Weather Records on 30 August 1929

208 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 1929. Highest significance: Malin Head, IE.

Key Facts for 30 August 1929

On 30 August 1929, 208 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 87 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 203 daily.
Malin Head set a daily record precipitation of 35.1 mm (1.4 in) on 30 August 1929.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

208 stations

208 station records on 30 August 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Malin Head	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Las Animas	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Oberlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tumby Bay (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Norway House	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Hvar	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mildura Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Jennings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Circleville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Lancaster 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Treherne	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saentis	Switzerland	Record high maximum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Tucson WFO	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Maries	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Yazoo City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Napoleon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Sandusky	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomfield	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Melville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Columbia Falls 5 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Forks UNIV (NWS)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Effingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

208 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 71, Lowest daily maximum 9, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 12.

Records on 30 August 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	71
Lowest daily maximum	9
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	12
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 203.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

156 broken records

Margins by which the 156 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 22.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 1929

Top 20 records on 30 August 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 1929	Malin Head, IE	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	24 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	56 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Wentworth 2.5 WNW, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Scottsboro, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	20 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Las Animas, US	daily low min	1.7 C (35.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	14 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Hendersonville 1 NE, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Coldwater, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	18 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Grafton, US	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	34 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Mc Minnville, US	daily low min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	20 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	34 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Detroit Lakes 1 NNE, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	30 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Fichtelberg, DE	daily high min	14.8 C (58.6 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Mt Sterling, US	daily low min	8.3 C (46.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	35 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Melville, US	daily low min	15.0 C (59.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	23 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Oberlin, US	monthly low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	26 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Dwtn Charleston, US	daily low max	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	32 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Holbrook, US	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	11.0 mm (0.4 in)	2 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Tumby Bay (Hillview), AU	daily rain	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	30 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Norway House, CA	daily high min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	27 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1929	Hvar, HR	daily low min	14.5 C (58.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	28 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

1806 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1929. 1929 had 208 records.

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

Records on 08-30 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	4
1813	1
1814	2
1827	1
1829	1
1835	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	4
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1880	4
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	7
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	6
1901	8
1902	12
1903	19
1904	13
1905	23
1906	29
1907	8
1908	10
1909	37
1910	15
1911	41
1912	60
1913	22
1914	23
1915	47
1916	17
1917	50
1918	45
1919	17
1920	78
1921	100
1922	65
1923	61
1924	283
1925	167
1926	173
1927	109
1928	327
1929	208
1930	245
1931	192
1932	1,102
1933	274
1934	519
1935	476
1936	191
1937	418
1938	233
1939	401
1940	346
1941	422
1942	385
1943	487
1944	491
1945	455
1946	545
1947	599
1948	519
1949	240
1950	481
1951	1,091
1952	316
1953	1,124
1954	516
1955	417
1956	479
1957	321
1958	363
1959	546
1960	356
1961	573
1962	387
1963	442
1964	422
1965	1,118
1966	500
1967	536
1968	729
1969	522
1970	423
1971	443
1972	579
1973	646
1974	838
1975	664
1976	679
1977	665
1978	825
1979	517
1980	572
1981	684
1982	770
1983	696
1984	1,127
1985	629
1986	1,768
1987	638
1988	881
1989	791
1990	983
1991	938
1992	1,697
1993	1,200
1994	601
1995	940
1996	1,385
1997	960
1998	1,278
1999	864
2000	1,189
2001	750
2002	801
2003	1,226
2004	1,087
2005	1,500
2006	989
2007	1,300
2008	678
2009	1,251
2010	1,552
2011	994
2012	1,087
2013	644
2014	558
2015	1,074
2016	552
2017	924
2018	616
2019	755
2020	671
2021	429
2022	1,077
2023	651
2024	912
2025	324
2026	733

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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	148
5 to 10	5
10 to 15	2
15 to 20	0
20 to 25	1