Weather Records on 30 May 1989

1,021 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 1989. Highest significance: West Bend, US.

Key Facts for 30 May 1989

On 30 May 1989, 1,021 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
424 were record highs and 236 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 68 monthly and 951 daily.
West Bend set a daily record precipitation of 67.8 mm (2.7 in) on 30 May 1989.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

1,021 stations

1,021 station records on 30 May 1989 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 May 1989: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
West Bend	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Coldwater St School	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Dalton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Muskegon Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Bloomer	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hancock Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ripon 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Eaton Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ludington 4 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw #3	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Big Rapids Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Tarbes - Ossun	France	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lekkervlei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hagenbuchach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mondovi	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
De Aar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mather 3 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sheboygan	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fond du Lac Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Adrian 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hart 3 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.2 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	59.8 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clovis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Telpoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tangambalanga NE Dairy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Trentham (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro Piedra Gorda -Ciuda	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zamora	Spain	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Logansport Cicott St	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cimarron	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse River	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lansing Capital City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marion 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Struishoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ripley	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Necedah	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caro Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,021 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 1989 by type: Highest daily maximum 130, Lowest daily maximum 148, Highest daily minimum 294, Lowest daily minimum 88, Heaviest daily rainfall 354, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 30 May 1989 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	130
Lowest daily maximum	148
Highest daily minimum	294
Lowest daily minimum	88
Heaviest daily rainfall	354
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 30 May 1989 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 68, daily 951.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

787 broken records

Margins by which the 787 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 1989

Top 20 records on 30 May 1989 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 1989	West Bend, US	daily rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	92 years	76 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1989	Coldwater St School, US	monthly rain	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	73 years	73 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1989	Plymouth Wwtp, US	monthly rain	125.5 mm (4.9 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	70 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1989	Dalton Post Office, AU	monthly rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1989	Muskegon Co AP, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1989	Bloomer, US	monthly rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1989	Hancock Exp Farm, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1989	Ripon 5 NE, US	monthly rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1989	Saginaw Mbs Intl AP, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1989	Eaton Rapids, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	16 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1989	Ludington 4 SE, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1989	Montague 4 NW, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	14 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1989	Kent City 2 SW, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1989	Saginaw #3, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	58 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1989	Big Rapids Wtp, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1989	Port Washington, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1989	Tarbes - Ossun, FR	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1989	Lekkervlei, ZA	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1989	Grand Haven Fire Dept, US	daily rain	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1989	Hagenbuchach, DE	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	16 years	48 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 1989

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 1989. 1989 had 1,021 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 1989-05-30: 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 2026-10-18. Last revised 18 October 2026 (2026-10-18).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 30 May 1989
Margin	Records
0 to 10	696
10 to 20	45
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3