Weather Records on 30 August 1942

385 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 1942. Highest significance: Moorhead St Teachers C, US.

Key Facts for 30 August 1942

On 30 August 1942, 385 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
130 were record highs and 67 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 9 monthly and 375 daily.
Moorhead St Teachers C set an all-time record daily precipitation of 115.8 mm (4.6 in) on 30 August 1942.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

385 stations

385 station records on 30 August 1942 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 1942: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moorhead St Teachers C	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ramnagar	India	Record daily precipitation	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Parola	India	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sonamarg &	India	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Austwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Joliet	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yankalilla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murray Town (Doughboy Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wilpena Head Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mirranatwa (Bowacka)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Second Valley (Poolamacca)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Thanesar	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ada	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Amenia	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.5 C (67.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Globe Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Spreckels Hwy Brg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lisbon	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Darlington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narridy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.0 C (91.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Encinal	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Frances	Canada	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Firozabad	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Barramunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Milesovka	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.3 C (77.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Barduar	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Chikhli	India	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Bansda	India	Record daily precipitation	117.1 mm (4.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pachora	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Buckeye	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown State Hosp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sabinal	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yacka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Vantipura	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Burhanpur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Mohanpur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Madison Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uvalde	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

385 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 1942 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 27, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 187, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 August 1942 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	27
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	187
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 August 1942 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 9, daily 375.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

330 broken records

Margins by which the 330 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 1942

Top 20 records on 30 August 1942 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 1942	Moorhead St Teachers C, US	all-time rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Hillsboro 3 N, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Ramnagar, IN	daily rain	137.2 mm (5.4 in)	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Parola, IN	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Victor Harbor (Rivington Grang, AU	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Sonamarg &, IN	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Alice, US	daily rain	120.7 mm (4.8 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Fosston 1 E, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	145.5 mm (5.7 in)	110.7 mm (4.4 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Austwell, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	17 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Joliet, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Yankalilla, AU	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Murray Town (Doughboy Creek), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Wilpena Head Station, AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	9 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Bemidji, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	4 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Mirranatwa (Bowacka), AU	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Second Valley (Poolamacca), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1942	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	19 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1942	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily high max	33.0 C (91.4 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	55 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1942	Thanesar, IN	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	32 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

1806 to 1942

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1942. 1942 had 385 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	290
20 to 40	26
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2