Weather Records on 3 January 1990

467 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 January 1990. Highest significance: Crow Agency, US.

Key Facts for 3 January 1990

On 3 January 1990, 467 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
206 were record highs and 27 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 13 monthly and 449 daily.
Crow Agency set a daily record precipitation of 29.0 mm (1.1 in) on 3 January 1990.
Across 163 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 491 records.

Record Map

467 stations

467 station records on 3 January 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 January 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Crow Agency	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Granville Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Espanola	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fence Lake	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Olinda #1 332	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ponta Grossa-Vila Velha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gallatin 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Worland	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Agudos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pedro Barros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	46.7 C (116.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Segunda Alianca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Iporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	109.1 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Capela Do Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Regnier	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Usina Pinhal (Eloy Chaves)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paraiso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Paola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Howell Wwtp	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Montague 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Taos	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ulleungdo	Korea, South	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chama	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Rito	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gormanston (Gould Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Antioch	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
New Hampton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Minersville	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Giles Meteorological Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	32.1 C (89.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Queenstown (Copper Mine)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Graciosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Capela Do Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.9 mm (3.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Laguna	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.7 cm (6.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Snowtown	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	26.2 C (79.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wayatinah Power Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Piratininga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Sedona	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Hugoton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lock (Terre)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nowra Ran Air Station	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	41.9 C (107.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Huejuquilla El Alto (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Alpine	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.7 cm (10.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Audubon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Middle Dam	United States	Record snow depth	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Greybull	United States	Record snow depth	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	48.0 C (118.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Galia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Rita Exp Range	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tiros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Elias Fausto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Oracle 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bad Axe	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Cerro	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Red Rvr	United States	Record daily snowfall	31.8 cm (12.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Honolua Fld 49 494	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

467 records

Records set or tied on 3 January 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 109, Lowest daily maximum 11, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 16, Heaviest daily rainfall 164, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 21.

Records on 3 January 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	109
Lowest daily maximum	11
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	16
Heaviest daily rainfall	164
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	21

Records on 3 January 1990 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 13, daily 449.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

383 broken records

Margins by which the 383 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 458.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 January 1990

Top 20 records on 3 January 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 January 1990	Crow Agency, US	daily rain	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	75 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1990	Williams, US	daily snowfall	61.0 cm (24.0 in)	45.8 cm (18.0 in)	80 years	73 of 100 (Major)
3 January 1990	Granville Harbour, AU	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Melton Mowbray (Lovely Banks), AU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.1 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Espanola, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Fence Lake, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	56 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Olinda #1 332, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Ponta Grossa-Vila Velha, BR	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	22 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Gallatin 1W, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Worland, US	daily snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	0 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Agudos, BR	daily rain	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Delta, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	52 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Pedro Barros, BR	daily rain	91.8 mm (3.6 in)	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Deniliquin (Wilkinson St), AU	daily high max	46.7 C (116.1 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	122 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Segunda Alianca, BR	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Bairro Iporanga, BR	daily rain	109.1 mm (4.3 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Capela Do Alto, BR	daily rain	60.9 mm (2.4 in)	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Regnier, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	6.8 cm (2.7 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Usina Pinhal (Eloy Chaves), BR	daily rain	60.4 mm (2.4 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
3 January 1990	Paraiso, PR	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	34 years	38 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

1794 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1990. 1990 had 467 records.

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

Records on 01-03 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1798	1
1800	1
1823	2
1825	1
1830	2
1839	1
1848	1
1853	1
1860	2
1861	1
1864	1
1867	2
1868	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	3
1878	1
1879	2
1882	2
1883	3
1884	1
1886	4
1887	5
1888	3
1889	4
1890	3
1891	4
1892	1
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	3
1899	2
1900	15
1901	4
1902	15
1903	17
1904	51
1905	12
1906	13
1907	26
1908	8
1909	11
1910	23
1911	40
1912	26
1913	83
1914	33
1915	29
1916	60
1917	52
1918	80
1919	54
1920	31
1921	139
1922	80
1923	46
1924	222
1925	139
1926	268
1927	235
1928	412
1929	58
1930	160
1931	100
1932	167
1933	160
1934	208
1935	249
1936	404
1937	291
1938	139
1939	498
1940	312
1941	595
1942	505
1943	508
1944	361
1945	148
1946	171
1947	662
1948	462
1949	910
1950	2,025
1951	459
1952	587
1953	241
1954	370
1955	443
1956	188
1957	177
1958	326
1959	861
1960	431
1961	543
1962	802
1963	494
1964	513
1965	492
1966	885
1967	247
1968	582
1969	516
1970	749
1971	1,280
1972	313
1973	623
1974	1,010
1975	710
1976	524
1977	790
1978	745
1979	2,417
1980	470
1981	1,401
1982	1,380
1983	921
1984	983
1985	739
1986	676
1987	843
1988	1,034
1989	740
1990	467
1991	1,077
1992	1,200
1993	910
1994	902
1995	726
1996	2,085
1997	3,676
1998	1,434
1999	1,568
2000	2,063
2001	1,385
2002	1,307
2003	981
2004	1,406
2005	1,157
2006	1,472
2007	1,396
2008	948
2009	682
2010	1,337
2011	681
2012	956
2013	496
2014	1,029
2015	869
2016	605
2017	1,053
2018	1,444
2019	474
2020	772
2021	476
2022	989
2023	1,318
2024	734
2025	653
2026	902

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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 100	368
100 to 200	10
200 to 300	2
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1