Weather Records on 30 May 1952

295 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 1952. Highest significance: Swansea (Kelvedon), AU.

Key Facts for 30 May 1952

On 30 May 1952, 295 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
38 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 7 monthly and 288 daily.
Swansea (Kelvedon) set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 30 May 1952.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

295 stations

295 station records on 30 May 1952 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 May 1952: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Karjat	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tulita A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chainpur	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alapaha Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Miltalie (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tacambaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vita (Khanapur)	India	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Athens	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lankeys Creek (Woodridge)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burrowye	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Balliguda	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winchendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jagatsingpur	India	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Bicheno (Council Depot)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Dewan	India	Record daily precipitation	199.1 mm (7.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Marungapuri	India	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Collegeville St John's	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Milledgeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Minden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Sloan 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Portage Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Kangiara (Laverstock)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Kingston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Engle	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Wirrulla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tuena	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bassett Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Bay (Smiths Bay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ouse (Millbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Islampur	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Khutar	India	Record daily precipitation	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Matong (Bonnie Doon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	6.6 mm (0.26 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kappawanta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Smoko	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Nelson	Australia	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nanaimo Departure Bay	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
St Andrews	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
El Suez	Egypt	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gopalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	0.3 mm (0.01 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	38.0 C (100.4 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jamestown	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Durant	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	19 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

295 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 1952 by type: Highest daily maximum 15, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 23, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 122, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 May 1952 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	15
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	23
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	122
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 May 1952 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 7, daily 288.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

232 broken records

Margins by which the 232 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 100.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 1952

Top 20 records on 30 May 1952 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 1952	Swansea (Kelvedon), AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1952	Karjat, IN	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1952	Hallett (Old Canowie), AU	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	59 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1952	Tulita A, CA	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1952	Barkestad, NO	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	43 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1952	Princetown, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	17 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1952	Chainpur, IN	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1952	Alapaha Exp STN, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1952	Cambridge Water Trmt P, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	44 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1952	Miltalie (Hillview), AU	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	2 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1952	Tacambaro, MX	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1952	Vita (Khanapur), IN	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	51 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1952	Jacksonville Wb City, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	47 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1952	Tobolsk, RU	daily high min	19.1 C (66.4 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	50 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1952	Athens, US	daily low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	62 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1952	Sterling, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1952	Lankeys Creek (Woodridge), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1952	Burrowye, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	6 years	27 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1952	Balliguda, IN	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	47 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1952	Winchendon, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	44 years	26 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

1818 to 1952

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 1952. 1952 had 295 records.

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

Records on 05-30 in each year
Year	Records
1818	3
1844	1
1847	1
1848	1
1852	1
1853	1
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1860	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	4
1867	1
1868	4
1870	1
1871	2
1873	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1894	2
1895	5
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	9
1903	12
1904	7
1905	20
1906	8
1907	20
1908	32
1909	6
1910	22
1911	22
1912	26
1913	89
1914	25
1915	32
1916	41
1917	42
1918	31
1919	90
1920	28
1921	392
1922	72
1923	121
1924	187
1925	190
1926	201
1927	177
1928	86
1929	368
1930	530
1931	316
1932	256
1933	250
1934	731
1935	88
1936	579
1937	440
1938	309
1939	336
1940	289
1941	518
1942	500
1943	444
1944	325
1945	383
1946	310
1947	880
1948	386
1949	318
1950	376
1951	448
1952	295
1953	622
1954	271
1955	377
1956	466
1957	267
1958	480
1959	419
1960	274
1961	657
1962	454
1963	245
1964	709
1965	454
1966	326
1967	859
1968	357
1969	1,092
1970	483
1971	1,044
1972	721
1973	391
1974	631
1975	776
1976	499
1977	444
1978	888
1979	1,185
1980	650
1981	1,001
1982	981
1983	1,310
1984	2,543
1985	772
1986	1,264
1987	1,021
1988	1,371
1989	1,021
1990	983
1991	1,264
1992	1,413
1993	690
1994	834
1995	777
1996	893
1997	936
1998	1,190
1999	1,113
2000	1,391
2001	854
2002	940
2003	1,110
2004	1,219
2005	737
2006	1,179
2007	1,128
2008	829
2009	480
2010	771
2011	1,914
2012	720
2013	821
2014	551
2015	699
2016	540
2017	657
2018	1,319
2019	706
2020	920
2021	841
2022	1,034
2023	344
2024	600
2025	828
2026	525

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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	224
20 to 40	7
40 to 60	0
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1