Weather Records on 30 August 1956

479 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 1956. Highest significance: Grayling, US.

Key Facts for 30 August 1956

On 30 August 1956, 479 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
135 were record highs and 155 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 455 daily.
Grayling set a daily record precipitation of 59.7 mm (2.4 in) on 30 August 1956.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

479 stations

479 station records on 30 August 1956 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 1956: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Grayling	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Carbla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Edaggee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Parramatta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Denham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Logan	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Leod 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Erie Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wb City	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Storlien	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walsh River Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aracaju	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tulabada	India	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ponneri	India	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sprague	Canada	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ufa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lewiston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Chettikulam	India	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cowles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Danevang 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Askaniia Nova	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waterloo 6SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Bayard 4W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Luling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Russellville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bowie	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	18.7 C (65.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Camden 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Haxby 18 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Willowghby East Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sriperumbudur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nannilam	India	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tranqubar	India	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zmeinogorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Uman	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pollock	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Lampasas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kunda	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sorve	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nandurbar	India	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Galena	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Jogeva	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pakri	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Kalahasti	India	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Palkot	India	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tiruttani	India	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Uralsk	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Martinsville 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

479 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 1956 by type: Highest daily maximum 40, Lowest daily maximum 64, Highest daily minimum 95, Lowest daily minimum 91, Heaviest daily rainfall 189.

Records on 30 August 1956 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	40
Lowest daily maximum	64
Highest daily minimum	95
Lowest daily minimum	91
Heaviest daily rainfall	189
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 1956 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 455.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

364 broken records

Margins by which the 364 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 50.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 1956

Top 20 records on 30 August 1956 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 1956	Grayling, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1956	Carbla Station, AU	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	Edaggee, AU	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	Parramatta, AU	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	Denham, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	Logan, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	Greenville 6 N, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	Mc Leod 3 E, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	Greensburg, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	Crookston NW Exp STN, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	Columbus, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	Erie Intl AP, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	Madison Wb City, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	82 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	Storlien, SE	monthly low min	-6.2 C (20.8 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	46 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	West Bend, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	Lewistown AP, US	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	49 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1956	Walsh River Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1956	Aracaju, BR	daily rain	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1956	Tulabada, IN	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	21 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1956	Ponneri, IN	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	34 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

1806 to 1956

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1956. 1956 had 479 records.

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

Records on 08-30 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	4
1813	1
1814	2
1827	1
1829	1
1835	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	4
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1880	4
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	7
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	6
1901	8
1902	12
1903	19
1904	13
1905	23
1906	29
1907	8
1908	10
1909	37
1910	15
1911	41
1912	60
1913	22
1914	23
1915	47
1916	17
1917	50
1918	45
1919	17
1920	78
1921	100
1922	65
1923	61
1924	283
1925	167
1926	173
1927	109
1928	327
1929	208
1930	245
1931	192
1932	1,102
1933	274
1934	519
1935	476
1936	191
1937	418
1938	233
1939	401
1940	346
1941	422
1942	385
1943	487
1944	491
1945	455
1946	545
1947	599
1948	519
1949	240
1950	481
1951	1,091
1952	316
1953	1,124
1954	516
1955	417
1956	479
1957	321
1958	363
1959	546
1960	356
1961	573
1962	387
1963	442
1964	422
1965	1,118
1966	500
1967	536
1968	729
1969	522
1970	423
1971	443
1972	579
1973	646
1974	838
1975	664
1976	679
1977	665
1978	825
1979	517
1980	572
1981	684
1982	770
1983	696
1984	1,127
1985	629
1986	1,768
1987	638
1988	881
1989	791
1990	983
1991	938
1992	1,697
1993	1,200
1994	601
1995	940
1996	1,385
1997	960
1998	1,278
1999	864
2000	1,189
2001	750
2002	801
2003	1,226
2004	1,087
2005	1,500
2006	989
2007	1,300
2008	678
2009	1,251
2010	1,552
2011	994
2012	1,087
2013	644
2014	558
2015	1,074
2016	552
2017	924
2018	616
2019	755
2020	671
2021	429
2022	1,077
2023	651
2024	912
2025	324
2026	733

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 30 August 1956
Margin	Records
0 to 10	298
10 to 20	39
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	13
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1