Weather Records on 30 May 1954

271 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 1954. Highest significance: Berlin-Dahlem, DE.

Key Facts for 30 May 1954

On 30 May 1954, 271 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
56 were record highs and 65 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 260 daily.
Berlin-Dahlem set a daily record precipitation of 37.0 mm (1.5 in) on 30 May 1954.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

271 stations

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

Weather records on 30 May 1954: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Nelson	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Helena Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gorakhpur	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
White River Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bhadrachalam	India	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Srivilliputhur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hanamkonda	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cove 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pushmataha	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de la Union	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kamiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prudente de Morais	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Miguel	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Moore Haven Lock 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Russell	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chaplin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Harmati	India	Record daily precipitation	207.8 mm (8.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Idaho City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
West Swan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Pilger	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kooskia	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Vitoria de Santo Antao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Daniel de Queiroz (Muxiopo)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	45.1 mm (1.8 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Saskatoon U of S	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ankenes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Joseph	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Landsort	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Guildford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Miguel Dos Campos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Falun	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.6 C (79.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Condon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Mikhailovka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Bansgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Ardath	Australia	Record daily precipitation	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Musgrave	Australia	Record daily precipitation	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
New Westminster	Canada	Record daily precipitation	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Tadoussac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Heppner	United States	Record daily precipitation	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

271 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 1954 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 45, Lowest daily minimum 19, Heaviest daily rainfall 144, Heaviest daily snowfall 6.

Records on 30 May 1954 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	45
Lowest daily minimum	19
Heaviest daily rainfall	144
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 May 1954 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 11, daily 260.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

222 broken records

Margins by which the 222 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 191.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 1954

Top 20 records on 30 May 1954 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 1954	Berlin-Dahlem, DE	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1954	Nelson, CA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1954	Pilger, CA	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	40 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1954	Helena Wb City, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1954	Kamennaja-Step, RU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1954	Gorakhpur, IN	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1954	Muenster, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1954	White River Junction, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1954	Stockholm, SE	monthly high min	16.4 C (61.5 F)	1.4 C (2.5 F)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1954	Cottonwood, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	15 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1954	Bhadrachalam, IN	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	12 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1954	Srivilliputhur, IN	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1954	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	14.0 C (57.2 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	68 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1954	Pilger, CA	monthly rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	9 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1954	Hanamkonda, IN	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1954	Berlin-Dahlem (Lfag), DE	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.8 mm (0.5 in)	23 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1954	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	5 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1954	Cove 1 E, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1954	Pushmataha, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 1954	Pierce Rs, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	20 years	32 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 1954

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 1954. 1954 had 271 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	212
25 to 50	8
50 to 75	0
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1