Weather Records on 30 October 1976

760 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 October 1976. Highest significance: Regensburg, DE.

Key Facts for 30 October 1976

On 30 October 1976, 760 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
21 were record highs and 332 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 73 monthly and 687 daily.
Regensburg set a daily record precipitation of 26.3 mm (1.0 in) on 30 October 1976.
Across 153 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

760 stations

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

Weather records on 30 October 1976: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Milan	Italy	Record daily precipitation	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Metten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Schwandorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Anzobskij Pereval	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wales	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bogalusa	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vevay	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bay Saint Louis	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein"Potfontein"	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Campbellsville 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Reserve	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corsicana	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Geilo	Norway	Record snow depth	50.0 cm (19.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterland	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pafuri	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Martin Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cameron Lake	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Louisville	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Standard	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Levelland	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kasilof 3 NW	United States	Record snow depth	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pul'-I-Hatum	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Maysville Wwtp	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pskem	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dzizak	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Arkadelphia 2 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Idabel	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lawton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Albany	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Sao Lourenco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland	Canada	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-29.1 C (-20.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Schootefountain	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
The Mills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Des Arc	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wales	United States	Record snow depth	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

760 records

Records set or tied on 30 October 1976 by type: Highest daily maximum 5, Lowest daily maximum 183, Highest daily minimum 16, Lowest daily minimum 149, Heaviest daily rainfall 380, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 14.

Records on 30 October 1976 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	5
Lowest daily maximum	183
Highest daily minimum	16
Lowest daily minimum	149
Heaviest daily rainfall	380
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	14

Records on 30 October 1976 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 73, daily 687.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

657 broken records

Margins by which the 657 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 130.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 October 1976

Top 20 records on 30 October 1976 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 October 1976	Regensburg, DE	daily rain	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1976	Milan, IT	daily rain	85.4 mm (3.4 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	73 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1976	Metten, DE	daily rain	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1976	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	69 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Pemfling-Pitzling, DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Monticello Muni AP, US	monthly low max	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	93 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Juana Diaz Camp, PR	daily rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Schwandorf, DE	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Anzobskij Pereval, TJ	monthly rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	25 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Donaldsonville 4 SW, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	79 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Ljubljana Bezigrad, SI	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	70 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	79 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Wales, US	daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	7.2 cm (2.8 in)	27 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	65 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Bogalusa, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Oolitic Purdue Ex Fm, US	daily low min	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	82 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Vevay, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Madison, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	71 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Amite, US	daily rain	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1976	Crosbyton, US	daily low max	3.3 C (37.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	80 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

1799 to 1976

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1976. 1976 had 760 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1815	1
1837	1
1839	1
1841	1
1849	1
1856	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	5
1870	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	1
1881	4
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	3
1901	9
1902	6
1903	3
1904	1
1905	12
1906	25
1907	12
1908	14
1909	15
1910	22
1911	19
1912	28
1913	38
1914	22
1915	39
1916	23
1917	85
1918	189
1919	80
1920	73
1921	31
1922	108
1923	202
1924	246
1925	755
1926	131
1927	259
1928	195
1929	277
1930	228
1931	144
1932	181
1933	454
1934	198
1935	739
1936	253
1937	496
1938	245
1939	240
1940	251
1941	393
1942	877
1943	255
1944	497
1945	446
1946	826
1947	252
1948	326
1949	528
1950	1,186
1951	373
1952	635
1953	522
1954	276
1955	494
1956	716
1957	531
1958	366
1959	859
1960	258
1961	781
1962	382
1963	353
1964	488
1965	439
1966	490
1967	665
1968	555
1969	656
1970	636
1971	1,663
1972	902
1973	534
1974	1,039
1975	427
1976	760
1977	882
1978	359
1979	809
1980	885
1981	547
1982	534
1983	549
1984	1,270
1985	848
1986	422
1987	883
1988	972
1989	904
1990	685
1991	2,772
1992	1,228
1993	2,095
1994	777
1995	831
1996	1,299
1997	1,033
1998	771
1999	897
2000	1,659
2001	1,233
2002	1,564
2003	973
2004	1,188
2005	1,144
2006	886
2007	773
2008	1,310
2009	1,513
2010	619
2011	1,022
2012	1,413
2013	622
2014	297
2015	395
2016	981
2017	783
2018	507
2019	1,931
2020	683
2021	486
2022	762
2023	969
2024	1,393
2025	322

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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	608
20 to 40	32
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	4
120 to 140	1