Weather Records on 1 April 1990

952 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 1 April 1990. Highest significance: Pilliga (Nirvana), AU.

Key Facts for 1 April 1990

On 1 April 1990, 952 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
647 were record highs and 43 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 931 daily.
Pilliga (Nirvana) set a daily record precipitation of 47.0 mm (1.9 in) on 1 April 1990.
Across 160 earlier years (1803 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 474 records.

Record Map

952 stations

952 station records on 1 April 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 1 April 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Pilliga (Nirvana)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Fowlerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Whynot Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Cobar (Tambua)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Cope Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Aramac Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bowen Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Cordillo Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Camoola Park	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tallyabra	Australia	Record daily precipitation	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Karlshamn	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	16.5 C (61.7 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lerida	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Keeroongooloo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Naalehu 14	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Schwerin	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Jena Sternwarte	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.4 C (74.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Leipzig-Holzhausen	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rota NAS	Spain	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record high maximum temperature	21.2 C (70.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Tilden 4 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stonehenge	Australia	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	15.3 C (59.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Briksdal	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.9 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atengo (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.8 C (69.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kirchdorf/Poel	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Maylands	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	15.5 C (59.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lerwick	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Northport	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ilfracombe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	64.4 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Quilpie Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.8 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Zugspitze	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cordoba Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hatton 9 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wellshot	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greifswald	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	18.6 C (65.5 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	3.4 C (38.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Clocolan (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Driggs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Anaconda	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Evant 1SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mullin	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bayfield 6 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Border 3 N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Russleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.2 C (68.4 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chemnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

952 records

Records set or tied on 1 April 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 404, Lowest daily maximum 32, Highest daily minimum 243, Lowest daily minimum 11, Heaviest daily rainfall 249, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 1 April 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	404
Lowest daily maximum	32
Highest daily minimum	243
Lowest daily minimum	11
Heaviest daily rainfall	249
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 1 April 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 931.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

821 broken records

Margins by which the 821 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 66.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

1 April 1990

Top 20 records on 1 April 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
1 April 1990	Pilliga (Nirvana), AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	87 years	62 of 100 (Major)
1 April 1990	Fowlerton, US	daily rain	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	59.5 mm (2.3 in)	72 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Whynot Station, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	60.6 mm (2.4 in)	40 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Cobar (Tambua), AU	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Cope Rch, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Aramac Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	50.4 mm (2.0 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Bowen Downs, AU	daily rain	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	24.5 mm (1.0 in)	100 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Alexandria (Bos), ZA	daily rain	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	59 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Cordillo Downs, AU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	0.2 mm (0.01 in)	93 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Camoola Park, AU	monthly rain	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Tallyabra, AU	daily rain	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Winburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Cunnamulla Post Office, AU	monthly rain	111.8 mm (4.4 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Karlshamn, SE	daily high max	16.5 C (61.7 F)	2.5 C (4.5 F)	97 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Alexandria (Pol), ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	19.9 mm (0.8 in)	59 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Lerida, AU	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Keeroongooloo, AU	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Andrews, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Naalehu 14, US	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	72 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
1 April 1990	Schwerin, DE	daily high max	19.7 C (67.5 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	96 years	41 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

1803 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1803 to 1990. 1990 had 952 records.

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

Records on 04-01 in each year
Year	Records
1803	1
1805	1
1808	1
1813	1
1815	3
1819	1
1830	2
1847	2
1848	1
1850	1
1855	3
1856	1
1861	2
1862	2
1865	1
1869	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	3
1879	2
1881	1
1885	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1891	5
1892	1
1893	2
1896	4
1897	5
1898	3
1899	4
1900	4
1901	4
1902	4
1903	12
1904	29
1905	10
1906	7
1907	24
1908	5
1909	13
1910	26
1911	27
1912	31
1913	35
1914	37
1915	25
1916	35
1917	80
1918	51
1919	165
1920	65
1921	46
1922	98
1923	319
1924	257
1925	111
1926	234
1927	326
1928	194
1929	336
1930	153
1931	846
1932	292
1933	188
1934	153
1935	424
1936	1,248
1937	192
1938	461
1939	226
1940	840
1941	285
1942	209
1943	319
1944	266
1945	880
1946	1,172
1947	390
1948	590
1949	308
1950	455
1951	406
1952	419
1953	249
1954	493
1955	288
1956	744
1957	314
1958	535
1959	821
1960	295
1961	496
1962	652
1963	1,123
1964	951
1965	678
1966	689
1967	928
1968	377
1969	611
1970	894
1971	384
1972	510
1973	680
1974	894
1975	1,806
1976	767
1977	524
1978	1,013
1979	738
1980	797
1981	1,115
1982	884
1983	643
1984	662
1985	826
1986	982
1987	1,762
1988	1,259
1989	1,098
1990	952
1991	693
1992	981
1993	783
1994	739
1995	1,056
1996	996
1997	1,255
1998	1,703
1999	1,341
2000	690
2001	575
2002	985
2003	1,366
2004	926
2005	1,086
2006	929
2007	963
2008	1,457
2009	846
2010	1,022
2011	1,105
2012	1,327
2013	719
2014	657
2015	606
2016	842
2017	792
2018	870
2019	674
2020	719
2021	790
2022	853
2023	1,069
2024	788
2025	779
2026	1,042

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Data for records on 1990-04-01: 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 10	751
10 to 20	30
20 to 30	19
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	2