Weather Records on 23 February 1990

2,157 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 23 February 1990. Highest significance: Manati 2 E, PR.

Key Facts for 23 February 1990

On 23 February 1990, 2,157 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,615 were record highs and 103 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 265 monthly and 1,891 daily.
Manati 2 E set a daily record low minimum temperature of 11.7 C (53.1 F) on 23 February 1990.
Across 156 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 543 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 23 February 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 23 February 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	62 of 100 (Major)
Tanegashima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Fazenda Sao Luiz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
San Pedro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bowling Green Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Garrison	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sulitjelma	Norway	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wauseon Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Lajeadinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	10.5 C (50.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Alma	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Manildra (George St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Requetemu	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Walla Walla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brocken	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	7.7 C (45.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Arnsberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Klimpfjall	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Galva	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Monroeville 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jaguaruna-Jusante (on?A)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Vilnius	Lithuania	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Brooksville Chin Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Minonk	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gooloogong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Putbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	14.8 C (58.6 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Saginaw Mbs Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ourinhos	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	82.5 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dongfang	China	Record daily precipitation	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Petersburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Mills 2 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clayton Muni Air Pk	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nymagee (Kenmure Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	16.6 C (61.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Campbelltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Waren	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Armagh	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	9.7 C (49.5 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Greenville 2 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Williamston 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record high maximum temperature	15.7 C (60.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Bidwell	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Havana	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Charles	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cape May 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.3 C (46.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Put-In-Bay	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Marcondinha	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,157 records

Records set or tied on 23 February 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 911, Lowest daily maximum 44, Highest daily minimum 704, Lowest daily minimum 59, Heaviest daily rainfall 339, Heaviest daily snowfall 69, Deepest snow cover 31.

Records on 23 February 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	911
Lowest daily maximum	44
Highest daily minimum	704
Lowest daily minimum	59
Heaviest daily rainfall	339
Heaviest daily snowfall	69
Deepest snow cover	31

Records on 23 February 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 265, daily 1,891.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,947 broken records

Margins by which the 1,947 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

23 February 1990

Top 20 records on 23 February 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
23 February 1990	Manati 2 E, PR	daily low min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	88 years	62 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1990	Tanegashima, JP	monthly rain	131.1 mm (5.2 in)	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	22 years	60 of 100 (Major)
23 February 1990	Fazenda Sao Luiz, BR	all-time rain	169.0 mm (6.7 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	San Pedro, MX	monthly rain	134.9 mm (5.3 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Albion, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	8.8 cm (3.5 in)	70 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Bowling Green Wwtp, US	daily rain	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	80 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Garrison, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	74 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Saint Johns, US	daily snowfall	27.9 cm (11.0 in)	17.7 cm (7.0 in)	18 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Sulitjelma, NO	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	52 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Defiance, US	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Wauseon Wtp, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Fazenda Lajeadinho, BR	daily rain	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Pitea, SE	monthly high max	10.5 C (50.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	102 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Alma, US	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	6.3 cm (2.5 in)	86 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Manildra (George St), AU	daily rain	44.4 mm (1.7 in)	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	74 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Kirchdorf/Poel, DE	daily high max	15.4 C (59.7 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	87 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Requetemu, MX	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Watseka Public Works, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	75 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Hastings, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	18 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
23 February 1990	Kamemka, KZ	daily rain	12.8 mm (0.5 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	19 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 2,157 records.

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

Records on 02-23 in each year
Year	Records
1794	2
1802	2
1804	2
1810	1
1814	4
1815	1
1839	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1855	1
1867	1
1868	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	3
1879	3
1884	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1891	1
1892	2
1895	1
1896	1
1897	1
1898	8
1899	1
1900	5
1901	9
1902	3
1903	17
1904	13
1905	12
1906	21
1907	31
1908	19
1909	27
1910	35
1911	23
1912	46
1913	11
1914	37
1915	58
1916	80
1917	100
1918	31
1919	49
1920	44
1921	74
1922	158
1923	42
1924	156
1925	264
1926	63
1927	298
1928	199
1929	179
1930	690
1931	209
1932	318
1933	321
1934	725
1935	214
1936	430
1937	172
1938	224
1939	616
1940	274
1941	362
1942	355
1943	518
1944	430
1945	335
1946	346
1947	718
1948	450
1949	406
1950	517
1951	397
1952	414
1953	450
1954	654
1955	880
1956	599
1957	807
1958	958
1959	357
1960	802
1961	677
1962	659
1963	1,003
1964	594
1965	640
1966	614
1967	689
1968	1,038
1969	1,010
1970	422
1971	741
1972	843
1973	353
1974	562
1975	1,764
1976	737
1977	1,274
1978	1,263
1979	1,374
1980	520
1981	1,234
1982	972
1983	790
1984	942
1985	1,913
1986	955
1987	916
1988	412
1989	1,413
1990	2,157
1991	712
1992	760
1993	1,477
1994	1,452
1995	1,011
1996	1,603
1997	989
1998	1,401
1999	773
2000	1,701
2001	956
2002	1,228
2003	1,326
2004	802
2005	702
2006	581
2007	883
2008	914
2009	858
2010	1,440
2011	829
2012	770
2013	792
2014	502
2015	1,830
2016	660
2017	1,946
2018	1,728
2019	1,246
2020	794
2021	929
2022	2,595
2023	2,768
2024	373
2025	984
2026	951

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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	1,861
25 to 50	44
50 to 75	25
75 to 100	8
100 to 125	4
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	2
175 to 200	2