Weather Records on 30 October 1996

1,299 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 October 1996. Highest significance: Ventura, US.

Key Facts for 30 October 1996

On 30 October 1996, 1,299 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
542 were record highs and 233 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 91 monthly and 1,208 daily.
Ventura set a daily record precipitation of 54.4 mm (2.1 in) on 30 October 1996.
Across 153 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 485 records.

Record Map

1,299 stations

1,299 station records on 30 October 1996 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 October 1996: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ventura	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Fairmont	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Talkeetna AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Pello Turtolankyla	Finland	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Moreson	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Besonderheid"Byzonderhd."	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Forman 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Winnibigoshish Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Cachuma Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Los Alamos	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Grant Grove	United States	Record snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Pello Ruuhijarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gibraltar Dam #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Grant Grove	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mellen 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wasilla 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kelliher	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Overtornea	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paso Robles	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lac Vieux Desert	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Camp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saxon 1WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ylitornio Portimojarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Telchaquillo	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Akhty	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Svanstein	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Los Prietos Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Buskala Rch	United States	Record snow depth	66.0 cm (26.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sturgeon Bay Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Los Angeles Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kenai AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lowell	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Rapids Forestry Lab	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Torrance AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Prachuap Khiri Khan	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Downey Fire Dept. Fc107C	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Newport Beach Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Piru 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Owosso Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cass Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Paula	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ionia 2SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Lake Indian Agcy	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-18.3 C (-0.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wahpeton 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,299 records

Records set or tied on 30 October 1996 by type: Highest daily maximum 298, Lowest daily maximum 158, Highest daily minimum 244, Lowest daily minimum 75, Heaviest daily rainfall 469, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 27.

Records on 30 October 1996 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	298
Lowest daily maximum	158
Highest daily minimum	244
Lowest daily minimum	75
Heaviest daily rainfall	469
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	27

Records on 30 October 1996 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 91, daily 1,208.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,039 broken records

Margins by which the 1,039 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 304.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 October 1996

Top 20 records on 30 October 1996 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 October 1996	Ventura, US	daily rain	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	51 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1996	Fairmont, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	51 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1996	Talkeetna AP, US	daily snowfall	36.8 cm (14.5 in)	27.7 cm (10.9 in)	47 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 October 1996	Pello Turtolankyla, FI	monthly rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	23 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Moreson, ZA	monthly rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Besonderheid"Byzonderhd.", ZA	daily rain	73.5 mm (2.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Steamboat Springs, US	daily snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	22.9 cm (9.0 in)	78 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Forman 5 SSE, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	99 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Winnibigoshish Dam, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Wausaukee, US	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Cachuma Lake, US	monthly rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	13 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Los Alamos, US	monthly rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	69 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Wessington 2SE, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Grant Grove, US	monthly snow depth	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Hanford 1 S, US	monthly rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Alma, US	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	77 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Valdez WSO, US	daily snowfall	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Pello Ruuhijarvi, FI	monthly rain	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	14 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Gibraltar Dam #2, US	monthly rain	179.1 mm (7.1 in)	136.9 mm (5.4 in)	2 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 October 1996	Grant Grove, US	monthly snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	22 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

1799 to 1996

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1996. 1996 had 1,299 records.

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

Records on 10-30 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1815	1
1837	1
1839	1
1841	1
1849	1
1856	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	5
1870	1
1871	1
1873	2
1877	1
1881	4
1885	3
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	3
1894	7
1896	4
1897	2
1898	2
1899	2
1900	3
1901	9
1902	6
1903	3
1904	1
1905	12
1906	25
1907	12
1908	14
1909	15
1910	22
1911	19
1912	28
1913	38
1914	22
1915	39
1916	23
1917	85
1918	189
1919	80
1920	73
1921	31
1922	108
1923	202
1924	246
1925	755
1926	131
1927	259
1928	195
1929	277
1930	228
1931	144
1932	181
1933	454
1934	198
1935	739
1936	253
1937	496
1938	245
1939	240
1940	251
1941	393
1942	877
1943	255
1944	497
1945	446
1946	826
1947	252
1948	326
1949	528
1950	1,186
1951	373
1952	635
1953	522
1954	276
1955	494
1956	716
1957	531
1958	366
1959	859
1960	258
1961	781
1962	382
1963	353
1964	488
1965	439
1966	490
1967	665
1968	555
1969	656
1970	636
1971	1,663
1972	902
1973	534
1974	1,039
1975	427
1976	760
1977	882
1978	359
1979	809
1980	885
1981	547
1982	534
1983	549
1984	1,270
1985	848
1986	422
1987	883
1988	972
1989	904
1990	685
1991	2,772
1992	1,228
1993	2,095
1994	777
1995	831
1996	1,299
1997	1,033
1998	771
1999	897
2000	1,659
2001	1,233
2002	1,564
2003	973
2004	1,188
2005	1,144
2006	886
2007	773
2008	1,310
2009	1,513
2010	619
2011	1,022
2012	1,413
2013	622
2014	297
2015	395
2016	981
2017	783
2018	507
2019	1,931
2020	683
2021	486
2022	762
2023	969
2024	1,393
2025	322

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Data for records on 1996-10-30: 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	1,017
50 to 100	9
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	3
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	2
300 to 350	1