Weather Records on 30 April 1948

912 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1948. Highest significance: Gympie, AU.

Key Facts for 30 April 1948

On 30 April 1948, 912 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 114 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 897 daily.
Gympie set a daily record precipitation of 106.2 mm (4.2 in) on 30 April 1948.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

912 stations

912 station records on 30 April 1948 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 1948: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gympie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bundaberg Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Millaquin Sugar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Acacia Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Theebine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Langmorn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Gladstone Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kilkivan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Gin Gin Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Windera Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cooranbong (Avondale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Berkshire Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Korrelocking Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waterloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Parnass Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Imbil Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kandanga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bauple	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.0 mm (6.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Woolooga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	161.3 mm (6.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maibong	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kenilworth Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	132.3 mm (5.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Tamborine Fern St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gayndah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kabunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Dunolly	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	13.2 cm (5.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cooran Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barambah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kitlane	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gladysvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Enoggera Reservoir	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Condong Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wyalkatchem	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Maceio (Aeroporto)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Degilbo Rail STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tiaro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yengarie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mogumber	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merredin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nangeenan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montville "Craglands"	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nambour Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Krishnanagar	India	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Poortjie	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Huntington	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wongan Hills	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cardonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvold Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wateranga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Murgon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tirumayam	India	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Twin Peaks	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coomberdale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

912 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1948 by type: Highest daily maximum 46, Lowest daily maximum 52, Highest daily minimum 22, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 716, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 April 1948 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	46
Lowest daily maximum	52
Highest daily minimum	22
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	716
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 April 1948 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 14, daily 897.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

816 broken records

Margins by which the 816 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 350.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 1948

Top 20 records on 30 April 1948 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1948	Gympie, AU	daily rain	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1948	Bundaberg Post Office, AU	daily rain	109.5 mm (4.3 in)	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Millaquin Sugar, AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Acacia Vale, AU	monthly rain	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	19 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Theebine, AU	all-time rain	254.0 mm (10.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	1 year	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Langmorn, AU	daily rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Gladstone Post Office, AU	daily rain	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	29 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Mt Perry the Pines, AU	daily rain	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	87.2 mm (3.4 in)	31 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Kilkivan Post Office, AU	monthly rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Gin Gin Post Office, AU	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	31 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Sandy Cape Lighthouse, AU	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	84.3 mm (3.3 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Windera Creek, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Cooranbong (Avondale), AU	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	108.9 mm (4.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Berkshire Valley, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Korrelocking Post Office, AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Fairymead Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	133.6 mm (5.3 in)	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Waterloo, AU	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Parnass Vale, AU	daily rain	114.0 mm (4.5 in)	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Rosedale Post Office, AU	daily rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	66.1 mm (2.6 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1948	Imbil Post Office, AU	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	29 years	51 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

1795 to 1948

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1948. 1948 had 912 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 50	774
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	10
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1