Weather Records on 1 February 1990

1,122 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 February 1990. Highest significance: Lupi Upper 442, US.

Key Facts for 1 February 1990

On 1 February 1990, 1,122 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
551 were record highs and 126 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 1,086 daily.
Lupi Upper 442 set a daily record precipitation of 584.2 mm (23.0 in) on 1 February 1990.
Across 159 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 493 records.

Record Map

1,122 stations

1,122 station records on 1 February 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 February 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Lupi Upper 442	United States	Record daily precipitation	584.2 mm (23.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Rokewood (Wurrook South)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Upolu Point Uscg 159.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown Donalds Hill	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carbo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Moab	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record high maximum temperature	14.3 C (57.7 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Harnosand	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Copco #1 Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Honey Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Flagstaff AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilburton 9 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bentleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kaufman 3 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Myers Page Fld AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Challenge Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
McKinney Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dallas FAA AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gavle	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gellibrand River Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.0 C (42.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Keno	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Parnu	Estonia	Record high minimum temperature	1.6 C (34.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Linkoeping-Malmslaett	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.5 C (40.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Orebro	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	7.3 C (45.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Clinton	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ellington	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carrollton	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.3 mm (3.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mincha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Newstead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record high minimum temperature	3.2 C (37.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lovelock	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ennis	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Kanosh	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott Love Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Nenana Muni AP	United States	Record snow depth	111.8 cm (44.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cohuna (Goulburn Murray)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Epping	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zhumadian	China	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	6.2 C (43.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Tokyo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wasola 5N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
New Holland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Lyons 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sobol Twr	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pilot Point Isl du Boi	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitney Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
McAlester Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Yarrawalla South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lancefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kinglake West (Wallaby Creek)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,122 records

Records set or tied on 1 February 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 170, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 381, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 391, Heaviest daily snowfall 45, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 1 February 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	170
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	381
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	391
Heaviest daily snowfall	45
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 1 February 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 34, daily 1,086.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

960 broken records

Margins by which the 960 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 449.8. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 February 1990

Top 20 records on 1 February 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 February 1990	Lupi Upper 442, US	daily rain	584.2 mm (23.0 in)	449.8 mm (17.7 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
1 February 1990	Rokewood (Wurrook South), AU	daily rain	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	79 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Cressy, AU	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Upolu Point Uscg 159.2, US	daily rain	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	27 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Camperdown Donalds Hill, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Carbo, MX	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Moab, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	2.6 cm (1.0 in)	87 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily low max	15.0 C (59.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	128 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily high max	14.3 C (57.7 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	105 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Harnosand, SE	daily high min	1.8 C (35.2 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	102 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Copco #1 Dam, US	daily snowfall	17.3 cm (6.8 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	20 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Honey Grove, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	15 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Flagstaff AP, US	daily snowfall	34.5 cm (13.6 in)	14.2 cm (5.6 in)	52 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Gorlitz, DE	daily high min	5.5 C (41.9 F)	0.1 C (0.2 F)	105 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Wilburton 9 ENE, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Bentleigh, AU	daily rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	30 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Kaufman 3 SE, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Ft Myers Page Fld AP, US	daily high min	20.6 C (69.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	94 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1990	Challenge Rs, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	48 years	36 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 1,122 records.

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

Records on 02-01 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1830	1
1831	1
1846	1
1850	1
1851	1
1853	1
1854	1
1862	3
1866	1
1867	1
1869	4
1871	1
1873	1
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1884	3
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	5
1900	2
1901	3
1902	10
1903	4
1904	9
1905	7
1906	29
1907	13
1908	85
1909	23
1910	5
1911	38
1912	37
1913	35
1914	54
1915	51
1916	68
1917	69
1918	71
1919	21
1920	84
1921	36
1922	68
1923	249
1924	193
1925	80
1926	56
1927	110
1928	281
1929	178
1930	102
1931	264
1932	142
1933	283
1934	515
1935	441
1936	514
1937	270
1938	299
1939	271
1940	328
1941	365
1942	157
1943	281
1944	240
1945	469
1946	273
1947	352
1948	397
1949	604
1950	1,223
1951	1,756
1952	907
1953	552
1954	1,012
1955	296
1956	1,013
1957	539
1958	369
1959	398
1960	646
1961	479
1962	657
1963	1,161
1964	453
1965	453
1966	756
1967	628
1968	941
1969	485
1970	397
1971	1,597
1972	385
1973	716
1974	865
1975	634
1976	723
1977	516
1978	904
1979	1,728
1980	689
1981	961
1982	1,029
1983	1,463
1984	278
1985	2,572
1986	709
1987	826
1988	1,699
1989	1,772
1990	1,122
1991	554
1992	1,501
1993	819
1994	917
1995	1,330
1996	1,632
1997	883
1998	737
1999	1,031
2000	687
2001	1,124
2002	2,087
2003	1,301
2004	1,146
2005	714
2006	638
2007	930
2008	1,136
2009	506
2010	1,239
2011	1,204
2012	1,027
2013	704
2014	635
2015	958
2016	1,496
2017	424
2018	512
2019	816
2020	1,608
2021	570
2022	254
2023	416
2024	1,204
2025	557
2026	1,241

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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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 1 February 1990
Margin	Records
0 to 100	953
100 to 200	5
200 to 300	1
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1