Weather Records on 10 February 1990

1,666 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 February 1990. Highest significance: Ballan, AU.

Key Facts for 10 February 1990

On 10 February 1990, 1,666 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
965 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 29 monthly and 1,634 daily.
Ballan set a daily record precipitation of 102.8 mm (4.0 in) on 10 February 1990.
Across 158 earlier years (1798 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 504 records.

Record Map

1,666 stations

1,666 station records on 10 February 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 February 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ballan	Australia	Record daily precipitation	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Longview	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Winder 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Athens	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Keflavik	Iceland	Record daily precipitation	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hordern Vale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kerrabee (Murrumbo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dutton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Grundy	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna (Murrays Run)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Burkesville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pineville	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Muralgarra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Danner	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Frenchburg 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Oneida	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mindalla	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Taunton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Barberton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gresford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.4 C (31.3 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Ekaterinburg	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-0.3 C (31.5 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Elkhorn City	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Toms River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pleasant 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri West Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tongala	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Columbia 3 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elma	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Port Angeles	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lower Chittering	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gabo Island Lighthouse	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stockholm	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Norris	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Portland Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Fort William	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.2 C (29.8 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Albany	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record high maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Monroe 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Williamson	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vastervik	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgeport 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whitmire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Martinsville Fltr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,666 records

Records set or tied on 10 February 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 463, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 502, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 640, Heaviest daily snowfall 13, Deepest snow cover 5.

Records on 10 February 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	463
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	502
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	640
Heaviest daily snowfall	13
Deepest snow cover	5

Records on 10 February 1990 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 29, daily 1,634.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,480 broken records

Margins by which the 1,480 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 February 1990

Top 20 records on 10 February 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 February 1990	Ballan, AU	daily rain	102.8 mm (4.0 in)	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	64 years	69 of 100 (Major)
10 February 1990	Carthage, US	daily rain	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	96 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Longview, US	daily rain	89.2 mm (3.5 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Winder 4S, US	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	69.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Athens, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Jacksonville, US	daily rain	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	62.7 mm (2.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Hot Springs, US	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Keflavik, IS	monthly rain	99.1 mm (3.9 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	0 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Hordern Vale, AU	daily rain	90.4 mm (3.6 in)	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Kerrabee (Murrumbo), AU	all-time rain	154.0 mm (6.1 in)	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Dutton, AU	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	14 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Grundy, US	daily rain	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	30 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Laguna (Murrays Run), AU	daily rain	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Franklin, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	15.4 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Alpharetta 4 SSW, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Burkesville 2 W, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	24 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Pineville, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Muralgarra, AU	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	66 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Danner, US	all-time rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	4.3 mm (0.17 in)	34 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 February 1990	Sedro-Woolley, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	68 years	47 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 1,666 records.

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

Records on 02-10 in each year
Year	Records
1798	1
1803	2
1829	1
1845	1
1853	1
1856	2
1857	1
1858	1
1862	3
1864	1
1865	1
1869	3
1870	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	4
1876	1
1878	1
1879	3
1881	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	3
1888	2
1889	1
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	6
1895	3
1897	1
1898	4
1899	22
1902	3
1903	11
1904	14
1905	7
1906	11
1907	6
1908	9
1909	16
1910	14
1911	105
1912	43
1913	27
1914	52
1915	20
1916	77
1917	28
1918	44
1919	69
1920	62
1921	40
1922	62
1923	107
1924	87
1925	348
1926	142
1927	61
1928	151
1929	456
1930	77
1931	95
1932	1,196
1933	583
1934	369
1935	420
1936	366
1937	401
1938	543
1939	931
1940	560
1941	221
1942	412
1943	286
1944	580
1945	144
1946	398
1947	584
1948	490
1949	396
1950	244
1951	986
1952	538
1953	558
1954	619
1955	836
1956	626
1957	668
1958	527
1959	1,173
1960	683
1961	764
1962	741
1963	625
1964	410
1965	887
1966	1,235
1967	342
1968	345
1969	1,176
1970	698
1971	1,094
1972	240
1973	755
1974	356
1975	585
1976	1,440
1977	639
1978	1,159
1979	1,807
1980	1,054
1981	1,572
1982	1,214
1983	500
1984	435
1985	912
1986	1,140
1987	762
1988	819
1989	729
1990	1,666
1991	584
1992	646
1993	857
1994	1,402
1995	757
1996	1,397
1997	778
1998	1,411
1999	1,912
2000	961
2001	1,102
2002	1,256
2003	859
2004	757
2005	1,058
2006	477
2007	854
2008	915
2009	1,543
2010	1,358
2011	2,103
2012	963
2013	602
2014	824
2015	937
2016	942
2017	1,568
2018	560
2019	973
2020	1,235
2021	837
2022	772
2023	705
2024	1,197
2025	803
2026	636

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Data for records on 1990-02-10: 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 20	1,364
20 to 40	101
40 to 60	7
60 to 80	6
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	1