Weather Records on 30 May 1936

579 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 1936. Highest significance: Boulia Airport, AU.

Key Facts for 30 May 1936

On 30 May 1936, 579 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
157 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 69 monthly and 508 daily.
Boulia Airport set a monthly record daily precipitation of 63.0 mm (2.5 in) on 30 May 1936.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

579 stations

579 station records on 30 May 1936 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 May 1936: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Silverton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Bridge Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Huonville	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tura	India	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gammon Ranges (Umberatana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenock	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Wellington East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Nuntherungie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quinyambie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moorook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Overland Corner	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mannum Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milparinka Hotel	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Jaitanga Valley	India	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cadelga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kapunda Water Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Stockport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Llanrheidol Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton (Mundi Mundi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tibooburra (Olive Downs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yantara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madhubani	India	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston on Murray	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beltana	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Camooweal Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Manuka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Revelstoke	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tanunda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tarlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mongpoo	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Caltowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Terowie (Curtforth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Thackaringa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Topar)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston SE	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Stephens Creek Re	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrrell Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stockwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kynuna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Broken Hill (Glen Lyon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Isabela Substn	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Nash	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barrow Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Booleroo Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Meningie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Longreach Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Darbhanga	India	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hindol	India	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cowles	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hawker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bikrampur	India	Record daily precipitation	165.1 mm (6.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

579 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 1936 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 24, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 89, Heaviest daily rainfall 309.

Records on 30 May 1936 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	24
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	89
Heaviest daily rainfall	309
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 May 1936 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 69, daily 508.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

485 broken records

Margins by which the 485 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 131.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 1936

Top 20 records on 30 May 1936 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 1936	Boulia Airport, AU	monthly rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1936	Silverton Post Office, AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Murray Bridge Comparison, AU	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	26 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Huonville, AU	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Hoorn, NL	daily rain	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Tura, IN	daily rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Gammon Ranges (Umberatana), AU	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Greenock, AU	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Wellington East, AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Broken Hill (Nuntherungie), AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Quinyambie, AU	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Frome Downs, AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38.3 mm (1.5 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Moorook, AU	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Overland Corner, AU	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Mannum Council Depot, AU	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Milparinka Hotel, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Jaitanga Valley, IN	daily rain	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Cordillo Downs, AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1936	Cadelga, AU	monthly rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)

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

1818 to 1936

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 1936. 1936 had 579 records.

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

Records on 05-30 in each year
Year	Records
1818	3
1844	1
1847	1
1848	1
1852	1
1853	1
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1860	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	4
1867	1
1868	4
1870	1
1871	2
1873	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1894	2
1895	5
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	9
1903	12
1904	7
1905	20
1906	8
1907	20
1908	32
1909	6
1910	22
1911	22
1912	26
1913	89
1914	25
1915	32
1916	41
1917	42
1918	31
1919	90
1920	28
1921	392
1922	72
1923	121
1924	187
1925	190
1926	201
1927	177
1928	86
1929	368
1930	530
1931	316
1932	256
1933	250
1934	731
1935	88
1936	579
1937	440
1938	309
1939	336
1940	289
1941	518
1942	500
1943	444
1944	325
1945	383
1946	310
1947	880
1948	386
1949	318
1950	376
1951	448
1952	295
1953	622
1954	271
1955	377
1956	466
1957	267
1958	480
1959	419
1960	274
1961	657
1962	454
1963	245
1964	709
1965	454
1966	326
1967	859
1968	357
1969	1,092
1970	483
1971	1,044
1972	721
1973	391
1974	631
1975	776
1976	499
1977	444
1978	888
1979	1,185
1980	650
1981	1,001
1982	981
1983	1,310
1984	2,543
1985	772
1986	1,264
1987	1,021
1988	1,371
1989	1,021
1990	983
1991	1,264
1992	1,413
1993	690
1994	834
1995	777
1996	893
1997	936
1998	1,190
1999	1,113
2000	1,391
2001	854
2002	940
2003	1,110
2004	1,219
2005	737
2006	1,179
2007	1,128
2008	829
2009	480
2010	771
2011	1,914
2012	720
2013	821
2014	551
2015	699
2016	540
2017	657
2018	1,319
2019	706
2020	920
2021	841
2022	1,034
2023	344
2024	600
2025	828
2026	525

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Data for records on 1936-05-30: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	429
20 to 40	46
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1