Weather Records on 30 April 1954

1,224 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1954. Highest significance: Kakabeka Falls, CA.

Key Facts for 30 April 1954

On 30 April 1954, 1,224 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
103 were record highs and 574 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 1,194 daily.
Kakabeka Falls set a monthly record daily precipitation of 58.2 mm (2.3 in) on 30 April 1954.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

1,224 stations

1,224 station records on 30 April 1954 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kakabeka Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Holdenville 2SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Condobolin (Borambil Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Koup (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kareehoek"Kareefontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gannapan	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg Cape (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waverley	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Melstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Prince Albert Road	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mutual	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fish Creek (Hoddle Range)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Thiruvananthapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Browning	United States	Record snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oswego 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Claremore 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bristow	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Inverloch	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Matjesvlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elandsfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Foster (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdown	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pearston (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tylden "Tulden"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manor Holme	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Grootkuil	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kanjirapally	India	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Robinson	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lilydale Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Spooner Ag Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Two Harbors	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ladismith (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Great Brak River	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Klaarstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Murraysburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond C/K (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Julesburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stettler	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scott Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
North End	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sedgwick	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Shawnee	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandotte 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
St Patricks River (Targa Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Atikokan Cli	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Port Alfred	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Grootdam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,224 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 34, Lowest daily maximum 327, Highest daily minimum 69, Lowest daily minimum 247, Heaviest daily rainfall 464, Heaviest daily snowfall 67, Deepest snow cover 16.

Records on 30 April 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	34
Lowest daily maximum	327
Highest daily minimum	69
Lowest daily minimum	247
Heaviest daily rainfall	464
Heaviest daily snowfall	67
Deepest snow cover	16

Records on 30 April 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 1,194.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,065 broken records

Margins by which the 1,065 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 228.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 1954

Top 20 records on 30 April 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1954	Kakabeka Falls, CA	monthly rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1954	Holdenville 2SSE, US	monthly rain	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	33 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1954	Condobolin (Borambil Park), AU	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	58 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Koup (Sar), ZA	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	53 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Kareehoek"Kareefontein", ZA	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Gannapan, ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	61 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Queenstown (Copper Mine), AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Heidelberg Cape (Pol), ZA	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Waverley, ZA	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Melstone, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Prince Albert Road, ZA	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	17 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Norman 3SSE, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Mutual, US	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Fish Creek (Hoddle Range), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Deal Island, AU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Thiruvananthapuram, IN	daily rain	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Browning, US	daily snow depth	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	22.8 cm (9.0 in)	55 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Oswego 1 N, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Mora, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1954	Danbury, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1954. 1954 had 1,224 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	1,024
50 to 100	31
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	4
200 to 250	1