Weather Records on 30 August 2015

1,074 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 2015. Highest significance: Zaltbommel, NL.

Key Facts for 30 August 2015

On 30 August 2015, 1,074 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
682 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 1,041 daily.
Zaltbommel set an all-time record daily precipitation of 90.1 mm (3.5 in) on 30 August 2015.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

1,074 stations

1,074 station records on 30 August 2015 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 2015: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zaltbommel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Gorinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Nieuwendijk (Nb)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Lafayette 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Chambersburg 1 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Amerongen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Andel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Kroombit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hamersveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Megen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alpha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kortgene	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wilhelminadorp-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Monto Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.1 C (95.2 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Woudenberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lemmon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cania Gorge Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gadag	India	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
'S Heerenhoek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Strijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	70.5 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.8 C (92.8 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Geisenheim	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Doetinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ammerzoden	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Herwijnen_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	79.4 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Emblem	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wolphaartsdijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arcadia	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Izevsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Darrington Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Thangool Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	33.4 C (92.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indio Fire STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Yabba Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dibrugarh/Mohanbar	India	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Orlinga	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sac City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Syracuse	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Clay Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Little Yabba Sfr 274	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Pecs Pogany	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middelburg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tiel	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lievelde	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Klundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
McGill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ross Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sonnblick	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,074 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 2015 by type: Highest daily maximum 344, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 338, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 280, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 30 August 2015 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	344
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	338
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 2015 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 29, daily 1,041.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

919 broken records

Margins by which the 919 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 95.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 2015

Top 20 records on 30 August 2015 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 2015	Zaltbommel, NL	all-time rain	90.1 mm (3.5 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	78 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2015	Gorinchem, NL	monthly rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	70 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2015	Nieuwendijk (Nb), NL	monthly rain	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	38 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2015	Wasola 5N, US	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	95.6 mm (3.8 in)	58 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2015	Lafayette 2W, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	53 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2015	Chambersburg 1 ESE, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	97 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2015	Amerongen, NL	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2015	Andel, NL	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	0 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2015	Mount Kroombit, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2015	Hamersveld, NL	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	54 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2015	Megen, NL	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	34 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2015	Alpha Post Office, AU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	112 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2015	Kortgene, NL	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2015	Wilhelminadorp-1, NL	daily rain	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2015	Monto Township, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	36 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2015	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	35.1 C (95.2 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	122 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2015	Woudenberg, NL	daily rain	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2015	Kirov, RU	daily rain	39.3 mm (1.5 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2015	Lemmon, US	monthly high min	24.4 C (75.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	103 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2015	Cania Gorge Park, AU	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	21 years	50 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 2015

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2015. 2015 had 1,074 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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Data for records on 2015-08-30: 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	879
20 to 40	34
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1