Weather Records on 30 August 2016

552 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 2016. Highest significance: Hermannsburg, AU.

Key Facts for 30 August 2016

On 30 August 2016, 552 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
268 were record highs and 106 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 524 daily.
Hermannsburg set a daily record precipitation of 40.6 mm (1.6 in) on 30 August 2016.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

552 stations

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

Weather records on 30 August 2016: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Hermannsburg	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Udialla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Edeowie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Myroodah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Wallace Rock Hole	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Marree (Farina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Tazovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Palm Valley	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Milaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kirup	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Morton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nara	Japan	Record daily precipitation	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Great Bend 3WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Yanji	China	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lacon	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Newhaven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Toulon	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dampier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pekoa Airport (Sant	Vanuatu	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallowa	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Borger	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chichibu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	153.9 mm (6.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crossett 2 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Red Cloud	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tellico Plains	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bethel AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bright Angel Rs	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockford	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muleshoe Nwr	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Searcy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Benton Harbor AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mutsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freeport Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Minneapolis	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cordova N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Salina Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
King Salmon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dewitt	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Camballin	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Geneseo	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valmora	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stratford	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Marree (Witchelina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Xichang	China	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tegucigalpa	Honduras	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Petrokrepost	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Muleshoe #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Osaka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Abilene	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

552 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 2016 by type: Highest daily maximum 123, Lowest daily maximum 57, Highest daily minimum 145, Lowest daily minimum 49, Heaviest daily rainfall 178.

Records on 30 August 2016 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	123
Lowest daily maximum	57
Highest daily minimum	145
Lowest daily minimum	49
Heaviest daily rainfall	178
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 2016 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 25, daily 524.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

447 broken records

Margins by which the 447 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 99.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 2016

Top 20 records on 30 August 2016 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 2016	Hermannsburg, AU	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	104 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 August 2016	Udialla, AU	monthly rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	83 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2016	Edeowie, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	116 years	70 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2016	Myroodah, AU	monthly rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	17.4 mm (0.7 in)	97 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2016	Wallace Rock Hole, AU	monthly rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	26 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2016	Marree (Farina), AU	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	24 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2016	Ulleungdo, KR	daily rain	162.1 mm (6.4 in)	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2016	Tazovskoe, RU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2016	Palm Valley, AU	monthly rain	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	8 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2016	Milaca, US	daily rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2016	Kirup, AU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2016	Morton, US	daily rain	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2016	Nara, JP	daily rain	104.4 mm (4.1 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2016	Great Bend 3WNW, US	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2016	Yanji, CN	all-time rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2016	Lacon, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2016	Newhaven, AU	monthly rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	50 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2016	Paw Paw 2S, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	61 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2016	Toulon, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2016	Dampier Downs, AU	monthly rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	44 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 2016

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2016. 2016 had 552 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 2016-08-30: 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 2026-10-15 (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 20	410
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2