Weather Records on 30 May 1980

650 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 1980. Highest significance: Coorparoo Bowls Club, AU.

Key Facts for 30 May 1980

On 30 May 1980, 650 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
173 were record highs and 125 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 632 daily.
Coorparoo Bowls Club set a daily record precipitation of 109.0 mm (4.3 in) on 30 May 1980.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 437 records.

Record Map

650 stations

650 station records on 30 May 1980 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 May 1980: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Coorparoo Bowls Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Earth	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Yarram	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Austin Waste Wtp Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Goldberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kolo 1033	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mana 1026	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Union Hidalgo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lihue WSO AP 1020.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Somerton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pontotoc 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record low minimum temperature	22.7 C (72.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Billabalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albert Lea 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kekaha 944	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record low maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ystad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ardmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Makaweli 965	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waiawa 943	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eidsvoll Verk	Norway	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Koloa 936	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Seaspray (Burong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Charles City	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Titonka	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wells	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheringa (Lake Hamilton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high maximum temperature	39.8 C (103.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
La Crescent Dam 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record high minimum temperature	21.9 C (71.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lock (Ninamanima)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Falls	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mena	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
St James Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kanalohuluhulu 1075	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Puehu Ridge 1040	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eldora	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

650 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 1980 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 100, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 348, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 May 1980 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	100
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	348
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 May 1980 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 17, daily 632.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

514 broken records

Margins by which the 514 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 82.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 1980

Top 20 records on 30 May 1980 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 1980	Coorparoo Bowls Club, AU	daily rain	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	82.1 mm (3.2 in)	39 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Blue Earth, US	monthly rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Yarram, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Austin Waste Wtp Facility, US	monthly rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Goldberg, DE	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Kolo 1033, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Milford 4 NW, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Primghar, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Port Lincoln, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Mana 1026, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Union Hidalgo, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	6.6 C (11.9 F)	25 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Mason City Muni AP, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	21 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Lihue WSO AP 1020.1, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	26 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Somerton Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	3 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Sibley, US	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Pontotoc 1N, US	daily rain	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Hambantota, LK	daily low min	22.7 C (72.9 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	106 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1980	Osage, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	46 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 1980

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 1980. 1980 had 650 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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Data for records on 1980-05-30: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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	458
20 to 40	41
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2