Weather Records on 30 May 2016

540 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 2016. Highest significance: Pittsfield Muni AP, US.

Key Facts for 30 May 2016

On 30 May 2016, 540 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
233 were record highs and 39 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 487 daily.
Pittsfield Muni AP set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 30 May 2016.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

540 stations

540 station records on 30 May 2016 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 May 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pittsfield Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Veenendaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Victoria Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Pudasjarvi Jaurakkajarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Oudenbosch	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Eerbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Phitsanulok/Sarit	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Tholen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Esbeek	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hoogerheide	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Krabbendijke	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Rilland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bochum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Deelen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bemerside	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Philippine	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Heumen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Hatteras - Billy Mitchell	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Deelen-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Strijen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Halesovaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Port Allegany	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mutarnee Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Schoondijke	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Megen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Zetten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Stavanger - Valand	Norway	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nuland	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Boskoop	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rauland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.6 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lucinda Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ovezande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Mill	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Terneuzen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wattisham	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Zegveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Putnam	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Klundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Biervliet	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.8 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kapelle	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Biard	France	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Markelo	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kloosterzande	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Stramproy	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Postmyr I Drangedal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Velykyi Burluk	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Yemassee 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kall-Sistig	Germany	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Doetinchem	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Volkel_1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dannemora	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Zundert	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bergen Op Zoom	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Amotsdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kapellebrug	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lista Fyr	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hognestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Croydon Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

540 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 66, Lowest daily maximum 10, Highest daily minimum 167, Lowest daily minimum 29, Heaviest daily rainfall 268.

Records on 30 May 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	66
Lowest daily maximum	10
Highest daily minimum	167
Lowest daily minimum	29
Heaviest daily rainfall	268
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 May 2016 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 50, daily 487.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

471 broken records

Margins by which the 471 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 90.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 2016

Top 20 records on 30 May 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 2016	Pittsfield Muni AP, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	85 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 May 2016	Veenendaal, NL	monthly rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	36 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 May 2016	Victoria Sugar Mill, AU	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 May 2016	Pudasjarvi Jaurakkajarvi, FI	all-time rain	90.6 mm (3.6 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 May 2016	Oudenbosch, NL	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	12.1 mm (0.5 in)	90 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 May 2016	Eerbeek, NL	monthly rain	65.6 mm (2.6 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 May 2016	Phitsanulok/Sarit, TH	daily rain	135.9 mm (5.4 in)	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	50 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 May 2016	Tholen-1, NL	daily rain	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 May 2016	Esbeek, NL	monthly rain	55.5 mm (2.2 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	45 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 May 2016	Hoogerheide, NL	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	18.7 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 May 2016	Krabbendijke, NL	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	24.8 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 May 2016	Rilland, NL	daily rain	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 May 2016	Bochum, DE	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2016	Deelen, NL	monthly rain	66.6 mm (2.6 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2016	Bemerside, AU	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2016	Philippine, NL	monthly rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	23 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2016	Heumen, NL	all-time rain	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2016	Cape Hatteras - Billy Mitchell, US	monthly rain	180.1 mm (7.1 in)	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	11 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2016	Deelen-1, NL	monthly rain	75.1 mm (3.0 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2016	Strijen, NL	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	49 years	56 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

1818 to 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 2016. 2016 had 540 records.

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

Records on 05-30 in each year
Year	Records
1818	3
1844	1
1847	1
1848	1
1852	1
1853	1
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1860	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	4
1867	1
1868	4
1870	1
1871	2
1873	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1894	2
1895	5
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	9
1903	12
1904	7
1905	20
1906	8
1907	20
1908	32
1909	6
1910	22
1911	22
1912	26
1913	89
1914	25
1915	32
1916	41
1917	42
1918	31
1919	90
1920	28
1921	392
1922	72
1923	121
1924	187
1925	190
1926	201
1927	177
1928	86
1929	368
1930	530
1931	316
1932	256
1933	250
1934	731
1935	88
1936	579
1937	440
1938	309
1939	336
1940	289
1941	518
1942	500
1943	444
1944	325
1945	383
1946	310
1947	880
1948	386
1949	318
1950	376
1951	448
1952	295
1953	622
1954	271
1955	377
1956	466
1957	267
1958	480
1959	419
1960	274
1961	657
1962	454
1963	245
1964	709
1965	454
1966	326
1967	859
1968	357
1969	1,092
1970	483
1971	1,044
1972	721
1973	391
1974	631
1975	776
1976	499
1977	444
1978	888
1979	1,185
1980	650
1981	1,001
1982	981
1983	1,310
1984	2,543
1985	772
1986	1,264
1987	1,021
1988	1,371
1989	1,021
1990	983
1991	1,264
1992	1,413
1993	690
1994	834
1995	777
1996	893
1997	936
1998	1,190
1999	1,113
2000	1,391
2001	854
2002	940
2003	1,110
2004	1,219
2005	737
2006	1,179
2007	1,128
2008	829
2009	480
2010	771
2011	1,914
2012	720
2013	821
2014	551
2015	699
2016	540
2017	657
2018	1,319
2019	706
2020	920
2021	841
2022	1,034
2023	344
2024	600
2025	828
2026	525

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Data for records on 2016-05-30: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	436
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	2