Weather Records on 30 August 1969

522 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 1969. Highest significance: Chikodi, IN.

Key Facts for 30 August 1969

On 30 August 1969, 522 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
164 were record highs and 112 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 16 monthly and 505 daily.
Chikodi set a daily record precipitation of 68.6 mm (2.7 in) on 30 August 1969.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 423 records.

Record Map

522 stations

522 station records on 30 August 1969 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 1969: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Chikodi	India	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Karad	India	Record daily precipitation	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Muvattupuzha	India	Record daily precipitation	201.3 mm (7.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
El Vado Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Cortlinye Rocks STN)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Chidavaram	India	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saunur(Savnur)	India	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Teziutlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Corrales	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cloudcroft	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nonning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Parelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atzalan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Sumner	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tamenlong	India	Record daily precipitation	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder City	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mahnomen	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Port Germein	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Orlovskiy Poselok	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria Asuncion Tlaxiaco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kimba (Yeltana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grand View 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Creighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gavilan	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gregory	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Narsipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz Juventino Rosas (S	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Evelyn Sharp Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Whyalla (Nonowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Koregaon	India	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Castellon de la Plana	Spain	Record low maximum temperature	21.8 C (71.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nenzel 20 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Castle Rock	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Marks 5 SSE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Valmora	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mora	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ewing	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Guide Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Academy 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
La Huacana	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Thomasville 7 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kellogg	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Mescalero	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hiriyur	India	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ambur	India	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Rhinelander	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ilkal	India	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

522 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 1969 by type: Highest daily maximum 89, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 75, Lowest daily minimum 78, Heaviest daily rainfall 246.

Records on 30 August 1969 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	89
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	75
Lowest daily minimum	78
Heaviest daily rainfall	246
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 1969 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 16, daily 505.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

416 broken records

Margins by which the 416 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 1969

Top 20 records on 30 August 1969 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 1969	Chikodi, IN	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1969	Karad, IN	daily rain	102.4 mm (4.0 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Muvattupuzha, IN	daily rain	201.3 mm (7.9 in)	92.1 mm (3.6 in)	36 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	El Vado Dam, US	all-time rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Kimba (Cortlinye Rocks STN), AU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Chidavaram, IN	daily rain	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	69.7 mm (2.7 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Saunur(Savnur), IN	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Grand Is Cntrl NE Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Teziutlan, MX	daily rain	122.9 mm (4.8 in)	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Port Augusta (Carriewerloo STN, AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Corrales, MX	daily rain	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Cloudcroft, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Nonning, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Parelhas (Dnocs), BR	monthly rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Atzalan, MX	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	30 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Ft Sumner, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	55 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Tamenlong, IN	daily rain	180.0 mm (7.1 in)	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Boulder City, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	6 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Buenavista, MX	daily rain	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1969	Mahnomen, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	11 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 1969

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1969. 1969 had 522 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 20	387
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	5
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	2