Weather Records on 30 August 1982

770 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 1982. Highest significance: Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US.

Key Facts for 30 August 1982

On 30 August 1982, 770 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
182 were record highs and 334 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 47 monthly and 722 daily.
Yellowstone Park Mammoth set an all-time record daily precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 30 August 1982.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 421 records.

Record Map

770 stations

770 station records on 30 August 1982 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 1982: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bethany	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Maryville 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Plaisance (Mauritiu	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	110.3 mm (4.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lost River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ust Tzilma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Angoon Pwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Polo	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Hope	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brewton 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tarkio	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Kojnas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gardiner	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Jordan	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Long Point	Canada	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clarinda	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lewiston	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Odessa 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Dickinson Theodore Roosevelt R	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Morioka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	102.5 mm (4.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ohotsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Shenandoah	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
High Brg Lock 7	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manassas 3 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chillicothe 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lexington 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Waverly	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarksville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mio Hydro Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Warsaw 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn 5 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tecumseh 1S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hachinohe	Japan	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bulken	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Fairfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Staplehurst	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bolivar	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Webster Springs	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Parrsboro	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	1.0 C (33.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
El Carmen (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-USA	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nqamakwe (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osage	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

770 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 1982 by type: Highest daily maximum 58, Lowest daily maximum 114, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 220, Heaviest daily rainfall 254.

Records on 30 August 1982 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	58
Lowest daily maximum	114
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	220
Heaviest daily rainfall	254
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 1982 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 47, daily 722.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

600 broken records

Margins by which the 600 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 98.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 1982

Top 20 records on 30 August 1982 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 1982	Yellowstone Park Mammoth, US	all-time rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	26 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1982	Bethany, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1982	Maryville 2E, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	76 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1982	Plaisance (Mauritiu, MU	monthly rain	110.3 mm (4.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Lost River, CA	daily rain	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Conception, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	86 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Ust Tzilma, RU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Angoon Pwr, US	daily rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	98.6 mm (3.9 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Polo, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	27 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Mt Hope, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Brewton 3 SSE, US	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Tarkio, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	64 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Covington 8 WNW, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Fernandina Beach, US	monthly low min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	55 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Houma, US	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Kojnas, RU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Clifton, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	4.5 mm (0.18 in)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1982	Roxboro 7 ESE, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	72 years	40 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

1806 to 1982

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1982. 1982 had 770 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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	554
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1