Weather Records on 30 May 1972

721 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 1972. Highest significance: Carrarang, AU.

Key Facts for 30 May 1972

On 30 May 1972, 721 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
269 were record highs and 162 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 700 daily.
Carrarang set a daily record precipitation of 113.0 mm (4.4 in) on 30 May 1972.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

721 stations

721 station records on 30 May 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 May 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carrarang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Goychay	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Minas Nuevas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kenogami	Canada	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tlachichuca	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesville River	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester Airport 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhni Sirohozy	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Killaloe	Canada	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Maniwaki 2	Canada	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kamloops	Canada	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ontonagon	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hickory Flat	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Locke	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Mercier	Canada	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Guanacevi (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Valle de Guadalupe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whitefish Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Redrock 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grandfalls 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Muskoka A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Munising	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Locke	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cincinnati Abbe Wsmo	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Walden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hatteras	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Denham	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Morrisburg	Canada	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Camacho (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Redlands	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Salamonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Beulah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rapide Blanc	Canada	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rodeo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chita	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Oxnard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
U C L A	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sandia Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Los Angeles Downtown/Usc	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bell Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brockport	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Parral	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ontonagon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zumbrota	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beowawe	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

721 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 145, Lowest daily maximum 116, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 46, Heaviest daily rainfall 288, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 30 May 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	145
Lowest daily maximum	116
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	46
Heaviest daily rainfall	288
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 30 May 1972 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 19, daily 700.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

609 broken records

Margins by which the 609 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 355.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 1972

Top 20 records on 30 May 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 1972	Carrarang, AU	daily rain	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1972	Goychay, AZ	all-time rain	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Minas Nuevas, MX	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Kenogami, CA	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	10 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Tlachichuca, MX	all-time rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	27 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Noblesville River, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Winchester Airport 3 E, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	10 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Nizhni Sirohozy, UA	daily rain	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Killaloe, CA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	29 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Maniwaki 2, CA	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Kamloops, CA	monthly high min	18.9 C (66.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Ontonagon, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Hickory Flat, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	2 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Mt Locke, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	7 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Barrage Mercier, CA	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Guanacevi (Smn), MX	daily low max	16.7 C (62.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Valle de Guadalupe, MX	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Whitefish Pt, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.2 mm (0.4 in)	64 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Redrock 1 NNE, US	monthly rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	44 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1972	Grandfalls 3SSE, US	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.2 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	36 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 1972. 1972 had 721 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	607
50 to 100	0
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	0
350 to 400	1