Weather Records on 30 August 2020

671 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 2020. Highest significance: Plauen, DE.

Key Facts for 30 August 2020

On 30 August 2020, 671 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
358 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 657 daily.
Plauen set a daily record precipitation of 54.2 mm (2.1 in) on 30 August 2020.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

671 stations

671 station records on 30 August 2020 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 2020: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Plauen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Bamberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Schleiz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Garsebach Bei Meissen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Lichtentanne	Germany	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Nossen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Dresden-Strehlen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Altgeringswalde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Organ Pipe Cactus Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Zakatala	Azerbaijan	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Freiberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Schmieritz-Weltwitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zeitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Schwandorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dumas	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden-Hosterwitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gossweinstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tirschenreuth-Lodermuhl	Germany	Record daily precipitation	47.4 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cottbus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Stammbach-Querenbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Marienberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Moss Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	158.0 mm (6.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Paris	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Aue	Germany	Record daily precipitation	61.6 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lobenstein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Teuschnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dippoldiswalde-Reinberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	57.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Suttsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Richardson	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.8 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kahuku 912	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ebrach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oberviechtach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Socorro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston Radio Wliv	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gera-Leumnitz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fichtelberg/Oberfranken-Huttst	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.6 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Muskau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Neuhaus Am Rennweg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chihuahua	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dietenhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Foreman	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Langley	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Talbotton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jornada Exp Range	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stotten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Freiamt-Ottoschwanden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

671 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 2020 by type: Highest daily maximum 128, Lowest daily maximum 47, Highest daily minimum 230, Lowest daily minimum 45, Heaviest daily rainfall 221.

Records on 30 August 2020 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	128
Lowest daily maximum	47
Highest daily minimum	230
Lowest daily minimum	45
Heaviest daily rainfall	221
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 2020 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 12, daily 657.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

531 broken records

Margins by which the 531 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 94.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 2020

Top 20 records on 30 August 2020 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 2020	Plauen, DE	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	108 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 August 2020	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	49.9 mm (2.0 in)	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	96 years	75 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2020	Bamberg, DE	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	101 years	74 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2020	Schleiz, DE	monthly rain	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2020	Garsebach Bei Meissen, DE	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2020	Chemnitz, DE	daily rain	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	45.9 mm (1.8 in)	54 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2020	Lichtentanne, DE	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2020	Nossen, DE	daily rain	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	51 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2020	Dresden-Strehlen, DE	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	54 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2020	Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach, DE	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	52 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2020	Nurnberg, DE	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2020	Altgeringswalde, DE	daily rain	69.5 mm (2.7 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	54 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2020	Organ Pipe Cactus Nm, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2020	Zakatala, AZ	daily rain	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2020	Freiberg, DE	daily rain	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2020	Schmieritz-Weltwitz, DE	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2020	Hof, DE	all-time rain	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2020	Zeitz, DE	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	42 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2020	Schwandorf, DE	daily rain	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	77 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2020	Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach, DE	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	54 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 2020

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2020. 2020 had 671 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 2026-10-17 (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	473
20 to 40	43
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1