Weather Records on 30 April 2006

778 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 2006. Highest significance: Hardy, US.

Key Facts for 30 April 2006

On 30 April 2006, 778 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
227 were record highs and 206 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 735 daily.
Hardy set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 30 April 2006.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

778 stations

778 station records on 30 April 2006 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 2006: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
De Ridder	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Clinton #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Oakdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Tlacotepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Loma Fina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Rosepine Rsch STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Naranjal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Naolinco de Victoria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wrotham Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Backefors	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
El Carrizal	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ixhuacan de Los Reyes (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria di Leuc	Italy	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hammond	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtacamaxtitlan (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Milpa Alta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Oyameles	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amite	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.0 mm (4.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gaylord	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro del Gallo (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tamarindo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
King City	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lincang	China	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cabot	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Coteau	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montague Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lancang	China	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Puebla (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Martinez de la Torre (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jeanerette 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Echeverria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
El Tejar	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oregon	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Finca A. Prusia	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stoneville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Angelica	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chuxiong	China	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Amatenango del Valle	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Park 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sanborn	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Memphis	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kuri Bay	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hueyotlipan	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Many	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

778 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 2006 by type: Highest daily maximum 94, Lowest daily maximum 106, Highest daily minimum 133, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 340, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 30 April 2006 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	94
Lowest daily maximum	106
Highest daily minimum	133
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	340
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 30 April 2006 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 41, daily 735.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

645 broken records

Margins by which the 645 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 120.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 2006

Top 20 records on 30 April 2006 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 2006	Hardy, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	88 years	76 of 100 (Major)
30 April 2006	De Ridder, US	daily rain	154.9 mm (6.1 in)	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 April 2006	Clinton #1, US	daily rain	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	95 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 April 2006	Oakdale, US	daily rain	139.7 mm (5.5 in)	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	52 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Tlacotepec, MX	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Loma Fina, MX	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Rosepine Rsch STN, US	daily rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Naranjal, MX	monthly rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	5 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Naolinco de Victoria, MX	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Alexandria, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Wrotham Park, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Canton, MX	daily rain	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Backefors, SE	daily rain	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	57 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	El Carrizal, MX	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Ixhuacan de Los Reyes (Cfe), MX	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Santa Maria di Leuc, IT	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Abbeville, US	daily rain	107.4 mm (4.2 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	73 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Hammond, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Ixtacamaxtitlan (Cfe), MX	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2006	Conception, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	6.1 mm (0.24 in)	112 years	46 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 2006

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2006. 2006 had 778 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

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Data for records on 2006-04-30: 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	579
20 to 40	42
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	2