Weather Records on 30 April 2003

927 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 2003. Highest significance: Logan 1 WNW, US.

Key Facts for 30 April 2003

On 30 April 2003, 927 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
462 were record highs and 144 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 89 monthly and 836 daily.
Logan 1 WNW set a daily record precipitation of 69.6 mm (2.7 in) on 30 April 2003.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

927 stations

927 station records on 30 April 2003 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 2003: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	77 of 100 (Major)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Howells	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Kaycee	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mariedal	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Orlando Executive AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Hohenpeissenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.5 C (77.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Rochford 2 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Louisefred	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mason City	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Astrakan	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hernando	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rairden 2WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Salzburg	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	30.3 C (86.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Innsbruck	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Plaine	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dodge	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Record low maximum temperature	11.4 C (52.5 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego Curupatzeo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belgrade (Observatory)	Serbia	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bjuv	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Jackson Reynolds Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	10.8 C (51.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Brande-Hornerkirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Burketown Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.5 C (97.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Reichenhall	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wellfleet	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Key W Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Iliamna AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Morawa	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	35.5 C (95.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marseilles-Marignane	France	Record high minimum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Clermont-Ferrand	France	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record high minimum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Santo Domingo	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coahuayutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Drobeta Turnu Severin	Romania	Record high maximum temperature	31.0 C (87.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Shasta Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Flamingo Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

927 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 2003 by type: Highest daily maximum 280, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 74, Heaviest daily rainfall 315, Heaviest daily snowfall 5, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 April 2003 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	280
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	74
Heaviest daily rainfall	315
Heaviest daily snowfall	5
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 April 2003 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 89, daily 836.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

725 broken records

Margins by which the 725 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 85.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 2003

Top 20 records on 30 April 2003 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 2003	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	92 years	77 of 100 (Major)
30 April 2003	Albion, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	96 years	77 of 100 (Major)
30 April 2003	W Pt, US	monthly rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	89 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 April 2003	Howells, US	monthly rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	18 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 April 2003	Kaycee, US	monthly rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 April 2003	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 April 2003	Mariedal, SE	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	34 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2003	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2003	Orlando Executive AP, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	68 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2003	Hohenpeissenberg, DE	monthly high max	25.5 C (77.9 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	99 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2003	Rochford 2 WNW, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	13.9 mm (0.5 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2003	Louisefred, SE	daily rain	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	34 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2003	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2003	Charlotte, US	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2003	Tekamah, US	monthly rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2003	Mason City, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2003	Saint Paul, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	6.3 mm (0.25 in)	96 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2003	Astrakan, RU	daily low min	-0.1 C (31.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	118 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2003	Willows 6 W, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	89 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2003	Hernando, US	daily high max	33.9 C (93.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	103 years	43 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 2003

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2003. 2003 had 927 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 2003-04-30: 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 20	703
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1