Weather Records on 30 August 1943

487 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 1943. Highest significance: Barkly West (Tnk), ZA.

Key Facts for 30 August 1943

On 30 August 1943, 487 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
226 were record highs and 53 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 35 monthly and 452 daily.
Barkly West (Tnk) set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 30 August 1943.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

487 stations

487 station records on 30 August 1943 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 1943: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Barkly West (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Petrusberg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Barsoe	India	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kimberly-de Beers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Duiwelskloof (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bulsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doornplaat	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Birtle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newlands	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gudur(Guduru)	India	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kukicherra	India	Record daily precipitation	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Taung	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gainesville UNIV of Fl	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
San German 4 W	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenshill	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Glenelg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Watrap	India	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterval Wes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jacobsdal (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stockdale	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Katdoornput 29	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boetsap (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Warrenton (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Koffiefontein (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kuilput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bikin	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Reddersburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tirupoondi	India	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Edenburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Middlekop (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Clifton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Middelplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Perdeberg (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pontotoc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Conway	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Jakutsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-6.3 C (20.7 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Krielsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Barletta	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kooskia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Qu'appelle	Canada	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Melfort	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Kampli	India	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

487 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 1943 by type: Highest daily maximum 148, Lowest daily maximum 30, Highest daily minimum 78, Lowest daily minimum 23, Heaviest daily rainfall 207, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 30 August 1943 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	148
Lowest daily maximum	30
Highest daily minimum	78
Lowest daily minimum	23
Heaviest daily rainfall	207
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 1943 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 35, daily 452.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

385 broken records

Margins by which the 385 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 87.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 1943

Top 20 records on 30 August 1943 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 1943	Barkly West (Tnk), ZA	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	26 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1943	Petrusberg (Pol), ZA	monthly rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Barsoe, IN	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	87.9 mm (3.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Kimberly-de Beers, ZA	monthly rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Duiwelskloof (Mun), ZA	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Timovskoe, RU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Bulsfontein, ZA	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Doornplaat, ZA	monthly rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Birtle, CA	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	0 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Newlands, ZA	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Gudur(Guduru), IN	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Kukicherra, IN	daily rain	93.7 mm (3.7 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Smithfield (Mun), ZA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Jagersfontein, ZA	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Taung, ZA	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Gainesville UNIV of Fl, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Delta, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	San German 4 W, PR	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Ravenshill, ZA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1943	Glenelg, AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	57 years	37 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 1943

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1943. 1943 had 487 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	352
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	8
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1