Weather Records on 30 August 2012

1,087 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 2012. Highest significance: Waynesboro 2 W, US.

Key Facts for 30 August 2012

On 30 August 2012, 1,087 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
648 were record highs and 123 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 15 were all-time records, 49 monthly and 1,023 daily.
Waynesboro 2 W set a monthly record daily precipitation of 214.6 mm (8.4 in) on 30 August 2012.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

1,087 stations

1,087 station records on 30 August 2012 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 2012: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Waynesboro 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
St. Anna Parochie	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Pascagoula 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	292.1 mm (11.5 in)	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
Buckatunna 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	302.5 mm (11.9 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Leeuwarden_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
West Terschelling	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Leakesville 6 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Columbia	United States	Record daily precipitation	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	334.3 mm (13.2 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
San Gabriel Fire Dept	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Waveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	295.4 mm (11.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Natchez	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Den Burg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hollum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Oost Vlieland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Zaandam (Hembrug)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Quitman 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Joure	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Vetluga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Rosenheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
McComb AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	120.4 mm (4.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Leiden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wijk_Aan_Zee_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Makkum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Nes (Ameland)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.9 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eernewoude	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Donaldsonville 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Callantsoog	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wiggins	United States	Record daily precipitation	240.8 mm (9.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lynch	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.9 C (111.0 F)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lsu Ben-Hur Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	137.9 mm (5.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Brownsville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Amsterdam	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Meadville	United States	Record daily precipitation	163.1 mm (6.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Baton Rouge Sherwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Neustadt Am Kulm-Filchendorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hoorn	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kempten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Nijbeets	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Harlingen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vlieland_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Port Isabel	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Herbayum	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sutur	Russia	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hazlehurst 5 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	160.0 mm (6.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Prentiss	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trostberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Chatom	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Denham Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Slidell	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.6 mm (5.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Allendale 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crockett	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,087 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 2012 by type: Highest daily maximum 372, Lowest daily maximum 53, Highest daily minimum 276, Lowest daily minimum 70, Heaviest daily rainfall 316.

Records on 30 August 2012 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	372
Lowest daily maximum	53
Highest daily minimum	276
Lowest daily minimum	70
Heaviest daily rainfall	316
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 2012 by timescale: all-time 15, monthly 49, daily 1,023.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

818 broken records

Margins by which the 818 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 121.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 2012

Top 20 records on 30 August 2012 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 2012	Waynesboro 2 W, US	monthly rain	214.6 mm (8.4 in)	115.5 mm (4.5 in)	118 years	90 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 August 2012	St. Anna Parochie, NL	all-time rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	54 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 August 2012	Pascagoula 3 NE, US	all-time rain	292.1 mm (11.5 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	96 years	82 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 August 2012	Buckatunna 1 NE, US	all-time rain	302.5 mm (11.9 in)	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	43 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 August 2012	Leeuwarden_1, NL	daily rain	71.5 mm (2.8 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	96 years	78 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	West Terschelling, NL	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	133 years	76 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	Biloxi, US	daily rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	108 years	75 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	Leakesville 6 WSW, US	monthly rain	210.1 mm (8.3 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	111 years	75 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	Columbia, US	monthly rain	191.3 mm (7.5 in)	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	43 years	72 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	Gorlitz, DE	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	78 years	68 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	Livingston, US	all-time rain	334.3 mm (13.2 in)	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	11 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	San Gabriel Fire Dept, US	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	28 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	Waveland, US	all-time rain	295.4 mm (11.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	Natchez, US	daily rain	104.1 mm (4.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	79 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	Den Burg, NL	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	Hollum, NL	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	Oost Vlieland, NL	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	Zaandam (Hembrug), NL	all-time rain	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	43 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	Quitman 2 NNE, US	monthly rain	203.2 mm (8.0 in)	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	17 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2012	Joure, NL	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	59 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 2012

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2012. 2012 had 1,087 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	731

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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 2026-10-12 (12 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	742
20 to 40	45
40 to 60	16
60 to 80	7
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1