Weather Records on 30 August 2011

994 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 2011. Highest significance: Harlan Co Lake, US.

Key Facts for 30 August 2011

On 30 August 2011, 994 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
690 were record highs and 157 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 12 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 945 daily.
Harlan Co Lake set a monthly record daily precipitation of 91.4 mm (3.6 in) on 30 August 2011.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

994 stations

994 station records on 30 August 2011 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 2011: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
San Angelo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	61 of 100 (Major)
Leoti	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Naponee	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cleburne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tahoka	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Tombstone	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sanderson	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Warwick Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Boerne	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sugar Land	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Koumala Hatfields Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tower Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ramos Arizpe (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pijijiapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Burnet	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.8 C (109.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Coleman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cobargo (Wandella)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wichita Falls Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	147.3 mm (5.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Walters	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Menard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	49.4 C (120.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elk	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Las Arboledas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Chardzhev	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	9.9 C (49.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr 6 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dilia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Taloga	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Muni AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.9 C (84.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bajramaly	Turkmenistan	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Blue Hill 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tatum	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Duncan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Waxahachie	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zaragoza (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gail	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

994 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 2011 by type: Highest daily maximum 379, Lowest daily maximum 48, Highest daily minimum 311, Lowest daily minimum 109, Heaviest daily rainfall 147.

Records on 30 August 2011 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	379
Lowest daily maximum	48
Highest daily minimum	311
Lowest daily minimum	109
Heaviest daily rainfall	147
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 2011 by timescale: all-time 12, monthly 37, daily 945.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

691 broken records

Margins by which the 691 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 57.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 2011

Top 20 records on 30 August 2011 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 2011	Harlan Co Lake, US	monthly rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	106 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2011	San Angelo, US	all-time high min	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2011	Leoti, US	daily rain	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	109 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Naponee, US	daily rain	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Cuero, US	daily high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	108 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Elk, US	daily high min	17.8 C (64.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	111 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Cleburne, US	monthly high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	98 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Tahoka, US	daily high min	23.9 C (75.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Tombstone, US	daily high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	89 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Sanderson, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	109 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Warwick Park, AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Boerne, US	daily high max	40.0 C (104.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Sugar Land, US	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Koumala Hatfields Road, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Orleans 2 W, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Brownwood 2NE, US	daily high max	43.3 C (109.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	106 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	San Marcos, US	daily high max	42.8 C (109.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	88 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Tower Falls, US	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	33 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Ramos Arizpe (Smn), MX	daily high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	84 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2011	Pijijiapan, MX	daily rain	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 years	45 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 2011

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2011. 2011 had 994 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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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 10	645
10 to 20	19
20 to 30	13
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	3