Weather Records on 30 August 1966

500 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 1966. Highest significance: Bunghill Tank, AU.

Key Facts for 30 August 1966

On 30 August 1966, 500 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
122 were record highs and 175 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 55 monthly and 445 daily.
Bunghill Tank set a daily record precipitation of 39.6 mm (1.6 in) on 30 August 1966.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

500 stations

500 station records on 30 August 1966 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 1966: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bunghill Tank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stokes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pbo Anantapur	India	Record daily precipitation	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Yamburgan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Haskell	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Iffley)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden Wahnsdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kamyslov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Thomasville	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gubbi Sr	India	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	4.9 C (40.8 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Siruguppa	India	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cuddapah	India	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Darsi	India	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kisinev	Moldova	Record low minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	1.3 C (34.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashley (the Prairies)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ranfurly	Canada	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chipurupally	India	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Conconully	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laranjeiras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Elatma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	4.3 C (39.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Goodooga (Willawillingbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Venukonda	India	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Voronez	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	8.6 C (47.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	8.5 C (47.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Heber	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moree (Talmoi)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riva	Italy	Record low minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Helena	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nokomis	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	12.9 C (55.2 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Tuscaloosa Oliver Dam	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bundarra (Araluen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dikson	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
El-Ton	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	16.4 C (61.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Selma	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

500 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 1966 by type: Highest daily maximum 50, Lowest daily maximum 102, Highest daily minimum 72, Lowest daily minimum 73, Heaviest daily rainfall 203.

Records on 30 August 1966 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	50
Lowest daily maximum	102
Highest daily minimum	72
Lowest daily minimum	73
Heaviest daily rainfall	203
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 1966 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 55, daily 445.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

432 broken records

Margins by which the 432 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 62.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 1966

Top 20 records on 30 August 1966 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 1966	Bunghill Tank, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	76 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Stokes, AU	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Pbo Anantapur, IN	daily rain	84.2 mm (3.3 in)	62.9 mm (2.5 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Yamburgan, AU	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Arhangelsk, RU	monthly low min	-4.1 C (24.6 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	73 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Haskell, US	monthly rain	127.0 mm (5.0 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Rowena (Iffley), AU	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Feodosiia, UA	monthly low max	16.4 C (61.5 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	65 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Dresden Wahnsdorf, DE	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Kamyslov, RU	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Oktjabrskij-Gorodok, RU	monthly low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	65 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Henichesk, UA	monthly low min	6.0 C (42.8 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	73 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Feodosiia, UA	monthly low min	9.4 C (48.9 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	67 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Ai-Petri, UA	monthly low min	1.0 C (33.8 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	60 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Thomasville, US	daily rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Vasilevici, BY	monthly low min	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	65 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Gubbi Sr, IN	daily rain	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Vastervik, SE	daily low min	4.9 C (40.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	81 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Hico, US	daily rain	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1966	Siruguppa, IN	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	56 years	37 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

1806 to 1966

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1966. 1966 had 500 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).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	384
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	3
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1