Weather Records on 14 August 1930

627 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 August 1930. Highest significance: Soltau, DE.

Key Facts for 14 August 1930

On 14 August 1930, 627 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
89 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 620 daily.
Soltau set a daily record precipitation of 45.5 mm (1.8 in) on 14 August 1930.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

627 stations

627 station records on 14 August 1930 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 August 1930: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Soltau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Amphitheatre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Redbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Halls Gap	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Willaura (Yarram Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Georgetown 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gumeracha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pomonal Windy Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arad	Romania	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kingstree	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Weldon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laramie	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Dingo Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Woodside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Casey	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Durham	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Florence #1	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Lobethal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sewanee	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Collingrove	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Torrens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tumut (Wattle Cres)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kunzelsau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Boulder	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Canton 4N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Chapel Hill 2 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Winnsboro	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Murray Bridge (Tepko)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Narrewilock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Moutajup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Keilands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide West Terrace	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Loxton (Pyap)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maryborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lameroo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Marmal	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Adelaide (Pooraka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steam Plains 2	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Steam Plains 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Boort	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

627 records

Records set or tied on 14 August 1930 by type: Highest daily maximum 54, Lowest daily maximum 82, Highest daily minimum 35, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 378.

Records on 14 August 1930 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	54
Lowest daily maximum	82
Highest daily minimum	35
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	378
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 14 August 1930 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 620.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

544 broken records

Margins by which the 544 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 41.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 August 1930

Top 20 records on 14 August 1930 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 August 1930	Soltau, DE	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1930	Ashton 1N, US	monthly rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1930	Mirranatwa (Bullawin Park), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1930	Amphitheatre, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	13 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1930	Bederkesa, DE	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1930	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1930	Lyndoch (Pewsey Vale), AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1930	Redbank, AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1930	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	15.4 C (59.7 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1930	Brocken, DE	daily rain	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	33 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
14 August 1930	Halls Gap, AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1930	Willaura (Yarram Park), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	5 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1930	Georgetown 2 E, US	daily low min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	12 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1930	Gumeracha, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1930	Pomonal Windy Ridge, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	5 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1930	Arad, RO	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1930	Kingstree, US	daily low min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1930	Louisville 1 E, US	daily low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	20 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1930	Kingston, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	36 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
14 August 1930	Lusk 2 SW, US	monthly rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	25 years	28 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

1793 to 1930

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1930. 1930 had 627 records.

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

Records on 08-14 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1807	1
1815	1
1818	1
1825	1
1833	2
1839	1
1841	1
1843	1
1845	2
1856	2
1857	1
1859	1
1861	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	4
1882	1
1884	1
1885	3
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	1
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	5
1897	5
1898	2
1899	2
1900	1
1901	1
1902	8
1903	8
1904	3
1905	10
1906	8
1907	6
1908	28
1909	35
1910	10
1911	30
1912	56
1913	24
1914	16
1915	17
1916	109
1917	38
1918	60
1919	103
1920	56
1921	61
1922	54
1923	92
1924	319
1925	128
1926	182
1927	147
1928	233
1929	449
1930	627
1931	410
1932	314
1933	349
1934	470
1935	314
1936	612
1937	354
1938	519
1939	376
1940	489
1941	467
1942	364
1943	583
1944	709
1945	572
1946	511
1947	658
1948	373
1949	374
1950	402
1951	458
1952	560
1953	312
1954	457
1955	535
1956	426
1957	281
1958	421
1959	495
1960	414
1961	663
1962	885
1963	811
1964	1,394
1965	451
1966	388
1967	902
1968	1,315
1969	482
1970	398
1971	677
1972	552
1973	489
1974	542
1975	461
1976	1,060
1977	562
1978	834
1979	1,115
1980	544
1981	719
1982	539
1983	775
1984	598
1985	1,095
1986	775
1987	1,157
1988	1,301
1989	728
1990	737
1991	856
1992	1,709
1993	887
1994	1,149
1995	1,444
1996	954
1997	922
1998	1,100
1999	1,329
2000	1,117
2001	806
2002	1,576
2003	1,913
2004	1,936
2005	1,340
2006	1,073
2007	1,340
2008	798
2009	818
2010	1,704
2011	772
2012	758
2013	612
2014	651
2015	931
2016	824
2017	559
2018	397
2019	578
2020	1,009
2021	932
2022	771
2023	1,116
2024	1,045
2025	798
2026	1,211

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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	498
10 to 20	36
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1