Weather Records on 2 February 1990

1,438 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 February 1990. Highest significance: Peterborough, AU.

Key Facts for 2 February 1990

On 2 February 1990, 1,438 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
694 were record highs and 96 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 51 monthly and 1,382 daily.
Peterborough set a monthly record daily precipitation of 84.6 mm (3.3 in) on 2 February 1990.
Across 153 earlier years (1795 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.

Record Map

1,438 stations

1,438 station records on 2 February 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 February 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Peterborough	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
Woolsthorpe	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wyelangta	Australia	Record daily precipitation	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Hawkesdale (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Gellibrand River West	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Nullawarre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Stanley Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Cape Otway Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Williams	United States	Record daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Smithton (Grant Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Tanybryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	177.2 mm (7.0 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Cape Grim (Woolnorth)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Wingaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Warrnambool Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hordern Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Long Flat Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Anglesea	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Widgee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	168.8 mm (6.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Koroit	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
City of Melbourne Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Harwell	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.2 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cressy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kolora (Wooriwyrite)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hawi 168	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Apollo Bay	Australia	Record daily precipitation	117.8 mm (4.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Camperdown (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cobden (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Deal Island	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Woolners Arm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	105.7 mm (4.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Port Fairy Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Elliott Research Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Currie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Van Wert 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Beeac (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Walcha Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Barwon Heads (Jirrahlinga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tyrendarra (Ellangowan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mawbanna (Mawbanna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Willcox	United States	Record daily snowfall	9.7 cm (3.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hawksdale Shire Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Weeaproinah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	139.6 mm (5.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burnie (Round Hill)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Temma (Temma Farm)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sim Jue Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bundook (Glenhaugh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.0 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leslie Manor (Boolarra)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Moorleah (Preolenna Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hachita 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Princetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colac (Shire Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yolla (Sea View)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Flinders Island Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ebor (the Racecourse)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Meredith	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Edith Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	109.0 mm (4.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chiricahua Nm	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fayetteville Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,438 records

Records set or tied on 2 February 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 231, Lowest daily maximum 71, Highest daily minimum 463, Lowest daily minimum 25, Heaviest daily rainfall 551, Heaviest daily snowfall 71, Deepest snow cover 26.

Records on 2 February 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	231
Lowest daily maximum	71
Highest daily minimum	463
Lowest daily minimum	25
Heaviest daily rainfall	551
Heaviest daily snowfall	71
Deepest snow cover	26

Records on 2 February 1990 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 51, daily 1,382.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,220 broken records

Margins by which the 1,220 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 280.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 February 1990

Top 20 records on 2 February 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 February 1990	Peterborough, AU	monthly rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	78 years	81 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 February 1990	Woolsthorpe, AU	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	100 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 February 1990	Wyelangta, AU	all-time rain	202.2 mm (8.0 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	50 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
2 February 1990	Hawkesdale (Post Office), AU	daily rain	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	28.3 mm (1.1 in)	100 years	75 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1990	Gellibrand River West, AU	all-time rain	105.0 mm (4.1 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	73 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1990	Nullawarre, AU	monthly rain	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1990	Stanley Post Office, AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	68 years	70 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1990	Cape Otway Lighthouse, AU	monthly rain	81.4 mm (3.2 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1990	Williams, US	daily snowfall	43.2 cm (17.0 in)	28.0 cm (11.0 in)	90 years	68 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1990	Smithton (Grant Street), AU	daily rain	87.8 mm (3.5 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	62 years	66 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1990	Tanybryn, AU	monthly rain	177.2 mm (7.0 in)	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1990	Cape Grim (Woolnorth), AU	daily rain	106.6 mm (4.2 in)	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	52 years	65 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1990	Wingaroo, AU	daily rain	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	55 years	63 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1990	Warrnambool Shire Office, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
2 February 1990	Hordern Vale, AU	monthly rain	114.6 mm (4.5 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1990	Long Flat Post Office, AU	daily rain	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	80 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1990	Anglesea, AU	daily rain	94.6 mm (3.7 in)	83.2 mm (3.3 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1990	Widgee, AU	daily rain	168.8 mm (6.6 in)	122.6 mm (4.8 in)	32 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1990	Koroit, AU	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 February 1990	City of Melbourne Bay, AU	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	55 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 1,438 records.

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

Records on 02-02 in each year
Year	Records
1795	1
1796	1
1803	2
1805	2
1830	2
1843	1
1846	1
1851	1
1852	1
1862	2
1866	4
1873	2
1874	1
1877	1
1881	3
1885	2
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1892	6
1893	3
1894	2
1895	6
1896	1
1897	7
1898	7
1899	5
1900	3
1901	3
1902	18
1903	17
1904	8
1905	18
1906	16
1907	10
1908	11
1909	28
1910	6
1911	41
1912	46
1913	28
1914	63
1915	62
1916	26
1917	86
1918	25
1919	26
1920	44
1921	118
1922	84
1923	196
1924	352
1925	125
1926	104
1927	198
1928	197
1929	159
1930	117
1931	267
1932	231
1933	314
1934	681
1935	471
1936	347
1937	158
1938	280
1939	424
1940	534
1941	372
1942	329
1943	194
1944	321
1945	648
1946	296
1947	271
1948	308
1949	425
1950	1,513
1951	1,465
1952	666
1953	480
1954	913
1955	419
1956	1,323
1957	428
1958	231
1959	427
1960	590
1961	972
1962	820
1963	850
1964	223
1965	337
1966	601
1967	826
1968	844
1969	492
1970	800
1971	1,011
1972	630
1973	1,364
1974	1,019
1975	557
1976	1,207
1977	387
1978	738
1979	1,390
1980	757
1981	1,084
1982	866
1983	1,692
1984	309
1985	2,477
1986	1,112
1987	949
1988	1,405
1989	2,587
1990	1,438
1991	869
1992	1,224
1993	851
1994	799
1995	1,222
1996	2,641
1997	551
1998	832
1999	976
2000	625
2001	1,048
2002	1,502
2003	1,561
2004	1,399
2005	1,030
2006	964
2007	1,124
2008	742
2009	478
2010	1,722
2011	2,310
2012	1,122
2013	615
2014	627
2015	837
2016	1,497
2017	386
2018	838
2019	697
2020	1,333
2021	880
2022	568
2023	297
2024	1,161
2025	1,000
2026	775

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Data for records on 1990-02-02: 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	1,169
50 to 100	41
100 to 150	8
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	0
250 to 300	2