Weather Records on 30 May 1926

201 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 1926. Highest significance: Bad Muskau, DE.

Key Facts for 30 May 1926

On 30 May 1926, 201 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
76 were record highs and 30 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 195 daily.
Bad Muskau set a daily record precipitation of 39.8 mm (1.6 in) on 30 May 1926.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

201 stations

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

Weather records on 30 May 1926: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bimbowrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Umea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Curnomona (Curnamona)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Outalpa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
S Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ulm	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mutooroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Hermann	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yunta (Winnininnie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jokkmokk	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gorki	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Arrowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Vanrhysdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orroroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Copley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Varberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Koonamore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murtho Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Silverton (Mundi Mundi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Buangor 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Old Baratta Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Booleroo (Wimont)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Wb City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marree Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Blinman (Wirrealpa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Penshurst (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Keokuk L&D 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Runnymede Spottsville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Gammon Ranges (Wooltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Neds Corner Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Cockburn (Burta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Jumping Sand Hill Well	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record daily precipitation	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Tarboro 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Innamincka Police Camp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Mungeranie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Bindara (Netley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

201 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 1926 by type: Highest daily maximum 52, Lowest daily maximum 3, Highest daily minimum 24, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 95.

Records on 30 May 1926 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	52
Lowest daily maximum	3
Highest daily minimum	24
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	95
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 May 1926 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 195.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

167 broken records

Margins by which the 167 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 1926

Top 20 records on 30 May 1926 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 1926	Bad Muskau, DE	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1926	Bimbowrie, AU	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1926	Umea, SE	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	47 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1926	Curnomona (Curnamona), AU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1926	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	21.0 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1926	Outalpa, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1926	S Haven, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	8 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1926	Ulm, DE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1926	Grant City, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1926	Mutooroo, AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1926	Cockburn, AU	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1926	Lake Victoria (Cal-Lal), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1926	Nuwara Eliya, LK	daily high min	15.4 C (59.7 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	56 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1926	Hermann, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1926	Caruthersville, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1926	Fulton, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	8 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1926	Oxford, GB	daily rain	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	93 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1926	Gallivare_A, SE	daily rain	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	33 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1926	Yunta (Winnininnie), AU	daily rain	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1926	Wentworth Post Office, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	52 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

1818 to 1926

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 1926. 1926 had 201 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 10	142
10 to 20	13
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	2
40 to 50	2