Weather Records on 30 July 2008

763 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 July 2008. Highest significance: Concordia, US.

Key Facts for 30 July 2008

On 30 July 2008, 763 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
400 were record highs and 188 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 9 were all-time records, 28 monthly and 726 daily.
Concordia set a daily record precipitation of 99.1 mm (3.9 in) on 30 July 2008.
Across 168 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

763 stations

763 station records on 30 July 2008 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 July 2008: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Concordia	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
1 WSW Princeton	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Ruppertsecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Skjak	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhne-Tambovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Weinbiet	Germany	Record daily precipitation	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Olathe 3E	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Worms	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Rodrigues	Mauritius	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Orlinga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Farmerville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Durkheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Njaksimvol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ness City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record low minimum temperature	5.9 C (42.6 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
La Presa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Morgantown Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pirmasens	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Meeker	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Parnu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Omsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	24.2 C (75.6 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Longton	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brunswick	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Marshall	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	96.3 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lakeview 2 NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ketchikan AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minqin	China	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Venados	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Moma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Diyarbakir	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Edgefield 3 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laona 6 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pearce Raaf	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gangca	China	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Heyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	263.4 mm (10.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turkestan	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	28.5 C (83.3 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Utsira Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Baingoin	China	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.8 C (67.6 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guangzhou	China	Record high minimum temperature	30.1 C (86.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vestmannaeyjar	Iceland	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Amealco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Surutato	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Organ Pipe Cactus Nm	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	39.8 C (103.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pavlodar	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Acapulco KM. 21	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ejido de Llano Grande	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Lebo	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paola	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

763 records

Records set or tied on 30 July 2008 by type: Highest daily maximum 179, Lowest daily maximum 98, Highest daily minimum 221, Lowest daily minimum 90, Heaviest daily rainfall 175.

Records on 30 July 2008 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	179
Lowest daily maximum	98
Highest daily minimum	221
Lowest daily minimum	90
Heaviest daily rainfall	175
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 July 2008 by timescale: all-time 9, monthly 28, daily 726.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

526 broken records

Margins by which the 526 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 56.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 July 2008

Top 20 records on 30 July 2008 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 July 2008	Concordia, US	daily rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	114 years	69 of 100 (Major)
30 July 2008	1 WSW Princeton, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	109 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 July 2008	Ruppertsecken, DE	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	44.3 mm (1.7 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Skjak, NO	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	68 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Nizhne-Tambovskoe, RU	daily rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	35.4 mm (1.4 in)	65 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Weinbiet, DE	monthly rain	71.8 mm (2.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Palestine, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	109 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Olathe 3E, US	monthly rain	147.6 mm (5.8 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Worms, DE	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	43 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Rodrigues, MU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Orlinga, RU	all-time rain	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Sedan, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Troicko-Pecherskoe, RU	daily rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	8 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Farmerville, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	111 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Bad Durkheim, DE	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Njaksimvol, RU	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Ness City, US	daily low max	23.9 C (75.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	108 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Shawneetown Old Town, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	10.1 mm (0.4 in)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	Vasilevici, BY	daily low min	5.9 C (42.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	108 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 July 2008	La Presa, MX	daily rain	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	7 years	42 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

1794 to 2008

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 2008. 2008 had 763 records.

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

Records on 07-30 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1797	1
1827	1
1828	2
1829	1
1830	1
1834	1
1837	2
1838	1
1840	1
1841	1
1843	1
1854	1
1857	1
1858	2
1860	4
1863	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	1
1880	2
1885	3
1886	5
1887	6
1888	5
1889	1
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	10
1894	6
1895	2
1896	2
1897	4
1898	8
1899	2
1900	4
1901	11
1902	6
1903	25
1904	17
1905	29
1906	22
1907	11
1908	23
1909	30
1910	8
1911	54
1912	21
1913	34
1914	52
1915	26
1916	150
1917	93
1918	42
1919	19
1920	188
1921	193
1922	40
1923	428
1924	80
1925	275
1926	186
1927	109
1928	210
1929	221
1930	170
1931	432
1932	275
1933	451
1934	619
1935	340
1936	452
1937	245
1938	388
1939	395
1940	562
1941	371
1942	304
1943	397
1944	289
1945	299
1946	409
1947	394
1948	489
1949	512
1950	552
1951	322
1952	581
1953	345
1954	504
1955	787
1956	506
1957	289
1958	344
1959	391
1960	793
1961	511
1962	378
1963	308
1964	483
1965	978
1966	527
1967	282
1968	530
1969	506
1970	431
1971	2,319
1972	758
1973	434
1974	569
1975	1,048
1976	590
1977	641
1978	646
1979	761
1980	962
1981	851
1982	821
1983	904
1984	997
1985	1,029
1986	952
1987	1,084
1988	826
1989	1,227
1990	795
1991	734
1992	1,003
1993	965
1994	1,631
1995	1,207
1996	1,317
1997	933
1998	1,240
1999	1,456
2000	1,030
2001	1,400
2002	1,346
2003	1,163
2004	936
2005	788
2006	1,103
2007	1,160
2008	763
2009	1,328
2010	1,331
2011	1,003
2012	731
2013	737
2014	1,199
2015	682
2016	460
2017	464
2018	1,038
2019	486
2020	763
2021	839
2022	845
2023	683
2024	705
2025	869
2026	1,001

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Data for records on 2008-07-30: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 30 July 2008
Margin	Records
0 to 10	445
10 to 20	44
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	12
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	2