Weather Records on 30 May 2024

600 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 May 2024. Highest significance: Shangzhi, CN.

Key Facts for 30 May 2024

On 30 May 2024, 600 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
360 were record highs and 113 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 41 monthly and 557 daily.
Shangzhi set a daily record precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 30 May 2024.
Across 165 earlier years (1818 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

600 stations

600 station records on 30 May 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 May 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Shangzhi	China	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Falls City Brenner Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Utajarvi Sarkijarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Chon Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Lauchstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Salzwedel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Zinder	Niger	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	25.7 C (78.3 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Olenek	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	27.1 C (80.8 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	13.2 C (55.8 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Lauderdale	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bond Springs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Nurmes Mujejarvi	Finland	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gardelegen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dzardzan	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Segen-Kyuel	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tizi Ouzou	Algeria	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dampier Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Monterrey (City)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nordstraum I Kvaenangen	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tatarsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Palestine 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Udialla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Bijsk Zonalnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sisseton	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Wiseman	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Country Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alzey	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Jinnah Intl	Pakistan	Record high maximum temperature	39.5 C (103.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Odessa	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Alice Springs Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high maximum temperature	35.3 C (95.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Manderscheid-Sonnenhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jubilejnaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.8 C (49.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mosquito Creek Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Broome Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Port Smith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gaya	India	Record high minimum temperature	31.4 C (88.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lajes Ab	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dos Bocas	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Saran-Paul	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-4.9 C (23.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Alejskaja	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Madrid - Retiro	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Udu Point	Fiji	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corfu	Greece	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kenitra Port Lyautey	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rockport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Powell Fld STN	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Grunow	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tobolsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney Airport AMO	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wilsons Promontory Lighthouse	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nouasseur	Morocco	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sredny Vasjugan	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

600 records

Records set or tied on 30 May 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 182, Lowest daily maximum 34, Highest daily minimum 178, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 126, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 30 May 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	182
Lowest daily maximum	34
Highest daily minimum	178
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	126
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 30 May 2024 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 41, daily 557.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

512 broken records

Margins by which the 512 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 May 2024

Top 20 records on 30 May 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 May 2024	Shangzhi, CN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	65 years	66 of 100 (Major)
30 May 2024	Falls City Brenner Fld, US	daily rain	101.9 mm (4.0 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	49 years	64 of 100 (Major)
30 May 2024	Utajarvi Sarkijarvi, FI	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Hamilton Downs, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Chon Buri, TH	daily rain	91.2 mm (3.6 in)	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Bad Lauchstadt, DE	daily rain	40.7 mm (1.6 in)	12.6 mm (0.5 in)	57 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Salzwedel, DE	monthly rain	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	40 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Zinder, NE	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Ajan, RU	daily high max	25.7 C (78.3 F)	6.8 C (12.2 F)	80 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Olenek, RU	monthly high max	27.1 C (80.8 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	87 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Ulricehamn, SE	daily high min	13.2 C (55.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	107 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Ft Lauderdale, US	daily high max	35.6 C (96.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	109 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Bond Springs Homestead, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Nurmes Mujejarvi, FI	monthly rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Gardelegen, DE	daily rain	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	10.6 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Dzardzan, RU	monthly high min	10.6 C (51.1 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	78 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Segen-Kyuel, RU	monthly high max	29.3 C (84.7 F)	0.7 C (1.3 F)	76 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Davenport, US	daily low min	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Tizi Ouzou, DZ	daily high max	36.9 C (98.4 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	97 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
30 May 2024	Dampier Downs, AU	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 years	40 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 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1818 to 2024. 2024 had 600 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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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 10	470
10 to 20	27
20 to 30	6
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1