Weather Records on 16 February 1990

2,564 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 February 1990. Highest significance: Valley Head, US.

Key Facts for 16 February 1990

On 16 February 1990, 2,564 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
644 were record highs and 647 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 19 were all-time records, 158 monthly and 2,387 daily.
Valley Head set a monthly record daily precipitation of 187.7 mm (7.4 in) on 16 February 1990.
Across 162 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 497 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 16 February 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 February 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Valley Head	United States	Record daily precipitation	187.7 mm (7.4 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Resaca	United States	Record daily precipitation	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Brookhaven City	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Ashland Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Davenport	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Virginia City	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Summerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	261.6 mm (10.3 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
White Oak 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Liberty	United States	Record daily precipitation	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Asheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Cordova 2 ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Downieville	United States	Record daily snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Uman	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Livingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Linesville 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Iowa Hill	United States	Record daily snowfall	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Avon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cooperstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Chester	United States	Record daily snowfall	58.4 cm (23.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily snowfall	23.6 cm (9.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hendersonville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Spaulding	United States	Record daily snowfall	88.9 cm (35.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hemlock	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Warren	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bemidji	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cayuga Lock #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion 3 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cumberland	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rome	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.0 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shepherdsville 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Allegany Sp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Franklinville	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Minnville	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Boaz	United States	Record daily precipitation	132.1 mm (5.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sayre 5 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	153.4 mm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Rvr Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Caruthersville	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Leonard Creek Rch - Denio 33S	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cortland	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Newark	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Highlands	United States	Record daily precipitation	167.6 mm (6.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
W Blocton	United States	Record daily precipitation	220.0 mm (8.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis State UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Greensboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Curryville 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	138.2 mm (5.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hartwell	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Champion van Riper Pk	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.5 cm (13.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aitkin 2E	United States	Record daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,564 records

Records set or tied on 16 February 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 219, Lowest daily maximum 326, Highest daily minimum 425, Lowest daily minimum 321, Heaviest daily rainfall 829, Heaviest daily snowfall 367, Deepest snow cover 77.

Records on 16 February 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	219
Lowest daily maximum	326
Highest daily minimum	425
Lowest daily minimum	321
Heaviest daily rainfall	829
Heaviest daily snowfall	367
Deepest snow cover	77

Records on 16 February 1990 by timescale: all-time 19, monthly 158, daily 2,387.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,139 broken records

Margins by which the 2,139 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 483.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 February 1990

Top 20 records on 16 February 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 February 1990	Valley Head, US	monthly rain	187.7 mm (7.4 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	54 years	75 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Resaca, US	monthly rain	151.4 mm (6.0 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	86 years	75 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Brookhaven City, US	monthly rain	180.6 mm (7.1 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 years	74 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Ashland Exp Farm, US	monthly snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	82 years	71 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Yalta, UA	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	97 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Davenport, US	daily snowfall	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	68 years	69 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Virginia City, US	daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	29.2 cm (11.5 in)	99 years	68 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Summerville, US	all-time rain	261.6 mm (10.3 in)	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	8 years	67 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	White Oak 2 N, US	monthly rain	148.1 mm (5.8 in)	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	34 years	65 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Liberty, US	monthly rain	172.7 mm (6.8 in)	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	35 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Asheville, US	daily rain	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	64 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Cordova 2 ENE, US	daily rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	87 years	63 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Downieville, US	all-time snowfall	76.2 cm (30.0 in)	14.7 cm (5.8 in)	61 years	62 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Uman, UA	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Livingston, US	monthly rain	116.6 mm (4.6 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	86 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Linesville 1 S, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	61 of 100 (Major)
16 February 1990	Iowa Hill, US	all-time snowfall	73.7 cm (29.0 in)	21.6 cm (8.5 in)	34 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
16 February 1990	Kherson, UA	daily rain	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	100 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1990	Cernigov, UA	daily rain	17.7 mm (0.7 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

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

1794 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1990. 1990 had 2,564 records.

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

Records on 02-16 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1798	1
1809	1
1813	1
1814	1
1830	2
1847	1
1849	3
1852	1
1855	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	2
1867	4
1869	1
1872	2
1873	2
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1879	1
1883	1
1885	7
1886	1
1887	2
1888	3
1890	1
1891	2
1892	1
1893	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	2
1898	1
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	5
1903	15
1904	32
1905	21
1906	3
1907	9
1908	24
1909	27
1910	11
1911	47
1912	10
1913	41
1914	81
1915	33
1916	47
1917	54
1918	34
1919	201
1920	21
1921	161
1922	26
1923	59
1924	399
1925	75
1926	48
1927	331
1928	495
1929	217
1930	193
1931	174
1932	316
1933	118
1934	260
1935	262
1936	1,063
1937	258
1938	449
1939	369
1940	298
1941	202
1942	541
1943	609
1944	274
1945	439
1946	273
1947	410
1948	636
1949	808
1950	419
1951	380
1952	301
1953	521
1954	1,526
1955	960
1956	1,031
1957	344
1958	1,480
1959	384
1960	254
1961	530
1962	496
1963	446
1964	370
1965	249
1966	608
1967	487
1968	291
1969	770
1970	945
1971	593
1972	658
1973	456
1974	380
1975	646
1976	1,272
1977	754
1978	1,221
1979	1,687
1980	852
1981	1,755
1982	995
1983	542
1984	997
1985	854
1986	814
1987	744
1988	452
1989	1,436
1990	2,564
1991	1,376
1992	694
1993	2,299
1994	609
1995	1,584
1996	1,088
1997	923
1998	2,256
1999	848
2000	926
2001	1,037
2002	974
2003	1,029
2004	807
2005	670
2006	1,347
2007	1,676
2008	639
2009	860
2010	1,416
2011	990
2012	588
2013	284
2014	970
2015	1,483
2016	1,212
2017	812
2018	1,032
2019	994
2020	1,453
2021	2,807
2022	562
2023	1,308
2024	937
2025	659
2026	934

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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 16 February 1990
Margin	Records
0 to 100	2,058
100 to 200	62
200 to 300	14
300 to 400	3
400 to 500	2