Weather Records on 9 February 1990

1,535 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 February 1990. Highest significance: Kingston, US.

Key Facts for 9 February 1990

On 9 February 1990, 1,535 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,124 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 1,501 daily.
Kingston set an all-time record daily precipitation of 178.6 mm (7.0 in) on 9 February 1990.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 510 records.

Record Map

1,535 stations

1,535 station records on 9 February 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 February 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Blue Nobby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Waleska	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hordern Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Northumberland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Grafton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt Roads	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Kirov	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	0.1 C (32.2 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Skipton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
American River	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Coramba (Glenfiddich)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Warren Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Curryville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fletcher 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hoquiam Bowerman AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tanybryn	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	7.4 C (45.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton Lock 1	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Astoria AP (Port of)	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indarrie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Breeza (the Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wallaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anderson	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Vernon 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kybybolite Research Centre	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Burrawang (Range Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Peechelba East	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fairmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roxboro 7 ESE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Muscle Shoals AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bredbo (Bredbo Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kazan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	1.8 C (35.2 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Arcade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Antreville	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Clemens Ang Base	United States	Record high maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Kotzebue AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Forrest State Forest	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ostrov Sosnovez	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
St. Petersburg	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
McKeesport	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Neshaminy Falls	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,535 records

Records set or tied on 9 February 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 598, Lowest daily maximum 29, Highest daily minimum 526, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 328, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 9 February 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	598
Lowest daily maximum	29
Highest daily minimum	526
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	328
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 9 February 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 32, daily 1,501.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,282 broken records

Margins by which the 1,282 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 February 1990

Top 20 records on 9 February 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 February 1990	Kingston, US	all-time rain	178.6 mm (7.0 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	83 of 100 (Exceptional)
9 February 1990	Keflavik, IS	monthly rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	30 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Wyee (Wyee Farms Rd), AU	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	82 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Uralla (Blue Nobby), AU	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Waleska, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Hordern Vale, AU	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	14 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Cape Northumberland, AU	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	3.7 mm (0.15 in)	106 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Grafton, US	daily high max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	91 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Roosevelt Roads, PR	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	40 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Tot-Ma, RU	monthly high min	1.8 C (35.2 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	78 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Kirov, RU	daily high min	0.1 C (32.2 F)	4.0 C (7.2 F)	98 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily high max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	91 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Skipton Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.2 mm (2.8 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	79 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Baltimore Customs House, US	daily high min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	111 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Int, US	daily rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	American River, AU	daily rain	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	10.8 mm (0.4 in)	74 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Coramba (Glenfiddich), AU	daily rain	89.8 mm (3.5 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	44 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Bowling Green Warren Co AP, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Manati 2 E, PR	daily high min	22.2 C (72.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	70 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 February 1990	Curryville 3 W, US	daily rain	70.9 mm (2.8 in)	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	10 years	41 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

1798 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1798 to 1990. 1990 had 1,535 records.

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

Records on 02-09 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1809	1
1847	1
1849	1
1855	2
1856	5
1857	1
1858	2
1860	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1879	1
1881	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	3
1887	2
1888	1
1889	2
1891	2
1892	1
1893	5
1894	7
1895	5
1896	3
1897	5
1898	3
1899	17
1900	4
1901	3
1902	4
1903	13
1904	22
1905	7
1906	13
1907	9
1908	18
1909	6
1910	9
1911	65
1912	38
1913	27
1914	57
1915	16
1916	53
1917	39
1918	43
1919	59
1920	63
1921	22
1922	43
1923	65
1924	50
1925	642
1926	151
1927	76
1928	176
1929	433
1930	191
1931	205
1932	652
1933	986
1934	618
1935	427
1936	437
1937	638
1938	772
1939	838
1940	380
1941	178
1942	468
1943	438
1944	546
1945	400
1946	337
1947	541
1948	342
1949	467
1950	463
1951	758
1952	334
1953	569
1954	1,034
1955	482
1956	754
1957	1,072
1958	375
1959	578
1960	453
1961	693
1962	546
1963	635
1964	267
1965	677
1966	1,610
1967	362
1968	312
1969	1,116
1970	518
1971	1,015
1972	270
1973	501
1974	425
1975	569
1976	1,406
1977	514
1978	1,274
1979	1,657
1980	1,124
1981	705
1982	1,368
1983	361
1984	559
1985	1,218
1986	1,140
1987	687
1988	786
1989	1,249
1990	1,535
1991	720
1992	844
1993	871
1994	2,208
1995	999
1996	1,781
1997	759
1998	857
1999	1,622
2000	920
2001	2,173
2002	1,390
2003	758
2004	644
2005	1,025
2006	566
2007	703
2008	807
2009	1,354
2010	1,312
2011	1,361
2012	887
2013	598
2014	949
2015	1,228
2016	1,294
2017	1,412
2018	677
2019	871
2020	1,384
2021	826
2022	585
2023	745
2024	1,392
2025	823
2026	660

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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 25	1,249
25 to 50	21
50 to 75	7
75 to 100	3
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1
175 to 200	1