Weather Records on 30 May 1997

936 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 1997. Highest significance: Nikolaev, UA.

Key Facts for 30 May 1997

On 30 May 1997, 936 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
355 were record highs and 378 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 59 monthly and 877 daily.
Nikolaev set a daily record precipitation of 42.5 mm (1.7 in) on 30 May 1997.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 436 records.

Record Map

936 stations

936 station records on 30 May 1997 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 May 1997: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Nikolaev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	78 of 100 (Major)
Farmington	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Hanty-Mansijsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Warragul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Sretensk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Elgin	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Nurata	Uzbekistan	Record daily precipitation	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Mitchell Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Shawneetown Old Town	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Waynesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhnyj Tagil	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Biloxi	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sosva	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sidney 6NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Moe Gippsland Water	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Vale 5SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Henrietta	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Drouin Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ellinbank Dairy Research Inst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pierce City	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Waco 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Trafalgar Toseland Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Livingston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Trousdale 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pilot Rock 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tipton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Njaksimvol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Independence	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atbasar	Kazakhstan	Record high minimum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Dixon Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Britt 3E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cresco 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mirboo North Water Board	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	0.4 C (32.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton 1 SSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Drain	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Battle Ground	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Storsteinnes I Balsfjord	Norway	Record snow depth	52.0 cm (20.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Calkini (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tres Zapotes	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Van	Turkey	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Alton 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mc Cook	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bolonchen	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chapulco	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buctzotz	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Poltava	Ukraine	Record low maximum temperature	13.1 C (55.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Talladega	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

936 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 1997 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 218, Highest daily minimum 211, Lowest daily minimum 160, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Deepest snow cover 15.

Records on 30 May 1997 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	218
Highest daily minimum	211
Lowest daily minimum	160
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	15

Records on 30 May 1997 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 59, daily 877.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

702 broken records

Margins by which the 702 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 580.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 1997

Top 20 records on 30 May 1997 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 1997	Nikolaev, UA	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	109 years	78 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1997	Farmington, US	daily rain	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1997	Hanty-Mansijsk, RU	daily rain	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1997	Warragul, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	19.6 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1997	Sretensk, RU	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 May 1997	Elgin, US	daily rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	28 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	Nurata, UZ	monthly rain	100.1 mm (3.9 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	3 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	Mitchell Post Office, AU	daily rain	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	94 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	Shawneetown Old Town, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	Waynesboro, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	80 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	Nizhnyj Tagil, RU	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	54 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	Biloxi, US	daily rain	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	Altotonga, MX	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	7.8 C (14.0 F)	67 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	Sosva, RU	monthly rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	44 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	Sidney 6NNW, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	17.3 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	Moe Gippsland Water, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	66 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	Cedar Vale 5SSE, US	daily rain	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	58.6 mm (2.3 in)	28 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	Henrietta, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	Drouin Bowling Club, AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	21.8 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 1997	McKinley Park, US	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	12.5 mm (0.5 in)	72 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

1818 to 1997

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 1997. 1997 had 936 records.

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

Records on 05-30 in each year
Year	Records
1818	3
1844	1
1847	1
1848	1
1852	1
1853	1
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1860	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	4
1867	1
1868	4
1870	1
1871	2
1873	4
1878	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	2
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	1
1892	2
1893	7
1894	2
1895	5
1896	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	1
1901	4
1902	9
1903	12
1904	7
1905	20
1906	8
1907	20
1908	32
1909	6
1910	22
1911	22
1912	26
1913	89
1914	25
1915	32
1916	41
1917	42
1918	31
1919	90
1920	28
1921	392
1922	72
1923	121
1924	187
1925	190
1926	201
1927	177
1928	86
1929	368
1930	530
1931	316
1932	256
1933	250
1934	731
1935	88
1936	579
1937	440
1938	309
1939	336
1940	289
1941	518
1942	500
1943	444
1944	325
1945	383
1946	310
1947	880
1948	386
1949	318
1950	376
1951	448
1952	295
1953	622
1954	271
1955	377
1956	466
1957	267
1958	480
1959	419
1960	274
1961	657
1962	454
1963	245
1964	709
1965	454
1966	326
1967	859
1968	357
1969	1,092
1970	483
1971	1,044
1972	721
1973	391
1974	631
1975	776
1976	499
1977	444
1978	888
1979	1,185
1980	650
1981	1,001
1982	981
1983	1,310
1984	2,543
1985	772
1986	1,264
1987	1,021
1988	1,371
1989	1,021
1990	983
1991	1,264
1992	1,413
1993	690
1994	834
1995	777
1996	893
1997	936
1998	1,190
1999	1,113
2000	1,391
2001	854
2002	940
2003	1,110
2004	1,219
2005	737
2006	1,179
2007	1,128
2008	829
2009	480
2010	771
2011	1,914
2012	720
2013	821
2014	551
2015	699
2016	540
2017	657
2018	1,319
2019	706
2020	920
2021	841
2022	1,034
2023	344
2024	600
2025	828
2026	525

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Data for records on 1997-05-30: 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 100	691
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	3
500 to 600	2