Weather Records on 30 August 1996

1,385 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 1996. Highest significance: Wee Waa (Pendennis), AU.

Key Facts for 30 August 1996

On 30 August 1996, 1,385 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
448 were record highs and 314 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 1,328 daily.
Wee Waa (Pendennis) set a daily record precipitation of 58.0 mm (2.3 in) on 30 August 1996.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 417 records.

Record Map

1,385 stations

1,385 station records on 30 August 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wee Waa (Pendennis)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Bellata (Aberfeldie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Burren Junction (Hastings Stre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Whyenbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Willow Tree (Highlands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
De Funiak Springs 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Baradine Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri (Mollee)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Trang	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Atmore	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Temple	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Del Rio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cryon (Koothney)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lodgepole	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Running Stream (Brooklyn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Goodooga (Mogila)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Rose 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Guyra Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Baradine Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wee Waa (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bollon Mary St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Quambone Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pilliga Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Terragong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Wilgabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barraba (Treborane)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Chadron 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Savannah 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport Downs Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Collins	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tinderry Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Derra Derra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Armidale (Radio Station 2Ad)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Lerma	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Ridge (Mooki Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Curlewis (Pine Cliff)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Blue Nobby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Andarai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Belle	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Virginia City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lampasas	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Panther Junction	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dingwall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillgrove (Hillview)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Calkini (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,385 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 278, Lowest daily maximum 203, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 111, Heaviest daily rainfall 623.

Records on 30 August 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	278
Lowest daily maximum	203
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	111
Heaviest daily rainfall	623
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 1996 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 56, daily 1,328.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,164 broken records

Margins by which the 1,164 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 1996

Top 20 records on 30 August 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 1996	Wee Waa (Pendennis), AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	90 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1996	Bellata (Aberfeldie), AU	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	90 years	73 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1996	Mungindi (Burrenbah), AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	94 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1996	Burren Junction (Hastings Stre, AU	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1996	Whyenbah, AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1996	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1996	Willow Tree (Highlands), AU	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1996	De Funiak Springs 1 E, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	92 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1996	Baradine Forestry, AU	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1996	Narrabri (Mollee), AU	daily rain	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	62 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1996	Trang, TH	daily rain	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	99.4 mm (3.9 in)	45 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1996	Atmore, US	daily rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	78.3 mm (3.1 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1996	Temple, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1996	Del Rio Intl AP, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1996	Cryon (Koothney), AU	daily rain	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1996	Barraba Post Office, AU	daily rain	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1996	Lodgepole, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	89 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1996	Running Stream (Brooklyn), AU	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1996	Goodooga (Mogila), AU	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1996	Glen Rose 2 W, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	30 years	52 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

1806 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1996. 1996 had 1,385 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 08-30 in each year
Year	Records
1806	1
1807	4
1813	1
1814	2
1827	1
1829	1
1835	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	4
1850	1
1851	2
1855	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	2
1867	1
1869	1
1870	2
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1877	2
1878	1
1880	4
1881	2
1882	1
1884	1
1885	5
1886	7
1887	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	5
1891	1
1892	3
1893	3
1894	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	3
1898	3
1899	2
1900	6
1901	8
1902	12
1903	19
1904	13
1905	23
1906	29
1907	8
1908	10
1909	37
1910	15
1911	41
1912	60
1913	22
1914	23
1915	47
1916	17
1917	50
1918	45
1919	17
1920	78
1921	100
1922	65
1923	61
1924	283
1925	167
1926	173
1927	109
1928	327
1929	208
1930	245
1931	192
1932	1,102
1933	274
1934	519
1935	476
1936	191
1937	418
1938	233
1939	401
1940	346
1941	422
1942	385
1943	487
1944	491
1945	455
1946	545
1947	599
1948	519
1949	240
1950	481
1951	1,091
1952	316
1953	1,124
1954	516
1955	417
1956	479
1957	321
1958	363
1959	546
1960	356
1961	573
1962	387
1963	442
1964	422
1965	1,118
1966	500
1967	536
1968	729
1969	522
1970	423
1971	443
1972	579
1973	646
1974	838
1975	664
1976	679
1977	665
1978	825
1979	517
1980	572
1981	684
1982	770
1983	696
1984	1,127
1985	629
1986	1,768
1987	638
1988	881
1989	791
1990	983
1991	938
1992	1,697
1993	1,200
1994	601
1995	940
1996	1,385
1997	960
1998	1,278
1999	864
2000	1,189
2001	750
2002	801
2003	1,226
2004	1,087
2005	1,500
2006	989
2007	1,300
2008	678
2009	1,251
2010	1,552
2011	994
2012	1,087
2013	644
2014	558
2015	1,074
2016	552
2017	924
2018	616
2019	755
2020	671
2021	429
2022	1,077
2023	651
2024	912
2025	324
2026	733

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Data for records on 1996-08-30: 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 20	1,069
20 to 40	86
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	1