Weather Records on 30 April 1934

443 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1934. Highest significance: Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US.

Key Facts for 30 April 1934

On 30 April 1934, 443 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
289 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 393 daily.
Gainesville UNIV of Fl set a daily record precipitation of 63.8 mm (2.5 in) on 30 April 1934.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

443 stations

443 station records on 30 April 1934 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 1934: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Redding Fire STN 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cobar Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Crescent City 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Buchan (Gillingall)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bairnsdale 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.5 C (36.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Onaway 12 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Petoskey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bird Island	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp	France	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Forestburg 4 NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Paragonah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Downing 1 E	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Bathurst	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mackinaw City 2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Faribault	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mitchell 2 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Pulivendla	India	Record daily precipitation	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Paynesville (Banksia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Viljujsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	4.2 mm (0.17 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jaggiayapet	India	Record daily precipitation	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Big Creek	Canada	Record daily precipitation	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon Diefenbaker Int'l A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	3.6 cm (1.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
San Jose	United States	Record daily precipitation	4.1 mm (0.16 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Purulia	India	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bagepalli	India	Record daily precipitation	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Augustine	United States	Record daily precipitation	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wenatchee 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Butchers Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kotalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.1 C (75.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	12.4 C (54.3 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

443 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1934 by type: Highest daily maximum 126, Lowest daily maximum 50, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 27, Heaviest daily rainfall 75, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 30 April 1934 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	126
Lowest daily maximum	50
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	27
Heaviest daily rainfall	75
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 April 1934 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 50, daily 393.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

354 broken records

Margins by which the 354 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 101.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 1934

Top 20 records on 30 April 1934 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1934	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1934	Austin #2, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1934	Redding Fire STN 2, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	1 year	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Cobar Post Office, AU	monthly low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	48 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Macon, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Crescent City 3 NNW, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Austin #2, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	40 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Bairnsdale Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	21 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Buchan (Gillingall), AU	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Bairnsdale 1, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	41 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Karesuando, SE	monthly high min	2.5 C (36.5 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	40 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Onaway 12 S, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	21 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Wakefield 3NW, US	monthly high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	24 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Farmington, US	monthly high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	3.8 C (6.8 F)	16 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Milledgeville, US	daily rain	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Mackinaw City 2, US	monthly high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	33 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Petoskey, US	daily high min	14.4 C (57.9 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	39 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Bird Island, US	monthly high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	24 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Marseille Obs. Palais-Lonchamp, FR	daily rain	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	5.0 mm (0.20 in)	43 years	23 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1934	Bay Saint Louis, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	31 years	23 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 1934

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1934. 1934 had 443 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 20	343
20 to 40	9
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1