Weather Records on 30 August 1976

679 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 1976. Highest significance: Falun, SE.

Key Facts for 30 August 1976

On 30 August 1976, 679 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
186 were record highs and 316 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 60 monthly and 617 daily.
Falun set a daily record precipitation of 29.5 mm (1.2 in) on 30 August 1976.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

679 stations

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

Weather records on 30 August 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Falun	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Fairfield 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
El Centro 2 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Comondu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ica	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Squa Pan Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shearwater A	Canada	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.4 C (79.5 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Uniontown 1 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Petropolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sitkino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Aldersyde Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Fayette	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ann Arbor U of Mich	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hastings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Disraeli	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Truxton Canyon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Burnet	United States	Record low minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wolfe City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Puerto Madero	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norrsundet	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mattoon	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wind River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Portage des Roches	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Golomjannyj	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-12.0 C (10.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tejon Rancho	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clark	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gatesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Bancroft	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
St Ephrem	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high minimum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Eppingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Palisade	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beauceville	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Chicoutimi	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oksoey Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kokomo 3 WSW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Altus Irig Rsch STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Beaver	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kaisheim-Neuhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Balancan de Dominguez (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sacaton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ocala	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bonham 3NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Storfors_D	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

679 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 129, Highest daily minimum 61, Lowest daily minimum 187, Heaviest daily rainfall 177.

Records on 30 August 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	129
Highest daily minimum	61
Lowest daily minimum	187
Heaviest daily rainfall	177
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 1976 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 60, daily 617.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

508 broken records

Margins by which the 508 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 1976

Top 20 records on 30 August 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 1976	Falun, SE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.3 mm (0.5 in)	110 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Ft Fairfield 5 NE, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	27 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	El Centro 2 SSW, US	all-time high min	36.7 C (98.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	41 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Comondu, MX	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Ica, RU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Squa Pan Dam, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Shearwater A, CA	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	1 year	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Vastervik, SE	daily high max	26.4 C (79.5 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	88 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Uniontown 1 NE, US	monthly low min	3.9 C (39.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	82 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Feodosiia, UA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Petropolis, BR	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Kalamazoo State Hospital, US	monthly low min	2.2 C (36.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Sitkino, RU	daily rain	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Montague 4 NW, US	daily low min	2.8 C (37.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	72 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Cadiz, US	monthly low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	60 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Aldersyde Post Office, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	9.5 mm (0.37 in)	43 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Newton, US	daily low min	5.0 C (41.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Fayette, US	daily low min	7.2 C (45.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1976	Ann Arbor U of Mich, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	78 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
30 August 1976	Hastings, US	daily low min	3.3 C (37.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	82 years	34 of 100 (Routine)

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 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1976. 1976 had 679 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	461
10 to 20	31
20 to 30	5
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	1
60 to 70	2