Weather Records on 31 January 1990

821 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 January 1990. Highest significance: Brekke Sluse, NO.

Key Facts for 31 January 1990

On 31 January 1990, 821 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
439 were record highs and 115 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 779 daily.
Brekke Sluse set a monthly record daily precipitation of 44.0 mm (1.7 in) on 31 January 1990.
Across 162 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 500 records.

Record Map

821 stations

821 station records on 31 January 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 January 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Brekke Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Orje	Norway	Record daily precipitation	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Tiruchchirapalli	India	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Richardson	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Scotland Neck	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Baterod	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ferris	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Heden	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Visby_Flygplats	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnesbyn	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Kent	United States	Record daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.3 C (43.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tveitsund	Norway	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Havelund	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rjukan	Norway	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	24.9 C (76.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bjornholt	Norway	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dingle	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Djurskog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oak City	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Deseret	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Spanish Fk Pwr House	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Igsi I Hobol	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.9 cm (4.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chengde	China	Record low minimum temperature	-24.2 C (-11.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buffelsfontein 14	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
E Glacier	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belcourt Keya Radio	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Northam	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Southern Cross	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Moss	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kjelsas I Sorkedalen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	6.5 C (43.7 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	10.1 C (50.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high minimum temperature	9.2 C (48.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Rygge	Norway	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Evant 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Motozintla (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Bredviken	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Babb 6 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lakeview	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kellerberrin	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	10.2 C (50.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Boulia Airport	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pte de Chassiron	France	Record high minimum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hvaler	Norway	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Karlstad	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.1 C (35.8 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Rainbow	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Chaoyang	China	Record low minimum temperature	-34.4 C (-29.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Tallinn	Estonia	Record high maximum temperature	3.6 C (38.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hiroshima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

821 records

Records set or tied on 31 January 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 222, Lowest daily maximum 62, Highest daily minimum 217, Lowest daily minimum 53, Heaviest daily rainfall 212, Heaviest daily snowfall 44, Deepest snow cover 11.

Records on 31 January 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	222
Lowest daily maximum	62
Highest daily minimum	217
Lowest daily minimum	53
Heaviest daily rainfall	212
Heaviest daily snowfall	44
Deepest snow cover	11

Records on 31 January 1990 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 39, daily 779.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

700 broken records

Margins by which the 700 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 January 1990

Top 20 records on 31 January 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 January 1990	Brekke Sluse, NO	monthly rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1990	Orje, NO	monthly rain	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	7 years	61 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1990	Stromsfoss Sluse, NO	monthly rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	5.7 mm (0.22 in)	97 years	60 of 100 (Major)
31 January 1990	Tiruchchirapalli, IN	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	72 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Halden, NO	daily rain	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	19.5 mm (0.8 in)	28 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Richardson, US	monthly rain	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Scotland Neck, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	111 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Baterod, NO	monthly rain	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	30 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Ferris, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Heden, SE	monthly rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	36 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Fredericksburg, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	4.6 mm (0.18 in)	92 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Visby_Flygplats, SE	daily high max	7.2 C (45.0 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	104 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Gunnesbyn, SE	monthly rain	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	19 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Ft Kent, US	daily snowfall	38.1 cm (15.0 in)	19.0 cm (7.5 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily high min	6.3 C (43.3 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	91 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Tveitsund, NO	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Havelund, SE	monthly rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Hico, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	15 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Rjukan, NO	monthly rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	4.0 mm (0.16 in)	31 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
31 January 1990	Manati 2 E, PR	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 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

1800 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1990. 1990 had 821 records.

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

Records on 01-31 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1801	1
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1850	1
1852	1
1853	2
1854	2
1862	1
1863	2
1868	1
1869	2
1870	1
1873	1
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1880	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	5
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	2
1892	1
1893	9
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	2
1898	7
1899	7
1900	5
1901	4
1902	10
1903	3
1904	6
1905	21
1906	17
1907	8
1908	36
1909	27
1910	10
1911	52
1912	20
1913	49
1914	36
1915	115
1916	94
1917	190
1918	150
1919	14
1920	113
1921	29
1922	55
1923	152
1924	203
1925	134
1926	204
1927	64
1928	47
1929	263
1930	83
1931	326
1932	153
1933	212
1934	597
1935	431
1936	830
1937	309
1938	362
1939	323
1940	361
1941	354
1942	273
1943	698
1944	232
1945	943
1946	359
1947	788
1948	600
1949	1,058
1950	1,022
1951	1,192
1952	519
1953	879
1954	744
1955	383
1956	434
1957	563
1958	692
1959	237
1960	349
1961	475
1962	686
1963	928
1964	402
1965	696
1966	1,295
1967	637
1968	524
1969	703
1970	209
1971	1,506
1972	426
1973	714
1974	1,128
1975	1,110
1976	569
1977	781
1978	844
1979	1,995
1980	757
1981	687
1982	1,287
1983	1,078
1984	610
1985	1,725
1986	616
1987	787
1988	1,582
1989	1,718
1990	821
1991	617
1992	1,573
1993	856
1994	1,049
1995	1,122
1996	1,594
1997	898
1998	641
1999	938
2000	1,115
2001	1,061
2002	3,080
2003	1,281
2004	1,392
2005	767
2006	722
2007	713
2008	704
2009	552
2010	1,311
2011	741
2012	1,037
2013	1,397
2014	986
2015	663
2016	1,147
2017	575
2018	564
2019	1,426
2020	1,031
2021	504
2022	255
2023	907
2024	1,117
2025	827
2026	839

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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 50	687
50 to 100	10
100 to 150	1
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	1