Weather Records on 30 April 1985

650 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1985. Highest significance: Central City, US.

Key Facts for 30 April 1985

On 30 April 1985, 650 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
197 were record highs and 167 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 638 daily.
Central City set a daily record precipitation of 42.7 mm (1.7 in) on 30 April 1985.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 446 records.

Record Map

650 stations

650 station records on 30 April 1985 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Stockton 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chatswood Council Depot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norton 9SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Oberstdorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Osmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baranovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Slutsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Esbon 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Webster Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Totolapa (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	3.1 C (37.6 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Durant	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Low Head (Comparison)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	2.6 C (36.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lida	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Kohlgrub (A)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.1 C (41.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellaire 8 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
White Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow 1 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
New England Nat.Park (New Engl	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pedras de Abelhas (Dnocs)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Duken	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lugansk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tanana AP	United States	Record snow depth	71.1 cm (28.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pratt 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Zhitckovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Herrnhut	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Khlong Yai	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Island Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Elkader	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Russell Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Ecore	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Seminole	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.6 mm (4.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Decatur	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Steigen	Norway	Record snow depth	23.0 cm (9.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flahult	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	0.5 C (32.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Norrveda	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tedzhen	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dungog Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Helensburgh (Sawan St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.3 mm (2.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Garcia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ionia	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

650 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 116, Lowest daily maximum 120, Highest daily minimum 81, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 257, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 28.

Records on 30 April 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	116
Lowest daily maximum	120
Highest daily minimum	81
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	257
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	28

Records on 30 April 1985 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 638.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

551 broken records

Margins by which the 551 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 200.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 1985

Top 20 records on 30 April 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1985	Central City, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Stockton 1 E, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Chatswood Council Depot, AU	monthly rain	172.0 mm (6.8 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Norton 9SSE, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Oberstdorf, DE	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Osmond, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Baranovichi, BY	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	14 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Slutsk, BY	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	2 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Esbon 7 N, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Webster Dam, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Totolapa (Smn), MX	daily low max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	8.3 C (14.9 F)	32 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Phillipsburg 1 SSE, US	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	55 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Putbus, DE	daily low max	3.1 C (37.6 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	120 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Leoti, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Halmstad, SE	daily low max	4.5 C (40.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	98 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Jewell, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Ulricehamn, SE	daily low max	0.4 C (32.7 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Durant, US	daily rain	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	39 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Nambucca Heads Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1985	Low Head (Comparison), AU	daily high max	24.0 C (75.2 F)	4.6 C (8.3 F)	27 years	38 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

1795 to 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1985. 1985 had 650 records.

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

Records on 04-30 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1809	1
1812	1
1814	2
1833	1
1840	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	5
1888	1
1889	1
1891	5
1892	7
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	11
1900	4
1901	8
1902	13
1903	21
1904	11
1905	9
1906	16
1907	35
1908	28
1909	74
1910	17
1911	19
1912	18
1913	62
1914	8
1915	20
1916	21
1917	25
1918	28
1919	130
1920	70
1921	54
1922	138
1923	42
1924	96
1925	210
1926	331
1927	127
1928	130
1929	119
1930	232
1931	548
1932	145
1933	422
1934	443
1935	327
1936	373
1937	228
1938	282
1939	268
1940	526
1941	484
1942	1,163
1943	470
1944	286
1945	314
1946	301
1947	330
1948	912
1949	447
1950	671
1951	783
1952	435
1953	635
1954	1,224
1955	1,252
1956	908
1957	401
1958	482
1959	575
1960	507
1961	381
1962	617
1963	730
1964	339
1965	488
1966	740
1967	914
1968	928
1969	587
1970	1,189
1971	365
1972	497
1973	398
1974	822
1975	468
1976	783
1977	525
1978	631
1979	675
1980	545
1981	1,342
1982	504
1983	1,154
1984	1,519
1985	650
1986	660
1987	1,437
1988	808
1989	674
1990	977
1991	828
1992	1,808
1993	765
1994	1,499
1995	1,007
1996	1,637
1997	764
1998	857
1999	1,012
2000	1,046
2001	900
2002	1,171
2003	927
2004	703
2005	1,113
2006	778
2007	996
2008	1,260
2009	660
2010	921
2011	636
2012	819
2013	732
2014	946
2015	380
2016	969
2017	1,450
2018	708
2019	700
2020	1,476
2021	1,167
2022	499
2023	782
2024	705
2025	489
2026	365

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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 25	513
25 to 50	26
50 to 75	5
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	1