Weather Records on 4 April 1990

826 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 4 April 1990. Highest significance: El Rodeo, MX.

Key Facts for 4 April 1990

On 4 April 1990, 826 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
399 were record highs and 156 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 812 daily.
El Rodeo set a daily record precipitation of 42.9 mm (1.7 in) on 4 April 1990.
Across 155 earlier years (1794 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 502 records.

Record Map

826 stations

826 station records on 4 April 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 4 April 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
El Rodeo	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ipswich	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Plymouth-Kingston	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
N Creek 5 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newburyport	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Raymond Terrace Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Old Forge	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Placid 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cavendish	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsons Peak	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Middleboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Springvale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bulahdelah Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester Gtr Intl	United States	Record daily snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Barakula Forest STN	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clover Valley	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zapaluta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Fordyce	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Russell Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chelsea	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
West Hartford Nepp	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cork Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boonah Border Gate	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Enngonia (Shearer Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Britstown (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.2 C (26.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Gogland	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	2.9 C (37.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
South Lyndeboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nambucca Heads Bowling Club	Australia	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ellenburg Depot	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sodus 1W	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kirensk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	14.9 C (58.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Worland	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cunnamulla Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Nelson Bay (Nelson Head)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	97.4 mm (3.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Venadero (Dge)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rumford 1 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Hatchville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Angelica	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Norley Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cacaloapan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Middleton	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

826 records

Records set or tied on 4 April 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 216, Lowest daily maximum 94, Highest daily minimum 183, Lowest daily minimum 62, Heaviest daily rainfall 238, Heaviest daily snowfall 20, Deepest snow cover 13.

Records on 4 April 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	216
Lowest daily maximum	94
Highest daily minimum	183
Lowest daily minimum	62
Heaviest daily rainfall	238
Heaviest daily snowfall	20
Deepest snow cover	13

Records on 4 April 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 812.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

664 broken records

Margins by which the 664 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 153.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

4 April 1990

Top 20 records on 4 April 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
4 April 1990	El Rodeo, MX	daily rain	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	37 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Kingston, US	daily rain	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	95 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Ipswich, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Plymouth-Kingston, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	N Creek 5 SE, US	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	29 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Newburyport, US	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	15 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Raymond Terrace Post Office, AU	daily rain	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	80 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Old Forge, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Elizabethtown, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	15 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Lake Placid 2 S, US	daily rain	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	76 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Cavendish, US	daily rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Wilsons Peak, AU	daily rain	78.2 mm (3.1 in)	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	8 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	77 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Cet Central England, GB	daily low min	-2.9 C (26.8 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	108 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Middleboro, US	daily rain	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	15 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Springvale, AU	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	27 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Ithaca Cornell UNIV, US	daily snowfall	12.4 cm (4.9 in)	2.2 cm (0.9 in)	88 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Bulahdelah Post Office, AU	daily rain	56.8 mm (2.2 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	80 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Zamboanga, PH	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
4 April 1990	Rochester Gtr Intl, US	monthly snowfall	26.4 cm (10.4 in)	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	10 years	38 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

1794 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1990. 1990 had 826 records.

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

Records on 04-04 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1808	1
1809	1
1815	2
1819	1
1853	1
1857	1
1873	1
1874	2
1877	2
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	3
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1891	1
1892	6
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	4
1898	7
1899	4
1900	7
1901	12
1902	2
1903	17
1904	6
1905	23
1906	7
1907	9
1908	20
1909	15
1910	48
1911	55
1912	25
1913	31
1914	13
1915	52
1916	65
1917	36
1918	37
1919	27
1920	89
1921	205
1922	39
1923	101
1924	51
1925	126
1926	206
1927	203
1928	625
1929	1,320
1930	86
1931	201
1932	193
1933	167
1934	656
1935	402
1936	714
1937	344
1938	201
1939	243
1940	392
1941	353
1942	537
1943	456
1944	975
1945	806
1946	459
1947	397
1948	202
1949	458
1950	1,044
1951	352
1952	348
1953	332
1954	742
1955	448
1956	426
1957	984
1958	492
1959	524
1960	756
1961	525
1962	308
1963	586
1964	675
1965	443
1966	469
1967	438
1968	640
1969	424
1970	438
1971	560
1972	695
1973	511
1974	1,356
1975	1,981
1976	353
1977	780
1978	497
1979	984
1980	690
1981	1,393
1982	1,251
1983	1,202
1984	762
1985	865
1986	810
1987	2,317
1988	1,119
1989	668
1990	826
1991	957
1992	1,270
1993	733
1994	726
1995	935
1996	699
1997	1,538
1998	931
1999	1,575
2000	1,371
2001	1,040
2002	989
2003	1,055
2004	782
2005	1,070
2006	911
2007	1,009
2008	860
2009	1,068
2010	758
2011	1,155
2012	830
2013	938
2014	705
2015	452
2016	795
2017	603
2018	1,196
2019	407
2020	914
2021	1,341
2022	1,014
2023	2,058
2024	966
2025	1,330
2026	894

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Data for records on 1990-04-04: 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 20	612
20 to 40	38
40 to 60	6
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	0
140 to 160	1