Weather Records on 30 April 1953

635 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1953. Highest significance: Currawilla Station, AU.

Key Facts for 30 April 1953

On 30 April 1953, 635 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 81 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 613 daily.
Currawilla Station set a daily record precipitation of 46.0 mm (1.8 in) on 30 April 1953.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

635 stations

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

Weather records on 30 April 1953: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Currawilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tobermorey Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Aseral	Norway	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dinapur Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Risnes I Fjotland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bagaha	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coorabulka	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cubbaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walgett (Goangra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Marion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Glenormiston	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yallaroi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roseberth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bhogpur	India	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesville 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mykland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Birdsville Police Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sarmera	India	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	United States	Record daily precipitation	131.6 mm (5.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mellette 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Palmetto	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Plains	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bhore(Borch)	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tanbar Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Yazoo City	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ashwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sundance	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Okolona	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Ruyter 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenwald	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Noorama	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beach	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Macon 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Asheville Pearson St	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Herefoss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New England	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Brewarrina (Talawanta)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Garah (Bengerang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Begusarai	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lysebotn	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Island 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gopalganj Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Uluberia	India	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

635 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1953 by type: Highest daily maximum 23, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 54, Lowest daily minimum 18, Heaviest daily rainfall 442, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 30 April 1953 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	23
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	54
Lowest daily minimum	18
Heaviest daily rainfall	442
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 30 April 1953 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 613.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 152.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 1953

Top 20 records on 30 April 1953 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1953	Currawilla Station, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	71 years	68 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1953	Monkira, AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	70 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1953	Tobermorey Station, AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Columbus 4 ESE, US	daily rain	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Aseral, NO	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	34.9 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Dinapur Sr, IN	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Risnes I Fjotland, NO	daily rain	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Bagaha, IN	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Coorabulka, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Cubbaroo, AU	daily rain	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Walgett (Goangra), AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Marion Downs, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Glenormiston, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Monticello, US	all-time rain	140.2 mm (5.5 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	50 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Yallaroi, AU	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Roseberth Station, AU	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Bhogpur, IN	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Waynesville 1 E, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	55 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1953	Murfreesboro 5 N, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	47 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 1953

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1953. 1953 had 635 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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Data for records on 1953-04-30: 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 20	444
20 to 40	94
40 to 60	19
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1