Weather Records on 14 March 1990

2,475 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 14 March 1990. Highest significance: Denison, US.

Key Facts for 14 March 1990

On 14 March 1990, 2,475 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
1,765 were record highs and 131 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 96 monthly and 2,377 daily.
Denison set a daily record precipitation of 57.2 mm (2.3 in) on 14 March 1990.
Across 156 earlier years (1810 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 494 records.

Record Map

2,000 stations, highest significance shown

2,000 station records on 14 March 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 14 March 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Mexia	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kologha (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Frankfort 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Ft Madison	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Douglas	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
River Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lelie Shoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Opheim 10 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Jagersfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Noongaar	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Khon Kaen	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chanthaburi	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Forest City 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Edmore 4NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rugby	United States	Record daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kewaunee	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Frasers	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Norman 3SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hatfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Guthrie Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pettibone	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Owen 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Watertown Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Weyerhaeuser 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gravette	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pocahontas	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winterset 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Medina	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Antigo	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver Dam Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bowler	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Wausaukee	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Barkestad	Norway	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cata (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Holcombe	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Xingren	China	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Zumbrota	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Westmere (Montreux)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maclear (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elgin Water	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Boone	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Pauls Valley 4 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.2 mm (4.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ellsworth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Menomonie	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kroonplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morrison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Gresham 3W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Morrisville 6 SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lima Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sherman	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

2,475 records

Records set or tied on 14 March 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 859, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 906, Lowest daily minimum 66, Heaviest daily rainfall 511, Heaviest daily snowfall 49, Deepest snow cover 19.

Records on 14 March 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	859
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	906
Lowest daily minimum	66
Heaviest daily rainfall	511
Heaviest daily snowfall	49
Deepest snow cover	19

Records on 14 March 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 96, daily 2,377.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

2,122 broken records

Margins by which the 2,122 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

14 March 1990

Top 20 records on 14 March 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1990	Denison, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	76 years	72 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1990	Mexia, US	daily rain	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	52 years	63 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1990	Kologha (Bos), ZA	daily rain	71.0 mm (2.8 in)	28.6 mm (1.1 in)	95 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1990	Frankfort 2NE, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	61 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1990	Ft Madison, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	36 years	60 of 100 (Major)
14 March 1990	Douglas, ZA	daily rain	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	23.0 mm (0.9 in)	98 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1990	Plymouth Wwtp, US	daily rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	76 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1990	River Falls, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1990	Lelie Shoek, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	50.6 mm (2.0 in)	56 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1990	Opheim 10 N, US	monthly rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1990	Jagersfontein, ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	90 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1990	Noongaar, AU	daily rain	49.4 mm (1.9 in)	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1990	Khon Kaen, TH	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1990	Chanthaburi, TH	daily rain	101.1 mm (4.0 in)	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1990	Forest City 2 NNE, US	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14.4 mm (0.6 in)	76 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1990	Edmore 4NW, US	daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	19 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1990	Rugby, US	daily snowfall	19.1 cm (7.5 in)	11.5 cm (4.5 in)	51 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1990	Kewaunee, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	72 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1990	Frasers, ZA	daily rain	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
14 March 1990	Mc Henry 3W, US	daily rain	20.8 mm (0.8 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	73 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

1810 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1810 to 1990. 1990 had 2,475 records.

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

Records on 03-14 in each year
Year	Records
1810	2
1817	1
1827	1
1828	1
1845	4
1846	2
1847	1
1848	1
1850	1
1852	2
1859	2
1863	1
1867	1
1883	1
1884	2
1885	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	3
1889	1
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	2
1894	4
1895	4
1896	4
1897	4
1898	4
1899	3
1900	1
1901	5
1902	3
1903	16
1904	9
1905	16
1906	24
1907	16
1908	16
1909	4
1910	29
1911	67
1912	14
1913	109
1914	37
1915	14
1916	17
1917	147
1918	244
1919	21
1920	30
1921	66
1922	79
1923	50
1924	169
1925	140
1926	448
1927	224
1928	156
1929	310
1930	170
1931	258
1932	440
1933	383
1934	227
1935	498
1936	178
1937	427
1938	317
1939	267
1940	393
1941	296
1942	470
1943	414
1944	705
1945	590
1946	893
1947	368
1948	319
1949	302
1950	372
1951	524
1952	345
1953	416
1954	598
1955	288
1956	820
1957	873
1958	514
1959	211
1960	968
1961	501
1962	633
1963	332
1964	322
1965	235
1966	436
1967	914
1968	645
1969	742
1970	489
1971	658
1972	763
1973	1,537
1974	378
1975	1,073
1976	291
1977	827
1978	669
1979	668
1980	780
1981	1,068
1982	860
1983	803
1984	1,060
1985	580
1986	580
1987	631
1988	1,098
1989	1,468
1990	2,475
1991	844
1992	1,109
1993	4,380
1994	1,207
1995	1,436
1996	615
1997	1,490
1998	627
1999	1,187
2000	558
2001	745
2002	1,087
2003	1,534
2004	678
2005	980
2006	1,179
2007	1,565
2008	845
2009	971
2010	691
2011	888
2012	1,565
2013	1,014
2014	892
2015	1,224
2016	911
2017	1,179
2018	646
2019	1,219
2020	934
2021	1,037
2022	507
2023	700
2024	938
2025	1,386
2026	793

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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 50	2,080
50 to 100	26
100 to 150	11
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	3
250 to 300	1