Weather Records on 30 May 1961

657 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 1961. Highest significance: Denton, US.

Key Facts for 30 May 1961

On 30 May 1961, 657 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
106 were record highs and 352 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 649 daily.
Denton set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 30 May 1961.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

657 stations

657 station records on 30 May 1961 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 May 1961: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Denton	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Chitradurga	India	Record daily precipitation	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tonteldoos	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jagalur	India	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Pocatiere Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mercara Obsy Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.4 C (47.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gokak	India	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.0 C (46.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arkalgud	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Col du Grand St-Bernard	Switzerland	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sanivarsanthe	India	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Radhapuram	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pembroke Eddy Match	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hosadurga	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Honnali	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nimach	India	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kumta	India	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nebo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kanye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Huntingdon	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Haveri	India	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Siwa	Egypt	Record high maximum temperature	47.8 C (118.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fichtelberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Freiburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Somwarpet	India	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ozark 6 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Frazerpet	India	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blyde (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Minsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palakonda	India	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka	Record low maximum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.9 C (46.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bainbridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Manistee 3SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napoklu	India	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pavagada	India	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Neemuch	India	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mhaswad	India	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Aralskoe More	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Winamac 2SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Amherst	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Nashlyn	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

657 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 1961 by type: Highest daily maximum 32, Lowest daily maximum 95, Highest daily minimum 74, Lowest daily minimum 257, Heaviest daily rainfall 195, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 30 May 1961 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	32
Lowest daily maximum	95
Highest daily minimum	74
Lowest daily minimum	257
Heaviest daily rainfall	195
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 30 May 1961 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 649.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

523 broken records

Margins by which the 523 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 300.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 1961

Top 20 records on 30 May 1961 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 1961	Denton, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Chitradurga, IN	daily rain	107.0 mm (4.2 in)	81.6 mm (3.2 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Tonteldoos, ZA	daily rain	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Jagalur, IN	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	La Pocatiere Cda, CA	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Jena Sternwarte, DE	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	100 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Brocken, DE	daily snow depth	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	30.0 cm (11.8 in)	64 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Mercara Obsy Sr, IN	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Leipzig-Holzhausen, DE	daily low max	8.4 C (47.1 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	87 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Gokak, IN	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Lichtentanne, DE	daily low max	8.0 C (46.4 F)	2.0 C (3.6 F)	87 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Arkalgud, IN	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Col du Grand St-Bernard, CH	daily low min	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	87 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Yellow Grass, CA	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Belleville, CA	daily low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	87 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Sanivarsanthe, IN	monthly rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	7.3 mm (0.29 in)	52 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Radhapuram, IN	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Cape May 2 NW, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Brockville, CA	daily low min	0.6 C (33.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	84 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1961	Pembroke Eddy Match, CA	daily low min	0.0 C (32.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	76 years	35 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 1961

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 1961. 1961 had 657 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 50	520
50 to 100	2
100 to 150	0
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1