Weather Records on 30 August 1957

321 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 1957. Highest significance: Kunch, IN.

Key Facts for 30 August 1957

On 30 August 1957, 321 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
30 were record highs and 135 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 22 monthly and 297 daily.
Kunch set a daily record precipitation of 155.7 mm (6.1 in) on 30 August 1957.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 424 records.

Record Map

321 stations

321 station records on 30 August 1957 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 1957: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kunch	India	Record daily precipitation	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alamogordo	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kapoho 93	United States	Record daily precipitation	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Palisade	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hiawatha	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Soro	India	Record daily precipitation	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Honomu Makai 143	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Artichoke Lake 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Racine Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orai	India	Record daily precipitation	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pahoa 65	United States	Record daily precipitation	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pal-Lahara	India	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Mehgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lalitpur	India	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sabalgarh	India	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Haina 214	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn View 91	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.3 mm (7.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gumri	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ranibandh	India	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haina 214	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pilger	Canada	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bilgram	India	Record daily precipitation	68.1 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello 2E	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Beloit	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dodgeville Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Papaikou 144.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.2 mm (5.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kirov	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.5 C (85.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marengo	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Duchesne	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Olaa 92	United States	Record daily precipitation	205.7 mm (8.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hakalau 142	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.1 mm (5.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kulpahar	India	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	14.0 C (57.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fruita	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emery	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hilo 86A	United States	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Macklin	Canada	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Karlsruhe	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nagerutari	India	Record daily precipitation	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Niulii 179	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Electra P H	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hanford 1 S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Brodhead Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kaumana 88.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Grand Junction Walker Fld	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	31.3 C (88.3 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Kohala 179.1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Regensburg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	3.5 C (38.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

321 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 1957 by type: Highest daily maximum 11, Lowest daily maximum 67, Highest daily minimum 19, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 156.

Records on 30 August 1957 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	11
Lowest daily maximum	67
Highest daily minimum	19
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	156
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 1957 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 22, daily 297.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

262 broken records

Margins by which the 262 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 123.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 1957

Top 20 records on 30 August 1957 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 1957	Kunch, IN	daily rain	155.7 mm (6.1 in)	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	48 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Bluff, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Alamogordo, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Fruitland, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Kapoho 93, US	daily rain	144.8 mm (5.7 in)	123.7 mm (4.9 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Palisade, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	14 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Hiawatha, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Soro, IN	daily rain	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Blanding, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.8 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Honomu Makai 143, US	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	16 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Artichoke Lake 1 E, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Racine Wwtp, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	2 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Orai, IN	all-time rain	179.8 mm (7.1 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Pahoa 65, US	daily rain	156.2 mm (6.1 in)	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	0 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Pal-Lahara, IN	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	42 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Mehgaon, IN	all-time rain	185.4 mm (7.3 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	46 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Moab, US	monthly low max	21.7 C (71.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	61 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Lalitpur, IN	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Crow Agency, US	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	51 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1957	Sabalgarh, IN	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	37 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 1957

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1957. 1957 had 321 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	227
20 to 40	19
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	2
80 to 100	2
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	2