Weather Records on 30 March 1953

432 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 1953. Highest significance: Buena Vista 2S, US.

Key Facts for 30 March 1953

On 30 March 1953, 432 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
143 were record highs and 23 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 405 daily.
Buena Vista 2S set a daily record snowfall of 30.5 cm (12.0 in) on 30 March 1953.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

432 stations

432 station records on 30 March 1953 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greenfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Estes Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shoshone	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Iowa City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Moraine	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Reitz 36	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Frederick	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Van Meter	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wien	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grinnell 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Horton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Webster	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nazira	India	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Knoxville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Benmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cheesman	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lamar	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Daly Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Pleasant 1 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nkhota Kota	Malawi	Record daily precipitation	198.1 mm (7.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lake Konomoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Weston	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wyndham Port	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chariton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nepisiguit Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tipton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mansfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Escalante	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kassler	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Augsburg (Sankt Stephan)	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sibsagar	India	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.5 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho Springs	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Centerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Seymour 3NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

432 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 7, Highest daily minimum 109, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 240, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 March 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	7
Highest daily minimum	109
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	240
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 March 1953 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 405.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

371 broken records

Margins by which the 371 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 1953

Top 20 records on 30 March 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 1953	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	52 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1953	Lake Moraine, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Greenfield, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Brockton, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Estes Park, US	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Blue Hill Coop, US	daily rain	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Shoshone, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Iowa City, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Wichita, US	daily rain	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Hawthorne, US	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Lake Moraine, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	57 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Reitz 36, ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Salida, US	daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	16.2 cm (6.4 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Frederick, US	monthly rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Van Meter, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Wien, AT	monthly high max	24.4 C (75.9 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	63 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Freiburg, DE	monthly high max	23.6 C (74.5 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	72 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Unionville, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1953	Waren, DE	monthly high min	10.4 C (50.7 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	63 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

1796 to 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1953. 1953 had 432 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

Download the Data

Data for records on 1953-03-30: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 100	365
100 to 200	4
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1