Weather Records on 30 April 1989

674 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1989. Highest significance: Wilson 4 S, US.

Key Facts for 30 April 1989

On 30 April 1989, 674 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
195 were record highs and 186 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 640 daily.
Wilson 4 S set a monthly record daily precipitation of 69.1 mm (2.7 in) on 30 April 1989.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

674 stations

674 station records on 30 April 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wilson 4 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Belleplain STN Forest	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Opihihale #2 24.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Quorn (Depot Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
De Hoek (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bruce	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kaunakakai 536	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln (White Flat)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brindisi	Italy	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Upper Marlboro 3 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Neill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Belton (Shadow Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Arltunga	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Poprad/Tatry	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kosice	Slovakia	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cradock (Yednalue)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield (the Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Temascal	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lincoln	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ludlow	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tumby Bay (Warratta Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Illawarra	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Groenvlei (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Milford 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blunt	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Ida 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pope AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Khudjand	Tajikistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Smoky Bay (Puntabie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Parys (Mun)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Napperby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Pevensey)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Plant City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cluj Napoca	Romania	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record low maximum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burno-Oktyabrsk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Juchitan de Zaragoza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kargopol	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pretoria-New Cemetry	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Centralia	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kazalinsk	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-3.6 C (25.5 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bergland Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guaicara	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Karsakpaj	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-10.3 C (13.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

674 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 96, Highest daily minimum 107, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 267, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 30 April 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	96
Highest daily minimum	107
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	267
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 30 April 1989 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 34, daily 640.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

546 broken records

Margins by which the 546 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 320.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 1989

Top 20 records on 30 April 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1989	Wilson 4 S, US	monthly rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1989	Belleplain STN Forest, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Stephan 2 NW, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	84 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Opihihale #2 24.1, US	monthly rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Quorn (Depot Flat), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	23.5 mm (0.9 in)	67 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	De Hoek (Bos), ZA	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Bruce, AU	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Kaunakakai 536, US	monthly rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Port Lincoln (White Flat), AU	monthly rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	18 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Brindisi, IT	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Upper Marlboro 3 NNW, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Port Neill, AU	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Belton (Shadow Vale), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Arltunga, AU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	63 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Poprad/Tatry, SK	monthly rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Kosice, SK	monthly rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Cradock (Yednalue), AU	daily rain	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	70 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Hatfield (the Vale), AU	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	E Wareham, US	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1989	Toms River, US	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	93 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

1795 to 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1989. 1989 had 674 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 50	531
50 to 100	11
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1