Weather Records on 30 August 1972

579 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 1972. Highest significance: Pesaro, IT.

Key Facts for 30 August 1972

On 30 August 1972, 579 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
213 were record highs and 84 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 21 monthly and 557 daily.
Pesaro set a daily record precipitation of 61.8 mm (2.4 in) on 30 August 1972.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 422 records.

Record Map

579 stations

579 station records on 30 August 1972 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 1972: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pesaro	Italy	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Kualapuu 534	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ganmain Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Junee St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate (Weewalla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Urana (Boonongo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Alger-Dar El Beida	Algeria	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Old Junee (Millbank)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Beckom (Stawell St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Brodribb River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga (Kooringal)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Currawarna (Bulls Run)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Eurongilly (Bundaleer)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Treatment Works	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Marrar (Centenary Drive)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Orbost (Comparison)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Illabo (Clock Museum)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bruthen (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Matong (Main Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bonang	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Michelago (Soglio)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ariah Park Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tarcutta Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Horeb (Marathorn)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wagga Wagga AMO	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gelantipy East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tharwa General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Junee Reefs (Noorla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wantiool (Caithness)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ardlethan Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock (Bullenbong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Grong Grong (Berembed)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
The Rock Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Culcairn Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bendoc Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Reedy Flat	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kjahta	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.7 C (27.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bigga (Woolbrook)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Stockinbingal General Store	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leeton (Bents Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holbrook (Glenfalloch)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wombat (Tumbleton)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yanco Regulator	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fumina South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Slavjansk-Na-Kubani	Russia	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nowa Nowa (Wairewa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ojai	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oxnard	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Healy	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Green Cape Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	30.7 C (87.3 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Benton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Yates 4 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Haleakala Exp Farm 434	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Argalong (the Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

579 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 1972 by type: Highest daily maximum 85, Lowest daily maximum 45, Highest daily minimum 128, Lowest daily minimum 39, Heaviest daily rainfall 280, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 30 August 1972 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	85
Lowest daily maximum	45
Highest daily minimum	128
Lowest daily minimum	39
Heaviest daily rainfall	280
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 1972 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 21, daily 557.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

494 broken records

Margins by which the 494 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 43.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 1972

Top 20 records on 30 August 1972 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 1972	Pesaro, IT	daily rain	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	96 years	65 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1972	Kualapuu 534, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1972	Ganmain Post Office, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Grong Grong (Junee St), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	40 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Wagga Wagga Agricultural Insti, AU	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Delegate (Weewalla), AU	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Urana (Boonongo), AU	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Alger-Dar El Beida, DZ	monthly rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.4 mm (0.5 in)	9 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Old Junee (Millbank), AU	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	73 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Beckom (Stawell St), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Brodribb River, AU	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Wagga Wagga (Kooringal), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Currawarna (Bulls Run), AU	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	30 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Eurongilly (Bundaleer), AU	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	55 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Junee Treatment Works, AU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	38 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Marrar (Centenary Drive), AU	monthly rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	10.9 mm (0.4 in)	39 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Orbost (Comparison), AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Illabo (Clock Museum), AU	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Bruthen (Post Office), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1972	Orange (Canobolas Public Schoo, AU	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	1 year	46 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 1972

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1972. 1972 had 579 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 30 August 1972
Margin	Records
0 to 10	403
10 to 20	64
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	7
40 to 50	1