Weather Records on 30 May 1959

419 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 1959. Highest significance: Ghazipur, IN.

Key Facts for 30 May 1959

On 30 May 1959, 419 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
127 were record highs and 66 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 401 daily.
Ghazipur set a daily record precipitation of 52.6 mm (2.1 in) on 30 May 1959.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

419 stations

419 station records on 30 May 1959 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 May 1959: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ghazipur	India	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Centralia	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Dehri	India	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Phulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chindwara	India	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ghairatganj	India	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hamirpur	India	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nakodar	India	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Jalalpur	India	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Nabinagar	India	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona -Fabra Observatory	Spain	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sikar	India	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schriever	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lalsot	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rawsonville (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Worcester	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Patan	India	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lawrence	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Unionville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sohagpur	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Azamgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kasganj	India	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aurangabad	India	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wallajah	India	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Deogaon Lalganj	India	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Niceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
West Yellowstone	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mala	India	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pachmarhi	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Jullundar	India	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Calera	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dhanbad Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Musafir Khana	India	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chickballapur	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Columbus Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Basoda	India	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mahul Pnulpur	India	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rock Hall	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Digby	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Neidavasal	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

419 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 1959 by type: Highest daily maximum 27, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 37, Heaviest daily rainfall 224, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 30 May 1959 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	27
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	37
Heaviest daily rainfall	224
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 May 1959 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 18, daily 401.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

338 broken records

Margins by which the 338 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 76.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 1959

Top 20 records on 30 May 1959 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 1959	Ghazipur, IN	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1959	Centralia, US	monthly rain	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	42 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1959	Dehri, IN	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Phulpur, IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Chindwara, IN	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Ghairatganj, IN	monthly rain	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Hamirpur, IN	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Nakodar, IN	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Jalalpur, IN	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Sohagpur, IN	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Nabinagar, IN	daily rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Barcelona -Fabra Observatory, ES	monthly rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	22.7 mm (0.9 in)	23 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Sikar, IN	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	42 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Schriever, US	monthly rain	195.6 mm (7.7 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Lalsot, IN	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Rawsonville (Pol), ZA	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	56 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Bedford, US	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	58 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Watertown Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Worcester, ZA	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1959	Pleasant Hill, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	39 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

1818 to 1959

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 1959. 1959 had 419 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 10	242
10 to 20	62
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	4
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1