Weather Records on 30 April 1963

730 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 1963. Highest significance: Cooma Lambie Street, AU.

Key Facts for 30 April 1963

On 30 April 1963, 730 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
36 were record highs and 77 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 706 daily.
Cooma Lambie Street set a daily record precipitation of 50.8 mm (2.0 in) on 30 April 1963.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

730 stations

730 station records on 30 April 1963 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 1963: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cooma Lambie Street	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Jindabyne West (Hiawatha)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Durdidwarrah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Moruya Heads Pilot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Blackwood	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cathcart (Old Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Candelo Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Brockville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tamia	India	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Mount Best (Upper Toora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Kiaora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Amarwara	India	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Romsey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Harbor Beach 1 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Paw Paw 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Seodha(Seondha)	India	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Walhalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Belleville	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kent City 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Adaminaby Alpine Tourist Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Gurrabeal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Shire Hall	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Caucaia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	129.0 mm (5.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	Canada	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Cooma (Carlaminda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Blackwarry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.6 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Erica	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisons (Ballark)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elberton 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kameruka (Kameruka Estate)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Macedon Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barrage Temiscamingue	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Abbeville 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bega (Newtown Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bemboka Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bodalla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.3 mm (3.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nerriga Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nimmitabel Wastewater Treatmen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fernbank	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Woodend (Carlisle Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Dindori	India	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Aurora Water	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
W Branch 3SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Batemans Bay Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jimenbuen	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Queanbeyan Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Fairy (Merigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tongio (Brooklands)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maffra Forestry Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Melton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

730 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 1963 by type: Highest daily maximum 10, Lowest daily maximum 37, Highest daily minimum 26, Lowest daily minimum 40, Heaviest daily rainfall 537, Heaviest daily snowfall 76, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 30 April 1963 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	10
Lowest daily maximum	37
Highest daily minimum	26
Lowest daily minimum	40
Heaviest daily rainfall	537
Heaviest daily snowfall	76
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 30 April 1963 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 23, daily 706.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

671 broken records

Margins by which the 671 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 1963

Top 20 records on 30 April 1963 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 1963	Cooma Lambie Street, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	89 years	76 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1963	Central Michigan UNIV, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	55 years	72 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1963	Jindabyne West (Hiawatha), AU	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	67 years	68 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1963	Durdidwarrah, AU	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1963	Moruya Heads Pilot Station, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	85 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1963	Blackwood, AU	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1963	Cathcart (Old Post Office), AU	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	56 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1963	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1963	Candelo Post Office, AU	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	58 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1963	Brockville, CA	daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	90 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1963	Tamia, IN	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 April 1963	Mount Best (Upper Toora), AU	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1963	Cooma (Kiaora), AU	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1963	Amarwara, IN	daily rain	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1963	Romsey, AU	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1963	Harbor Beach 1 SSE, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	62 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1963	Valencia Creek (Bulgar Park), AU	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1963	Paw Paw 2S, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1963	Ballan, AU	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	85 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 1963	Seodha(Seondha), IN	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	57 years	53 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

1795 to 1963

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1963. 1963 had 730 records.

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

Records on 04-30 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1809	1
1812	1
1814	2
1833	1
1840	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1854	1
1856	1
1859	1
1862	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	3
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	4
1879	2
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	5
1888	1
1889	1
1891	5
1892	7
1894	1
1895	5
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	11
1900	4
1901	8
1902	13
1903	21
1904	11
1905	9
1906	16
1907	35
1908	28
1909	74
1910	17
1911	19
1912	18
1913	62
1914	8
1915	20
1916	21
1917	25
1918	28
1919	130
1920	70
1921	54
1922	138
1923	42
1924	96
1925	210
1926	331
1927	127
1928	130
1929	119
1930	232
1931	548
1932	145
1933	422
1934	443
1935	327
1936	373
1937	228
1938	282
1939	268
1940	526
1941	484
1942	1,163
1943	470
1944	286
1945	314
1946	301
1947	330
1948	912
1949	447
1950	671
1951	783
1952	435
1953	635
1954	1,224
1955	1,252
1956	908
1957	401
1958	482
1959	575
1960	507
1961	381
1962	617
1963	730
1964	339
1965	488
1966	740
1967	914
1968	928
1969	587
1970	1,189
1971	365
1972	497
1973	398
1974	822
1975	468
1976	783
1977	525
1978	631
1979	675
1980	545
1981	1,342
1982	504
1983	1,154
1984	1,519
1985	650
1986	660
1987	1,437
1988	808
1989	674
1990	977
1991	828
1992	1,808
1993	765
1994	1,499
1995	1,007
1996	1,637
1997	764
1998	857
1999	1,012
2000	1,046
2001	900
2002	1,171
2003	927
2004	703
2005	1,113
2006	778
2007	996
2008	1,260
2009	660
2010	921
2011	636
2012	819
2013	732
2014	946
2015	380
2016	969
2017	1,450
2018	708
2019	700
2020	1,476
2021	1,167
2022	499
2023	782
2024	705
2025	489
2026	365

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Data for records on 1963-04-30: 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 20	491
20 to 40	110
40 to 60	37
60 to 80	20
80 to 100	9
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1