Weather Records on 30 April 1996

1,637 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1996. Highest significance: Rhinelander, US.

Key Facts for 30 April 1996

On 30 April 1996, 1,637 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
314 were record highs and 774 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 38 monthly and 1,598 daily.
Rhinelander set a daily record snowfall of 25.4 cm (10.0 in) on 30 April 1996.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 440 records.

Record Map

1,637 stations

1,637 station records on 30 April 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rhinelander	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Kairi Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Malanda Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Barringun	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Yungaburra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Coorada	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Forest Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Camp	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Patuxent River NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Shawano 2SSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Dynevor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Tinaroo Falls Dam	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Broadmeadows	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.4 mm (5.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton Mcd	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oshkosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Surin	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Long Lake Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Fords Bridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	82.2 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kingstree	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Barron Upper 1	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Thurulgoona	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walkamin Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Allende (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bowhill	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morpeth: Cockle Park	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tiffin	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
New London	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Philipsburg 8 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco Dwtn	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Yantabulla Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ph Wainiha 1115	United States	Record daily precipitation	199.4 mm (7.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tolga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.1 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Port Jervis	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rainbow Rsvr Tomahawk	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Honokaa Town 215	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Marquette	United States	Record daily snowfall	32.0 cm (12.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Silkwood Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Augusta	United States	Record daily precipitation	130.8 mm (5.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rosendale 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Enngonia (Belalie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oranjeville (Skl)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tarpon Spgs Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kuttabul Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Miyazaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	130.0 mm (5.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Niceville	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chippewa Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ridgway	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rosholt	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,637 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 173, Lowest daily maximum 316, Highest daily minimum 141, Lowest daily minimum 458, Heaviest daily rainfall 460, Heaviest daily snowfall 58, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 30 April 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	173
Lowest daily maximum	316
Highest daily minimum	141
Lowest daily minimum	458
Heaviest daily rainfall	460
Heaviest daily snowfall	58
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 30 April 1996 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 38, daily 1,598.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,338 broken records

Margins by which the 1,338 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 407.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 1996

Top 20 records on 30 April 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1996	Rhinelander, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	18.5 cm (7.3 in)	87 years	73 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1996	Kairi Research Station, AU	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	80 years	72 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1996	Hvar, HR	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	125 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1996	Lac Vieux Desert, US	daily snowfall	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	87 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1996	Malanda Post Office, AU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1996	Barringun, AU	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1996	Yungaburra, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	54 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1996	Coorada, AU	daily rain	106.0 mm (4.2 in)	84.4 mm (3.3 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1996	Forest Vale, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1996	Sugar Camp, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1996	Patuxent River NAS, US	monthly rain	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	13 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1996	Shawano 2SSW, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	102 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1996	Dynevor Downs, AU	daily rain	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1996	Franklin, US	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	84 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1996	Tinaroo Falls Dam, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	45.4 mm (1.8 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1996	Broadmeadows, AU	monthly rain	148.4 mm (5.8 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	6 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1996	Dayton Mcd, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1996	Oshkosh, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	102 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1996	Surin, TH	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1996	Long Lake Dam, US	daily snowfall	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	87 years	53 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 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1996. 1996 had 1,637 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 1996-04-30: 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 100	1,318
100 to 200	17
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1