Weather Records on 30 May 1976

499 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 1976. Highest significance: Carlisle, US.

Key Facts for 30 May 1976

On 30 May 1976, 499 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
77 were record highs and 149 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 487 daily.
Carlisle set a daily record precipitation of 55.9 mm (2.2 in) on 30 May 1976.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

499 stations

499 station records on 30 May 1976 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 May 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Carlisle	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Moncure 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Wapello	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rust-En-Vrede	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Klaarstroom (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Tshakhuma	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mirassol	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Noblesfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Grantham	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gettysburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piratininga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
De Rust (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomington Normal	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen Phillips Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Uberlingen/Bodensee	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beltsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Big Creek	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Matiwa (B0S)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tulsa Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.3 C (66.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prinshof	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
E Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Catawba Hospital	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Uniondale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saanichton Cda	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rochelle 6 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broederstroom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sparta 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Scottville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carcross	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
New Boston Dam 17	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Westminster 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Forest Grove	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Anderson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eufaula 6 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Oakville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Entabeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	100.4 mm (4.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Loxahatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Herington	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Barra Mansa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Valencia Estates	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hogsett Rc Byrd Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Eagle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Enderby	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

499 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 28, Lowest daily maximum 92, Highest daily minimum 49, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 270, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 May 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	28
Lowest daily maximum	92
Highest daily minimum	49
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 May 1976 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

424 broken records

Margins by which the 424 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 1976

Top 20 records on 30 May 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 1976	Carlisle, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	118 years	70 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1976	Moncure 3 SE, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	76 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1976	Leavenworth, US	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	47 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1976	Wapello, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	73 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Rust-En-Vrede, ZA	monthly rain	98.4 mm (3.9 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Klaarstroom (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	51 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Tshakhuma, ZA	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Mirassol, BR	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	52.2 mm (2.1 in)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Carnarvon (Pol), ZA	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Noblesfontein, ZA	daily rain	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Grantham, ZA	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Gettysburg, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Piratininga, BR	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	De Rust (Pol), ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	11 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Bloomington Normal, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Aberdeen Phillips Fld, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Uberlingen/Bodensee, DE	daily rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Beltsville, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Big Creek, CA	daily low min	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	68 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1976	Matiwa (B0S), ZA	monthly rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	2 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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 1976. 1976 had 499 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 10	340
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1