Weather Records on 30 March 1990

897 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 30 March 1990. Highest significance: Comboyne Post Office, AU.

Key Facts for 30 March 1990

On 30 March 1990, 897 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
380 were record highs and 92 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 77 monthly and 819 daily.
Comboyne Post Office set a daily record precipitation of 122.2 mm (4.8 in) on 30 March 1990.
Across 162 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 472 records.

Record Map

897 stations

897 station records on 30 March 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 30 March 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Lupi Upper 442	United States	Record daily precipitation	548.6 mm (21.6 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Runge	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Keanae 346	United States	Record daily precipitation	487.7 mm (19.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Catarina	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Canton 5 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Blackall Township	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Wingham (Lanark Close)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Benedito Novo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Doutor Pedrinho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Corsicana	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Ridge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sterling	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Quirindi Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Laurieton (Elouera St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Coonabarabran (Namoi Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Dedopliskaro	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kailiili 436	United States	Record daily precipitation	399.0 mm (15.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Forestry	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Trenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kendall Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Springleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.5 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Narrabri Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Homer 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tooraweenah (Denham St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	83.0 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizo Springs 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bimerah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Double Gates)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bastrop	United States	Record daily precipitation	99.6 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ruston la Tech	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Premer Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwa (Merry Vale)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Toccoa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kinston 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ajan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hammon 3 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Warren (Mumblebone)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorland (Denro-An)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Poronajsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vanersborg	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	13.6 C (56.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lawn	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Cubba)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nyngan Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cnory	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	12.6 C (54.7 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.5 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
New Caney 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wingen (Murrulla)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weetaliba (Weetalabah)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Timbo Novo (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Maria da Serra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.9 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ekimchan	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	11.8 C (53.2 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Landsort	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	11.0 C (51.8 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Lerida)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

897 records

Records set or tied on 30 March 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 210, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 170, Lowest daily minimum 17, Heaviest daily rainfall 387, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 10.

Records on 30 March 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	210
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	170
Lowest daily minimum	17
Heaviest daily rainfall	387
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	10

Records on 30 March 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 77, daily 819.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

784 broken records

Margins by which the 784 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 463.3. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

30 March 1990

Top 20 records on 30 March 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
30 March 1990	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	122.2 mm (4.8 in)	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1990	Lupi Upper 442, US	daily rain	548.6 mm (21.6 in)	463.3 mm (18.2 in)	68 years	67 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1990	Runge, US	monthly rain	93.5 mm (3.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	67 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1990	Keanae 346, US	daily rain	487.7 mm (19.2 in)	381.8 mm (15.0 in)	41 years	60 of 100 (Major)
30 March 1990	Catarina, US	monthly rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	23 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Canton 5 W, US	monthly rain	117.3 mm (4.6 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Blackall Township, AU	daily rain	84.8 mm (3.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	99 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Bayrick, AU	daily rain	126.5 mm (5.0 in)	86.6 mm (3.4 in)	33 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Wingham (Lanark Close), AU	daily rain	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	85 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Benedito Novo, BR	daily rain	98.0 mm (3.9 in)	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Doutor Pedrinho, BR	monthly rain	121.0 mm (4.8 in)	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Corsicana, US	monthly rain	112.5 mm (4.4 in)	29.9 mm (1.2 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Spring Ridge, AU	daily rain	70.8 mm (2.8 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Sterling, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	14.2 mm (0.6 in)	75 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Quirindi Post Office, AU	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	20 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Laurieton (Elouera St), AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	96 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Coonabarabran (Namoi Street), AU	daily rain	95.2 mm (3.7 in)	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	16 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Gilgandra (Wallumburrawang), AU	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	87 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Dedopliskaro, GE	daily rain	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	17.9 mm (0.7 in)	35 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
30 March 1990	Kailiili 436, US	monthly rain	399.0 mm (15.7 in)	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	3 years	49 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

1796 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1990. 1990 had 897 records.

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

Records on 03-30 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1805	1
1808	1
1815	1
1822	1
1830	2
1834	1
1840	1
1842	1
1847	1
1848	1
1854	1
1856	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1863	2
1865	4
1869	1
1872	6
1874	1
1881	4
1882	3
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1888	2
1890	4
1892	4
1894	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	5
1899	2
1900	5
1901	6
1902	9
1903	8
1904	14
1905	35
1906	9
1907	28
1908	12
1909	18
1910	68
1911	45
1912	25
1913	31
1914	20
1915	78
1916	19
1917	248
1918	29
1919	42
1920	20
1921	32
1922	89
1923	229
1924	215
1925	90
1926	273
1927	80
1928	209
1929	99
1930	215
1931	254
1932	198
1933	382
1934	236
1935	187
1936	881
1937	262
1938	690
1939	305
1940	466
1941	438
1942	257
1943	928
1944	823
1945	676
1946	536
1947	1,000
1948	363
1949	795
1950	616
1951	569
1952	265
1953	432
1954	743
1955	437
1956	500
1957	330
1958	288
1959	398
1960	431
1961	404
1962	578
1963	1,010
1964	1,420
1965	376
1966	759
1967	1,261
1968	736
1969	1,372
1970	1,040
1971	490
1972	384
1973	1,089
1974	895
1975	1,255
1976	619
1977	1,627
1978	1,017
1979	753
1980	762
1981	898
1982	764
1983	624
1984	756
1985	1,331
1986	1,533
1987	1,850
1988	635
1989	1,063
1990	897
1991	821
1992	611
1993	712
1994	767
1995	920
1996	781
1997	911
1998	2,464
1999	708
2000	631
2001	840
2002	878
2003	1,472
2004	1,298
2005	683
2006	689
2007	1,265
2008	1,100
2009	750
2010	933
2011	670
2012	743
2013	691
2014	776
2015	1,194
2016	596
2017	1,267
2018	433
2019	662
2020	464
2021	1,013
2022	576
2023	1,107
2024	431
2025	956
2026	1,210

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Data for records on 1990-03-30: 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 100	778
100 to 200	3
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	2
400 to 500	1