Weather Records on 26 January 1990

920 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 26 January 1990. Highest significance: Beardstown, US.

Key Facts for 26 January 1990

On 26 January 1990, 920 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
467 were record highs and 130 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 25 monthly and 892 daily.
Beardstown set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 26 January 1990.
Across 152 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 519 records.

Record Map

920 stations

920 station records on 26 January 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 26 January 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Beardstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Salem	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Winning	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Stiege	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bolmen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Boras	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ljungby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Cadillac	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yongarloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Weissenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Munchen-Nymphenburg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.9 C (51.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	7.5 C (45.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Witdraai (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Singeshult	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rush 1N	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Regnier	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record high maximum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Soraby	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Gladwin	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily snowfall	48.3 cm (19.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Grayling	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Vanderbilt 11ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Battle Ground	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Osijek	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	13.0 C (55.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hagshults_Flygplats	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Middletown 4 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wray	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lagos de Moreno (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dangara	Tajikistan	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Pehuajo Aero	Argentina	Record high minimum temperature	27.5 C (81.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.4 C (41.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Central Michigan UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Little Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Milesville 5 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Vasilevici	Belarus	Record high maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mokpo	Korea, South	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rainier Paradise Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

920 records

Records set or tied on 26 January 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 308, Lowest daily maximum 63, Highest daily minimum 159, Lowest daily minimum 67, Heaviest daily rainfall 266, Heaviest daily snowfall 33, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 26 January 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	308
Lowest daily maximum	63
Highest daily minimum	159
Lowest daily minimum	67
Heaviest daily rainfall	266
Heaviest daily snowfall	33
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 26 January 1990 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 25, daily 892.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

753 broken records

Margins by which the 753 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

26 January 1990

Top 20 records on 26 January 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
26 January 1990	Beardstown, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	23 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Salem, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	4 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Winning, AU	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Stiege, DE	daily rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	22.2 mm (0.9 in)	19 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Bolmen, SE	daily rain	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	12 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Boras, SE	daily rain	32.9 mm (1.3 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Ljungby, SE	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	95 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Cadillac, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	6 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Yongarloo, AU	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	13.5 C (56.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	143 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Weissenburg, DE	daily high max	11.9 C (53.4 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	99 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Kalkaska, US	monthly rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	7.4 mm (0.29 in)	15 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Manati 2 E, PR	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	88 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Osby, SE	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Chemnitz, DE	daily high max	11.0 C (51.8 F)	1.2 C (2.2 F)	99 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Bamberg, DE	daily high max	10.5 C (50.9 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Nurnberg, DE	daily high max	10.4 C (50.7 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Putbus, DE	daily high max	9.0 C (48.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	99 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Schwerin, DE	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	99 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
26 January 1990	Munchen-Nymphenburg, DE	daily high max	10.9 C (51.6 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	99 years	39 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 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1795 to 1990. 1990 had 920 records.

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

Records on 01-26 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1804	1
1822	1
1823	2
1834	1
1846	3
1851	1
1858	2
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	1
1879	1
1880	2
1881	4
1882	1
1884	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	4
1894	3
1895	8
1896	1
1897	5
1900	3
1901	5
1902	5
1903	3
1904	20
1905	34
1906	4
1907	24
1908	11
1909	11
1910	43
1911	33
1912	43
1913	23
1914	100
1915	21
1916	139
1917	27
1918	65
1919	31
1920	59
1921	42
1922	58
1923	154
1924	141
1925	74
1926	41
1927	185
1928	75
1929	187
1930	227
1931	373
1932	299
1933	318
1934	398
1935	181
1936	569
1937	601
1938	441
1939	321
1940	1,113
1941	1,120
1942	618
1943	503
1944	1,707
1945	249
1946	168
1947	747
1948	596
1949	1,359
1950	2,369
1951	526
1952	630
1953	394
1954	449
1955	389
1956	505
1957	791
1958	404
1959	495
1960	197
1961	1,051
1962	860
1963	626
1964	226
1965	434
1966	606
1967	958
1968	376
1969	1,242
1970	470
1971	979
1972	968
1973	584
1974	784
1975	748
1976	849
1977	935
1978	1,674
1979	1,691
1980	651
1981	688
1982	1,223
1983	1,062
1984	844
1985	920
1986	770
1987	1,034
1988	955
1989	769
1990	920
1991	758
1992	942
1993	940
1994	1,018
1995	1,260
1996	1,031
1997	1,071
1998	650
1999	992
2000	1,202
2001	672
2002	1,474
2003	1,174
2004	1,454
2005	910
2006	998
2007	1,086
2008	821
2009	818
2010	748
2011	623
2012	757
2013	936
2014	624
2015	988
2016	903
2017	789
2018	470
2019	518
2020	466
2021	1,417
2022	322
2023	488
2024	1,282
2025	582
2026	1,904

Download the Data

Data for records on 1990-01-26: 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 50	733
50 to 100	15
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1