Weather Records on 30 May 1928

86 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 1928. Highest significance: Astrakan, RU.

Key Facts for 30 May 1928

On 30 May 1928, 86 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
41 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 81 daily.
Astrakan set an all-time record daily precipitation of 73.0 mm (2.9 in) on 30 May 1928.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 441 records.

Record Map

86 stations

86 station records on 30 May 1928 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 May 1928: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Astrakan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Alliance 1WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lodgepole	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Warren 2 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lake City 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Los Lunas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Turners Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Lynnville 4 SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Palmetto	United States	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	13 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	12 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	11 of 100 (Routine)
Lucknow	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Rolla Missouri S&T	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Dresden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Franklin	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	9 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Adel	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Jefferson 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Texarkana Webb Fld	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	8 of 100 (Routine)
Colby	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	7 of 100 (Routine)
Old Halls Creek	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	33.7 C (92.7 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Prince Albert	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sfax El-Maou	Tunisia	Record high minimum temperature	22.0 C (71.6 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	6 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Bridgeport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Lock Haven	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Menno	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	5 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Greeley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	4 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

86 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 1928 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 18.

Records on 30 May 1928 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	18
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 May 1928 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 4, daily 81.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

58 broken records

Margins by which the 58 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 30.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 1928

Top 20 records on 30 May 1928 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 1928	Astrakan, RU	all-time rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	4 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1928	Fernandina Beach, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Alliance 1WNW, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Lodgepole, US	monthly high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	1 year	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Florence, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	34 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Monroe 2 SE, US	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Coldwater, US	daily low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Austin #2, US	daily high max	30.0 C (86.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	38 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily rain	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	34 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Warren 2 ENE, US	daily high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	23 years	15 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Kiev, UA	daily rain	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	0.8 mm (0.03 in)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Lake City 2 E, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	13 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Plant City, US	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	23 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Howell Wwtp, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	30 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Cowles, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Los Lunas, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	18 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Alexandria, US	daily rain	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	32 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Hvar, HR	daily low min	13.5 C (56.3 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	29 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1928	Amherst, US	daily rain	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	24 years	13 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 1928

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 1928. 1928 had 86 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	51
5 to 10	2
10 to 15	3
15 to 20	1
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	0
30 to 35	1