Weather Records on 28 July 1930

603 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1930. Highest significance: Eden (Caravan Park), AU.

Key Facts for 28 July 1930

On 28 July 1930, 603 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
482 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 85 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 497 daily.
Eden (Caravan Park) set a daily record precipitation of 53.8 mm (2.1 in) on 28 July 1930.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

603 stations

603 station records on 28 July 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Eden (Caravan Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Earlington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.0 C (113.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Tract	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Helens Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Sterling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jeffersonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Portsmouth-Sciotoville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Scottsboro	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rogers	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Paris Stp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Butlerville 2 WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vincennes 4 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntington 1	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
St Louis Eads Brg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Frankfort Downtown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Irvington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Asheville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cowra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tombstone	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bloomington Indiana UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corning	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
State UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Carthage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Chattanooga Wb City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Madison	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	45.6 C (114.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palestine	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bardstown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
St John Bethlehem Aca	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	44.4 C (111.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Johnsonville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burkes Garden	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Mena	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leitchfield 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Louisiana Starks Nurse	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

603 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 326, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 156, Lowest daily minimum 13, Heaviest daily rainfall 98.

Records on 28 July 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	326
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	156
Lowest daily minimum	13
Heaviest daily rainfall	98
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1930 by timescale: all-time 85, monthly 21, daily 497.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

466 broken records

Margins by which the 466 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 23.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1930

Top 20 records on 28 July 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1930	Eden (Caravan Park), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1930	Earlington, US	all-time high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	36 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1930	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	all-time high max	45.0 C (113.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	29 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1930	Madison Sewage Plt, US	all-time high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1930	Washington 1 W, US	all-time high max	45.0 C (113.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1930	Anchorage, US	all-time high max	43.9 C (111.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	29 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1930	Upper Tract, US	all-time high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1930	St Helens Post Office, AU	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1930	Middlesboro Fire Dept, US	all-time high max	44.4 C (111.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1930	Mt Sterling, US	all-time high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	16 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1930	Lexington Bluegrass AP, US	all-time high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1930	Jeffersonville, US	all-time high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	17 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1930	Knoxville, US	all-time high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	19 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1930	Waverly, US	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	29 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1930	Stuttgart, US	all-time high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1930	Owensboro 3ENE, US	all-time high min	26.7 C (80.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	29 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1930	Portsmouth-Sciotoville, US	all-time high max	41.7 C (107.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	33 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1930	Scottsboro, US	daily high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	33 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1930	Rogers, US	all-time high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
28 July 1930	Paris Stp, US	all-time high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	28 years	32 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

1815 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1930. 1930 had 603 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 28 July 1930
Margin	Records
0 to 5	418
5 to 10	32
10 to 15	11
15 to 20	4
20 to 25	1