Weather Records on 30 October 1985

848 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 October 1985. Highest significance: Gingindlovu, ZA.

Key Facts for 30 October 1985

On 30 October 1985, 848 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
109 were record highs and 250 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 92 monthly and 755 daily.
Gingindlovu set an all-time record daily precipitation of 269.0 mm (10.6 in) on 30 October 1985.
Across 153 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 488 records.

Record Map

848 stations

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

Weather records on 30 October 1985: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Fort Donald (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Grootvlei (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Insizwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Kulu Halt	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Bizana (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Bushy Vales, Margate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Rosherville (Pow)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Frasers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Uitsig	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Ntsubane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	337.5 mm (13.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Amanzamnyama (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Makakatana	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	195.5 mm (7.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bencuti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tonti (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Molteno (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Amatikulu(Mill)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Experiment Station	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Umlaas Waterworks	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	114.5 mm (4.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Mtunzini	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	158.2 mm (6.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cromleigh,Ixopo	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Durban-Botanical Gardens	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hluhluwe Game Reserve	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	139.5 mm (5.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Uloa	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sandbaken	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick-McKinnon AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sawoti	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nkobongo (Agr)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wolmada	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Papane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kalabasput	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Smithfield (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mapumulo (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kwa-Mbonambi (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Robertsdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.8 mm (3.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Insikeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Cengcane (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Intake	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkestone, Howick	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Calhoun 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Qacha's Nek	Lesotho	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Xai Xai	Mozambique	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Joinville (Rvpsc)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ellesmere	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cramond, Albert Fall	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mahlabatini (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	115.0 mm (4.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Greylingstad (Sar)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Roodepoort (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Germiston-Fj Payne Park	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ray Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tabankulu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Etwa (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Heidelberg I	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Driefontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

848 records

Records set or tied on 30 October 1985 by type: Highest daily maximum 42, Lowest daily maximum 167, Highest daily minimum 67, Lowest daily minimum 83, Heaviest daily rainfall 488, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 October 1985 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	42
Lowest daily maximum	167
Highest daily minimum	67
Lowest daily minimum	83
Heaviest daily rainfall	488
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 October 1985 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 92, daily 755.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

752 broken records

Margins by which the 752 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 October 1985

Top 20 records on 30 October 1985 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 October 1985	Gingindlovu, ZA	all-time rain	269.0 mm (10.6 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	50 years	76 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Fort Donald (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	75 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Maclear (Mag), ZA	daily rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Grootvlei (Pol), ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Insizwa (Bos), ZA	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	42.3 mm (1.7 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Kulu Halt, ZA	monthly rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	31 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Bizana (Bos), ZA	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	63 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Bushy Vales, Margate, ZA	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	89.5 mm (3.5 in)	62 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Rosherville (Pow), ZA	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	59 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Frasers, ZA	monthly rain	158.5 mm (6.2 in)	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Uitsig, ZA	monthly rain	106.5 mm (4.2 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Ntsubane (Bos), ZA	monthly rain	337.5 mm (13.3 in)	178.5 mm (7.0 in)	15 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Amanzamnyama (Bos), ZA	daily rain	68.9 mm (2.7 in)	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	63 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Makakatana, ZA	monthly rain	195.5 mm (7.7 in)	85.5 mm (3.4 in)	21 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Bencuti (Bos), ZA	daily rain	68.5 mm (2.7 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Tonti (Bos), ZA	daily rain	107.5 mm (4.2 in)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1985	Molteno (Mun), ZA	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1985	Eureka, ZA	monthly rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	15 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1985	Amatikulu(Mill), ZA	monthly rain	228.0 mm (9.0 in)	143.7 mm (5.7 in)	16 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1985	Experiment Station, ZA	monthly rain	127.5 mm (5.0 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	58 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 1985

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1985. 1985 had 848 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 25	649
25 to 50	75
50 to 75	15
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	3
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1