 305.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

276 broken records

Margins by which the 276 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 26.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 1926

Top 20 records on 30 April 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1926	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Bathurst Gaol, AU	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	64 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Porthill, US	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	26 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	36 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Port Fairy (Griffiths Island), AU	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2.1 mm (0.08 in)	27 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Emerald Post Office, AU	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	19 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Springvale, AU	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	7 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Swift Current, CA	monthly high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Constantine, DZ	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	15 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Fort Macleod, CA	daily high min	12.2 C (54.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	28 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Marengo, US	monthly high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	27 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Gayndah Post Office, AU	daily high max	34.4 C (93.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	28 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	43 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Fichtelberg, DE	daily high max	16.4 C (61.5 F)	4.9 C (8.8 F)	28 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Santa Cruz, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	25 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Lynd #2, US	monthly high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Macarthur (Glenhuntly), AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Cape Willoughby, AU	daily rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Goose Island, AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1926	Paskeville, AU	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 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 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1926. 1926 had 331 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 5	221
5 to 10	39
10 to 15	13
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	1
25 to 30	1