Weather Records on 30 August 1993

1,200 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 August 1993. Highest significance: Wakefield 3NW, US.

Key Facts for 30 August 1993

On 30 August 1993, 1,200 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
353 were record highs and 445 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 50 monthly and 1,148 daily.
Wakefield 3NW set a daily record precipitation of 62.0 mm (2.4 in) on 30 August 1993.
Across 169 earlier years (1806 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 419 records.

Record Map

1,200 stations

1,200 station records on 30 August 1993 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 August 1993: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Calliope Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Muskogee	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Landsort	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
W Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Laurel	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lethebrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Nynashamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ada	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kurnool	India	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Nakhon Ratchasima	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mapleton No.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Theilman 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Port Washington	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Satna	India	Record daily precipitation	302.0 mm (11.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bezenchuk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pandanus Ck Forest 658	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Najahan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tajgonos	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ravenna	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Fairymead Sugar Mill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	75.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gonzalez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sernovodsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Colby 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Wabasha	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Aksakovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Annanvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Targinnie Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Coimbatore/Peelamed	India	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Beer Sheva	Israel	Record high maximum temperature	41.4 C (106.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bugulma	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Strathmore	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eureka	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bajool Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Flen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hillside 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cherokee	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Emerson	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tolka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Montezuma Castle Nm	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lumpkin 2 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Phillipsburg 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kelsey Creek Dittmer Rd	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Esperanza	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carlinville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Zion Np	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ojinaga (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Presa Pucuato	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,200 records

Records set or tied on 30 August 1993 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 281, Highest daily minimum 219, Lowest daily minimum 164, Heaviest daily rainfall 402.

Records on 30 August 1993 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	281
Highest daily minimum	219
Lowest daily minimum	164
Heaviest daily rainfall	402
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 30 August 1993 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 50, daily 1,148.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

911 broken records

Margins by which the 911 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 August 1993

Top 20 records on 30 August 1993 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 August 1993	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	88 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1993	Calliope Post Office, AU	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	72 years	63 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1993	Lyons, US	monthly rain	107.2 mm (4.2 in)	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1993	Muskogee, US	daily rain	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 August 1993	Landsort, SE	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	110 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	Rockwell City, US	daily rain	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	91 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	W Pt, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	39.7 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	Onawa 3NW, US	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	Laurel, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	Walthill 1E, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	Lethebrook, AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	68 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	Elgin, US	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	Nynashamn, SE	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	Ada, SE	daily rain	40.8 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	Kurnool, IN	daily rain	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	26 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	Nakhon Ratchasima, TH	monthly rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	Mapleton No.2, US	daily rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	48 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	Theilman 1SSW, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	50.2 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	Port Washington, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	36 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 August 1993	Satna, IN	all-time rain	302.0 mm (11.9 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	74 years	51 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 1993

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1806 to 1993. 1993 had 1,200 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 1993-08-30: 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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 30 August 1993
Margin	Records
0 to 10	749
10 to 20	81
20 to 30	42
30 to 40	24
40 to 50	9
50 to 60	6