Weather Records on 30 August 2024

912 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 2024. Highest significance: Louisa, US.

Key Facts for 30 August 2024

On 30 August 2024, 912 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
673 were record highs and 56 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 877 daily.
Louisa set a daily record precipitation of 106.9 mm (4.2 in) on 30 August 2024.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 420 records.

Record Map

912 stations

912 station records on 30 August 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Louisa	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Portales	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Connorville (Lake River)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Black Rvr Falls Sewage	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Nokia Tottijarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kauhava Lentokentta	Finland	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Vesanto Sonkari	Finland	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Dale Enterprise	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cuba City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Cookeville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Juupajoki Hyytiala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pielavesi Venetmaki	Finland	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Rapids #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sewanee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Trier-Zewen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kokemaki Peipohja Hyrkola	Finland	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kalingapatam	India	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kandalaksa	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bucklin 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tartu-Toravere	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jyvaskyla Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high maximum temperature	30.5 C (86.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	31.6 C (88.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ross (Rose Villa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Parainen Uto	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lapinlahti Lamminkayra	Finland	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Darlington Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Klaipeda	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabeth	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wabash	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crowley 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnati	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Toholampi Oravala	Finland	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Bluff Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Grove Furnace	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	28.6 C (83.5 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Orland	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Elblag-Milejewo	Poland	Record high maximum temperature	30.9 C (87.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Umba	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mammoth Cave	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cullowhee	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Millheim	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cottonwood Weir	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Naples	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellevue L/D 12	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Trempealeau Dam 6	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Qumarleb	China	Record high maximum temperature	23.5 C (74.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dijon-Longvic	France	Record high minimum temperature	19.2 C (66.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Matsuyama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

912 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 406, Lowest daily maximum 28, Highest daily minimum 267, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 183.

Records on 30 August 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	406
Lowest daily maximum	28
Highest daily minimum	267
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	183
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 2024 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 34, daily 877.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

730 broken records

Margins by which the 730 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 73.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 2024

Top 20 records on 30 August 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 2024	Louisa, US	daily rain	106.9 mm (4.2 in)	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	107 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
30 August 2024	Portales, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	103 years	78 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2024	Connorville (Lake River), AU	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 August 2024	Black Rvr Falls Sewage, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	119 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Nokia Tottijarvi, FI	daily rain	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Kauhava Lentokentta, FI	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	21.7 mm (0.9 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Vesanto Sonkari, FI	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Dale Enterprise, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	113 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Cuba City, US	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Cookeville, US	daily high max	38.3 C (100.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	100 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Juupajoki Hyytiala, FI	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	19.7 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Pielavesi Venetmaki, FI	monthly rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Cedar Rapids #1, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	76 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Winterset 4N, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	102 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Sewanee, US	daily high max	36.1 C (97.0 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	100 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Lebanon, US	daily high max	39.4 C (102.9 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Bolivar 1 NE, US	daily high min	25.0 C (77.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	100 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Trier-Zewen, DE	daily high min	19.1 C (66.4 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	110 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Kokemaki Peipohja Hyrkola, FI	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 2024	Kalingapatam, IN	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	79 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 2024. 2024 had 912 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 2024-08-30: 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 10	651
10 to 20	46
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	10
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1