Weather Records on 30 April 2001

900 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 April 2001. Highest significance: Saint-Germain-Les-Belles, FR.

Key Facts for 30 April 2001

On 30 April 2001, 900 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
473 were record highs and 224 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 54 monthly and 846 daily.
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles set a daily record precipitation of 37.4 mm (1.5 in) on 30 April 2001.
Across 165 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 444 records.

Record Map

900 stations

900 station records on 30 April 2001 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 April 2001: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Saint-Germain-Les-Belles	France	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Windhoek	Namibia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Lovozero	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Headworks Portland Wtr B	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bijie	China	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Wenatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jerusalem Central	Israel	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tenacitas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kremsmuenster	Austria	Record high maximum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zunyi	China	Record daily precipitation	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Puntilla	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albion Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cryon (Koothney)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.8 mm (4.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Postmasburg	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
McKenzie Rvr Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Isa Mine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Millau	France	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.8 C (27.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Prentice #2	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brewster	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belle Ile - le Talut	France	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moose Lake 1 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Goodwell Rsch STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bingara (Keera)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hellinikon	Greece	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Concrete Ppl Fish STN	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Puntilla	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-23.9 C (-11.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Catus	France	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Towner 2 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Otis 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hayward Rs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madeline Is	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Alpena Co Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Tours	France	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record low maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	26.3 C (79.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arhangelsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	24.3 C (75.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Reus/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shepaug Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Winter Haven	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lamoni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Port Wing	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Incheon	Korea, South	Record high maximum temperature	28.1 C (82.6 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ironwood	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Central City	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

900 records

Records set or tied on 30 April 2001 by type: Highest daily maximum 215, Lowest daily maximum 117, Highest daily minimum 258, Lowest daily minimum 107, Heaviest daily rainfall 198, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 30 April 2001 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	215
Lowest daily maximum	117
Highest daily minimum	258
Lowest daily minimum	107
Heaviest daily rainfall	198
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 30 April 2001 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 54, daily 846.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

708 broken records

Margins by which the 708 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 940.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 April 2001

Top 20 records on 30 April 2001 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 April 2001	Saint-Germain-Les-Belles, FR	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	23.2 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 April 2001	Windhoek, NA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	88 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Lovozero, RU	monthly rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Headworks Portland Wtr B, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	101 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Bijie, CN	daily rain	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	36 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Lake Wenatchee, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	20.9 mm (0.8 in)	60 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Jerusalem Central, IL	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	65.7 mm (2.6 in)	28 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Tenacitas, MX	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Newport, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Kremsmuenster, AT	daily high max	27.5 C (81.5 F)	3.0 C (5.4 F)	103 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Zunyi, CN	daily rain	64.1 mm (2.5 in)	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Arhangelsk, RU	monthly high min	10.9 C (51.6 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Puntilla, US	daily low max	-13.3 C (8.1 F)	12.2 C (22.0 F)	39 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Albion Downs, AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Cryon (Koothney), AU	monthly rain	124.8 mm (4.9 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Kailua 446, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	83 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Postmasburg, ZA	daily rain	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Genoa 2 W, US	daily high min	16.1 C (61.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	105 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	McKenzie Rvr Rs, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 April 2001	Mount Isa Mine, AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	41 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 2001

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 2001. 2001 had 900 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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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 200	707
200 to 400	0
400 to 600	0
600 to 800	0
800 to 1000	1