Weather Records on 30 April 1937

228 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1937. Highest significance: Angus 1 N, US.

Key Facts for 30 April 1937

On 30 April 1937, 228 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
57 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 215 daily.
Angus 1 N set a daily record precipitation of 35.8 mm (1.4 in) on 30 April 1937.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 448 records.

Record Map

228 stations

228 station records on 30 April 1937 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 1937: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Angus 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newnan 7 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Millen 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fairfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Prattville	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Anna 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moanalua 770	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.6 cm (2.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruchengode	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Macon	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Umea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fulton 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Summerville 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yates Hydro Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bjuraker	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waco	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Aiea Fld 764A	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Taganrog (Lighthouse)	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Griffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Benson	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Detroit Lakes 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Castlewood	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kurgan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Terowie (Curtforth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Sidi-Bel-Abbes	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Erode	India	Record daily precipitation	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Drevja	Norway	Record daily precipitation	20.2 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Smyrna Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Good Hope 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	5.6 mm (0.22 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Postville	United States	Record daily precipitation	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Petropavlovsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Marshalltown	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Pearlington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

228 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1937 by type: Highest daily maximum 19, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 116, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 April 1937 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	19
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	116
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 April 1937 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 13, daily 215.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

185 broken records

Margins by which the 185 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 80.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 1937

Top 20 records on 30 April 1937 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1937	Angus 1 N, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1937	Newnan 7 WNW, US	daily rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1937	Caruthersville, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	18 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1937	Millen 4 N, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1937	Hawkinsville, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1937	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1937	Jackson, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1937	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1937	Fairfield, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1937	Bella Coola, CA	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1937	Prattville, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1937	Yemassee 1 N, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1937	Augusta, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1937	Greensboro, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	3 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1937	Hallock, US	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	26 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1937	Eastman 1 W, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1937	Waycross 4 NE, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	17.6 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1937	Anna 4 N, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1937	Kahuku 912, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 April 1937	Moanalua 770, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	22 years	29 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 1937

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1937. 1937 had 228 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	133
10 to 20	18
20 to 30	21
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1