Weather Records on 30 April 1993

765 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1993. Highest significance: Cape Leeuwin, AU.

Key Facts for 30 April 1993

On 30 April 1993, 765 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
438 were record highs and 137 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 83 monthly and 681 daily.
Cape Leeuwin set a monthly record daily precipitation of 88.4 mm (3.5 in) on 30 April 1993.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

765 stations

765 station records on 30 April 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cape Leeuwin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Nornalup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Denmark	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Grassmere	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Illalangi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bhubaneswar	India	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
King River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Perryton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wanyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Anyang	China	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Banner Elk	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wereroa	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gillette 3SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Zhengzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	79.9 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
La Boquilla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walpole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Juana Diaz Camp	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hill City	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buntine East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eelde	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Maastricht	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sundance	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Upton 13 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wasta	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Morawa	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Tuxpan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lovanger	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Augustine 2E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Den Helder-1	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bay Minette	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Evening Shade 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dandanning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Yuncheng	China	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cidra 1 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pickstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Perenjori	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Dusseldorf	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.9 C (80.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Totutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cedar Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Burnerbinmah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Gabriel	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sauda	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Fredrika	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tolt S Fk Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Heze/Caozhou	China	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Alcholoya	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Soesterberg	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

765 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 223, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 215, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 180, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 30 April 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	223
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	215
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	180
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 30 April 1993 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 83, daily 681.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

637 broken records

Margins by which the 637 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 270.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 1993

Top 20 records on 30 April 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1993	Cape Leeuwin, AU	monthly rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	69 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1993	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1993	Nornalup, AU	daily rain	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1993	Denmark, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	71 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1993	Valentine 10 WSW, US	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	6 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1993	Grassmere, AU	daily rain	44.1 mm (1.7 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1993	Illalangi, AU	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	48 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1993	Bhubaneswar, IN	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	7 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1993	King River, AU	daily rain	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1993	Perryton, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	59 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1993	Youngs Siding, AU	monthly rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	1.9 mm (0.07 in)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1993	Balmoral, AU	daily rain	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	80 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1993	Wanyuan, CN	daily rain	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1993	Anyang, CN	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1993	Banner Elk, US	daily low min	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1993	Rochford 2 WNW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	76 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1993	Wereroa, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	24 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1993	Ellsworth, US	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	6.0 mm (0.24 in)	82 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1993	Gillette 3SE, US	monthly rain	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	24 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1993	Le Bourget, FR	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	47 years	36 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1993. 1993 had 765 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

Download the Data

Data for records on 1993-04-30: 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 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	630
50 to 100	3
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1