Weather Records on 30 August 1941

422 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 1941. Highest significance: Iron River, US.

Key Facts for 30 August 1941

On 30 August 1941, 422 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
222 were record highs and 51 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 408 daily.
Iron River set an all-time record daily precipitation of 146.1 mm (5.8 in) on 30 August 1941.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

422 stations

422 station records on 30 August 1941 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 1941: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Iron River	United States	Record daily precipitation	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Prentice #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Stratford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Badgam	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bellary	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Molakmura	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bell Ranch	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Atmakur	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Denkanikottah	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kishanganj	India	Record daily precipitation	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malda	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Athani	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Higgins Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Medford	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Penukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heerde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ironwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brantford	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Collingwood	Canada	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bidar	India	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Yadki	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Thalli	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Escanaba	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Benipatti	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gazole	India	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Grantsburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hathwa	India	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Neillsville 3ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harihar	India	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oconto 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dunvegan	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kalyandrug	India	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sibley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fort St James	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Warthausen-Birkenhard	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Budge Budge	India	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Rayadurg	India	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Dinhata	India	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calcutta/Alipore	India	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Marion	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Merrill	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Woodstock	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ranebennur	India	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marungapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Deoria	India	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Jackson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Oakdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Stevens Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sunticoppa	India	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

422 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 1941 by type: Highest daily maximum 101, Lowest daily maximum 31, Highest daily minimum 121, Lowest daily minimum 20, Heaviest daily rainfall 149.

Records on 30 August 1941 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	101
Lowest daily maximum	31
Highest daily minimum	121
Lowest daily minimum	20
Heaviest daily rainfall	149
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 1941 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 11, daily 408.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

317 broken records

Margins by which the 317 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 1941

Top 20 records on 30 August 1941 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 1941	Iron River, US	all-time rain	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	11 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1941	Prentice #2, US	all-time rain	182.9 mm (7.2 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	2 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1941	Stratford, CA	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1941	Winterswijk, NL	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1941	Pavagada, IN	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Badgam, IN	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Bellary, IN	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Molakmura, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Bell Ranch, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Atmakur, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Denkanikottah, IN	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Kishanganj, IN	daily rain	187.5 mm (7.4 in)	96.1 mm (3.8 in)	16 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Malda, IN	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	18 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Athani, IN	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Higgins Lake, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Medford, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Penukonda, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Heerde, NL	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Ironwood, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1941	Brantford, CA	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	36 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

1806 to 1941

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1941. 1941 had 422 records.

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

Records on 08-30 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	4
1813	1
1814	2
1827	1
1829	1
1835	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	4
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1880	4
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	7
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	6
1901	8
1902	12
1903	19
1904	13
1905	23
1906	29
1907	8
1908	10
1909	37
1910	15
1911	41
1912	60
1913	22
1914	23
1915	47
1916	17
1917	50
1918	45
1919	17
1920	78
1921	100
1922	65
1923	61
1924	283
1925	167
1926	173
1927	109
1928	327
1929	208
1930	245
1931	192
1932	1,102
1933	274
1934	519
1935	476
1936	191
1937	418
1938	233
1939	401
1940	346
1941	422
1942	385
1943	487
1944	491
1945	455
1946	545
1947	599
1948	519
1949	240
1950	481
1951	1,091
1952	316
1953	1,124
1954	516
1955	417
1956	479
1957	321
1958	363
1959	546
1960	356
1961	573
1962	387
1963	442
1964	422
1965	1,118
1966	500
1967	536
1968	729
1969	522
1970	423
1971	443
1972	579
1973	646
1974	838
1975	664
1976	679
1977	665
1978	825
1979	517
1980	572
1981	684
1982	770
1983	696
1984	1,127
1985	629
1986	1,768
1987	638
1988	881
1989	791
1990	983
1991	938
1992	1,697
1993	1,200
1994	601
1995	940
1996	1,385
1997	960
1998	1,278
1999	864
2000	1,189
2001	750
2002	801
2003	1,226
2004	1,087
2005	1,500
2006	989
2007	1,300
2008	678
2009	1,251
2010	1,552
2011	994
2012	1,087
2013	644
2014	558
2015	1,074
2016	552
2017	924
2018	616
2019	755
2020	671
2021	429
2022	1,077
2023	651
2024	912
2025	324
2026	733

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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	275
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1