Weather Records on 29 March 1990

705 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 March 1990. Highest significance: Livingston 2 NNE, US.

Key Facts for 29 March 1990

On 29 March 1990, 705 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
258 were record highs and 63 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 70 monthly and 634 daily.
Livingston 2 NNE set a monthly record daily precipitation of 141.5 mm (5.6 in) on 29 March 1990.
Across 162 earlier years (1805 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

705 stations

705 station records on 29 March 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 March 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Livingston 2 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	148.5 mm (5.8 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Falls City 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Hvar	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Point MCAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Charleston Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Burrenbah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Zagreb-Gric	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Shreveport	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Carinya	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Sparkman	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Groveton	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lufkin Angelina Co AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Wilmington Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Brookgreen Gardens	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper	United States	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Palacios Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rockhampton Aero	Australia	Record daily precipitation	92.2 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Longville	United States	Record daily precipitation	162.6 mm (6.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yorktown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Angleton 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bay City Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Thallon Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Verhojansk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-3.8 C (25.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.3 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Houston San Jacinto da	United States	Record daily precipitation	125.7 mm (4.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carnarvon Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.4 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lismore (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
New Holland	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Binnaway (Wattle St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Podor	Senegal	Record high minimum temperature	25.2 C (77.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Corpus Christi	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Olekminsk	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-1.0 C (30.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Neilrex (Caigan)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Girilambone (Ampol)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Balmoral (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Skovorodino	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.4 C (59.7 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Gillespie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Indaial	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Izana	Spain	Record daily precipitation	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Valdez WSO	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Injune Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ringgold	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ashland	United States	Record low maximum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Gosford (Gertrude Place)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Buzau	Romania	Record high minimum temperature	8.2 C (46.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Njukzha	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.9 C (53.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Prachin Buri	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

705 records

Records set or tied on 29 March 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 144, Lowest daily maximum 42, Highest daily minimum 114, Lowest daily minimum 21, Heaviest daily rainfall 361, Heaviest daily snowfall 10, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 29 March 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	144
Lowest daily maximum	42
Highest daily minimum	114
Lowest daily minimum	21
Heaviest daily rainfall	361
Heaviest daily snowfall	10
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 29 March 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 70, daily 634.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

626 broken records

Margins by which the 626 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 78.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 March 1990

Top 20 records on 29 March 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 March 1990	Livingston 2 NNE, US	monthly rain	141.5 mm (5.6 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 years	67 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1990	Warrumbungle (Cheddington), AU	monthly rain	93.8 mm (3.7 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	97 years	63 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1990	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	monthly rain	148.5 mm (5.8 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	53 years	62 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1990	Falls City 7 WSW, US	monthly rain	74.7 mm (2.9 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	60 of 100 (Major)
29 March 1990	Hvar, HR	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	15.6 mm (0.6 in)	114 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Cherry Point MCAS, US	monthly rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	29 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Charleston Intl AP, US	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Mungindi (Burrenbah), AU	monthly rain	138.0 mm (5.4 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	53 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Zagreb-Gric, HR	daily rain	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	122 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Shreveport, US	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	43 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Carinya, AU	daily rain	67.0 mm (2.6 in)	58.1 mm (2.3 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Sparkman, US	daily rain	105.4 mm (4.1 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Groveton, US	monthly rain	149.9 mm (5.9 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Lufkin Angelina Co AP, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	45 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Mungindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	85 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Breckenridge, US	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Wilmington Intl AP, US	daily rain	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Collarenebri (Goondoobluie), AU	monthly rain	133.0 mm (5.2 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	51 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Raleigh AP, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 March 1990	Brookgreen Gardens, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	16 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

1805 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1805 to 1990. 1990 had 705 records.

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

Records on 03-29 in each year
Year	Records
1805	1
1808	1
1822	2
1840	1
1846	1
1848	1
1850	1
1853	1
1856	1
1859	3
1862	3
1865	5
1866	1
1869	1
1872	5
1873	2
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1878	2
1881	2
1883	2
1884	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	3
1890	11
1891	1
1892	3
1893	2
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	6
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	11
1902	35
1903	7
1904	15
1905	48
1906	12
1907	41
1908	2
1909	11
1910	46
1911	23
1912	36
1913	21
1914	11
1915	54
1916	18
1917	38
1918	29
1919	47
1920	45
1921	49
1922	30
1923	304
1924	272
1925	92
1926	258
1927	71
1928	183
1929	99
1930	169
1931	336
1932	165
1933	288
1934	261
1935	115
1936	555
1937	550
1938	556
1939	297
1940	252
1941	310
1942	397
1943	561
1944	1,331
1945	722
1946	730
1947	935
1948	292
1949	321
1950	465
1951	510
1952	356
1953	268
1954	828
1955	635
1956	435
1957	249
1958	401
1959	526
1960	311
1961	463
1962	555
1963	1,341
1964	947
1965	450
1966	730
1967	877
1968	895
1969	1,260
1970	1,043
1971	610
1972	629
1973	905
1974	643
1975	1,571
1976	496
1977	1,554
1978	759
1979	640
1980	815
1981	982
1982	801
1983	657
1984	1,103
1985	1,576
1986	1,553
1987	1,674
1988	657
1989	1,359
1990	705
1991	1,027
1992	633
1993	830
1994	910
1995	1,074
1996	814
1997	679
1998	1,769
1999	625
2000	795
2001	793
2002	1,234
2003	841
2004	1,426
2005	744
2006	720
2007	1,450
2008	906
2009	1,199
2010	915
2011	685
2012	652
2013	762
2014	554
2015	1,786
2016	565
2017	907
2018	462
2019	434
2020	853
2021	674
2022	841
2023	1,076
2024	304
2025	1,168
2026	1,467

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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 10	480
10 to 20	62
20 to 30	37
30 to 40	20
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	10
60 to 70	3
70 to 80	7