Weather Records on 30 April 1960

507 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1960. Highest significance: White River, CA.

Key Facts for 30 April 1960

On 30 April 1960, 507 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
46 were record highs and 161 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 495 daily.
White River set a daily record snowfall of 29.0 cm (11.4 in) on 30 April 1960.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

507 stations

507 station records on 30 April 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
White River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Mossgiel (Moolbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Smithville	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Limbunya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hempstead	United States	Record daily precipitation	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Jahanabad	India	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Undilla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mossgiel (Boondara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Calton Hills Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle Waters	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pasamonte	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hornepayne	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Conroe	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Waupaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kapuskasing Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-12.5 C (9.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nyah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Keosauqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morstone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weilmoringle (Caringle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Penong (Penalumba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Granada Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Chien	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laghouat	Algeria	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Burrundie Railway Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bedford	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Delaware 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Maquoketa	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
New Iberia AP - Acadiana Rgnl	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Murdo	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Viroqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	-0.5 C (31.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	0.9 C (33.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rayne 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Newberry-Luce Co Rd Commission	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Frome Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Natashquan A	Canada	Record high maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

507 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 26, Lowest daily maximum 35, Highest daily minimum 20, Lowest daily minimum 126, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 26, Deepest snow cover 8.

Records on 30 April 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	26
Lowest daily maximum	35
Highest daily minimum	20
Lowest daily minimum	126
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	26
Deepest snow cover	8

Records on 30 April 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 495.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

439 broken records

Margins by which the 439 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 188.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 1960

Top 20 records on 30 April 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1960	White River, CA	daily snowfall	29.0 cm (11.4 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	57 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1960	Mossgiel (Moolbong), AU	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Smithville, US	daily rain	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Limbunya, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Hempstead, US	monthly rain	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Jahanabad, IN	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Undilla Station, AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Mossgiel (Boondara), AU	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Calton Hills Station, AU	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Newcastle Waters, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	70 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Hornepayne, CA	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	40 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Torrevieja, ES	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	La Grange, US	monthly rain	160.3 mm (6.3 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Brenham, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	42 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Pasamonte, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Hornepayne, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Leoti, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	66 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Whitefish Pt, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Conroe, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	14 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1960	Appleton, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	51 years	38 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 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1960. 1960 had 507 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 25	395
25 to 50	30
50 to 75	9
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1