Weather Records on 30 March 1930

215 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 1930. Highest significance: Jamestown, ZA.

Key Facts for 30 March 1930

On 30 March 1930, 215 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
18 were record highs and 152 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 3 monthly and 212 daily.
Jamestown set a daily record precipitation of 67.3 mm (2.6 in) on 30 March 1930.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 476 records.

Record Map

215 stations

215 station records on 30 March 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jamestown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bredasdorp	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dordrecht - Tnk 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caledon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Butterworth (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Leo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Mc Intosh	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poretskoye	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Barkly East	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Hillmoor	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Goodwater	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tampa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Great Falls 16St	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovskij Majak	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Graaff Reinet	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Crawley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orillia	Canada	Record daily snowfall	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winterhoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Yardley Chase	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Deland 1 SSE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Clayoquot	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-26.9 C (-16.4 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Robertson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Middelwater	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kentani (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Victoria Gonzales Hts	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hanover (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Steynsburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Sveg	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Eersterivier (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Montagu (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Brinkley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Escondido	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	16 of 100 (Routine)
Agassiz Cda	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-24.7 C (-12.5 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Ida	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Atchison	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Olga 2 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	15 of 100 (Routine)
Aliwal North	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lincoln Lock 4	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)
Earlington	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	14 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

215 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 9, Lowest daily maximum 13, Highest daily minimum 9, Lowest daily minimum 139, Heaviest daily rainfall 42, Heaviest daily snowfall 3.

Records on 30 March 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	9
Lowest daily maximum	13
Highest daily minimum	9
Lowest daily minimum	139
Heaviest daily rainfall	42
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 March 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 3, daily 212.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

177 broken records

Margins by which the 177 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 35.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 1930

Top 20 records on 30 March 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 1930	Jamestown, ZA	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1930	Bredasdorp, ZA	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1930	Dordrecht - Tnk 14, ZA	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Caledon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.8 mm (0.35 in)	47 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Butterworth (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Saint Leo, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	27 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Ft Mc Intosh, US	daily low max	11.1 C (52.0 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	29 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Poretskoye, RU	monthly high max	10.1 C (50.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	37 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Barkly East, ZA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Hillmoor, ZA	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Goodwater, US	daily low min	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	30 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Tampa, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	36 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Swellendam (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	35 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Kissimmee, US	daily low max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	12 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	St Augustine, US	daily low max	12.8 C (55.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	36 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Great Falls 16St, US	daily rain	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	12 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Elatma, RU	monthly rain	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Soldier Creek Adm Site, US	daily rain	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Petropavlovskij Majak, RU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 March 1930	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	31 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

1796 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1930. 1930 had 215 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

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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	147
5 to 10	15
10 to 15	7
15 to 20	5
20 to 25	0
25 to 30	2
30 to 35	0
35 to 40	1