Weather Records on 30 April 1930

232 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1930. Highest significance: Columbus, US.

Key Facts for 30 April 1930

On 30 April 1930, 232 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
101 were record highs and 20 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 5 monthly and 227 daily.
Columbus set a daily record precipitation of 80.0 mm (3.1 in) on 30 April 1930.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

232 stations

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

Weather records on 30 April 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Meryula)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gamalally	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walma	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Syktyvkar	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
University of Queensland Gatto	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego Wbo	United States	Record daily precipitation	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record daily precipitation	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Branxton 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Euroka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Port Arthur	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
De Grey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murphys Creek Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Northwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Allora Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Inglewood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Winnipeg St Johns Coll	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cornwall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mardie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	2.8 mm (0.11 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Duaringa Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Woodburn Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Warrangong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Kissimmee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Olin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Peak Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Gatton Allan Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Englesberg Village	Australia	Record daily precipitation	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Koolool	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Haparanda	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
San Bernardino F S 226	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Harrisville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock 2 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Shearleys Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Combogolong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.2 mm (0.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

232 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 5, Highest daily minimum 82, Lowest daily minimum 15, Heaviest daily rainfall 111.

Records on 30 April 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	5
Highest daily minimum	82
Lowest daily minimum	15
Heaviest daily rainfall	111
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 April 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 5, daily 227.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

184 broken records

Margins by which the 184 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 1930

Top 20 records on 30 April 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1930	Columbus, US	daily rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1930	Cobar (Meryula), AU	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1930	Independence, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1930	Gamalally, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1930	Ness City, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	25 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1930	Walma, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1930	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	16 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1930	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1930	Syktyvkar, RU	daily low min	-15.8 C (3.6 F)	8.7 C (15.7 F)	28 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1930	University of Queensland Gatto, AU	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	12 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1930	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	daily low min	-22.1 C (-7.8 F)	12.0 C (21.6 F)	16 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1930	Hobart (Ellerslie Road), AU	daily low max	9.5 C (49.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	47 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1930	Sedan, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1930	Pawhuska, US	monthly rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	18 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1930	San Diego Wbo, US	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	63 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1930	Cubbaroo, AU	daily rain	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1930	Chita, RU	monthly rain	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	4.4 mm (0.17 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1930	Branxton 2, AU	daily rain	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1930	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily rain	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	34 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1930	Walgett (Euroka), AU	daily rain	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	46 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 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1930. 1930 had 232 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 10	152
10 to 20	23
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	1
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1