Weather Records on 30 May 1962

454 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 1962. Highest significance: Pontotoc, US.

Key Facts for 30 May 1962

On 30 May 1962, 454 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
116 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 444 daily.
Pontotoc set a daily record precipitation of 97.0 mm (3.8 in) on 30 May 1962.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 439 records.

Record Map

454 stations

454 station records on 30 May 1962 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 May 1962: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pontotoc	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Yallalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chandur Bazar	India	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cavalier 7NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grenada	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aligarh	India	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Rue	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Harrai	India	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Stornoway Airport	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Booneville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Corinth 5 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Drake	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gadsden	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Baddeck	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grenfell	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ashville 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gembrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bowbells	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Houston Wb City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Collingwood	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mont Laurier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Thief River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Powers Lake 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
London State Fish Hatchery	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Madalya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tower Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
E Tawas	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Roseau	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hernando	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Toledo Blade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Minnedosa	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Portage des Roches	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gaylord	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Johns	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tioga 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Goulds Country Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moosomin	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Souris	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorhead	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Water Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Moorina (Frome Dam)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Birtle	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Huatusco de Chicuellar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record low maximum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

454 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 1962 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 49, Highest daily minimum 88, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 230, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 30 May 1962 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	49
Highest daily minimum	88
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	230
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 30 May 1962 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 444.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

372 broken records

Margins by which the 372 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 500.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 1962

Top 20 records on 30 May 1962 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 1962	Pontotoc, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1962	Yallalong, AU	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Batesville, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Chandur Bazar, IN	monthly rain	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	22 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Kenton, US	monthly rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	69 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Greenville, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Cavalier 7NW, US	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	29 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Angola, US	daily rain	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	57 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Grenada, US	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Aligarh, IN	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	La Rue, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Chickamauga 2 SW, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Maroondah Weir (Melbourne Wate, AU	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	65 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Harrai, IN	monthly rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	59 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Rosedale, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	12 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Stornoway Airport, GB	daily low min	0.1 C (32.2 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	75 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Booneville, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Corinth 5 WSW, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Drake, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1962	Gadsden, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	57 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 1962

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 1962. 1962 had 454 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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Data for records on 1962-05-30: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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 May 1962
Margin	Records
0 to 100	371
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1