Weather Records on 10 April 1990

1,135 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 April 1990. Highest significance: Dagworth Station, AU.

Key Facts for 10 April 1990

On 10 April 1990, 1,135 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
307 were record highs and 239 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 37 monthly and 1,096 daily.
Dagworth Station set a daily record precipitation of 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 10 April 1990.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 462 records.

Record Map

1,135 stations

1,135 station records on 10 April 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 April 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Dagworth Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
Wakefield	Australia	Record daily precipitation	260.2 mm (10.2 in)	76 of 100 (Major)
Westland	Australia	Record daily precipitation	256.0 mm (10.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Collarenebri (Goondoobluie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Amor Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	243.0 mm (9.6 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Collarenebri (Dunumbral)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Lightning Ridge Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Mogil Mogil (Benimora)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Goombie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Goodooga (Brenda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Amby	Australia	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Collarenebri (Bundabarina)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mungindi (Cambo Cambo)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mulga Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Isisford Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Strathdarr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Fernlee	Australia	Record daily precipitation	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Weilmoringle	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Weilmoringle (Caringle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Burdekin Shire Council	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.0 mm (3.9 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Boatman Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Angellala Downs Homestead	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Astolfo Dutra	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Normandy	Australia	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Wyandra Railway St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.6 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Pingine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	71.2 mm (2.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield Lahm Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Ytiniche	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Bunna Bunna)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Angledool (Angledool Station)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	94.2 mm (3.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Fifteen A St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	88.6 mm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Gumbardo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Albury	Australia	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Home Hill Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Isis Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	80.7 mm (3.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Volta Redonda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Apizaco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Warroo (Geeron)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Booroorban (Ramsay)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Diamantina Lakes	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bayrick	Australia	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Collarenebri (Albert St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mina	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elyria 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boorara	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Perryville Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Halifax Macrossan St	Australia	Record daily precipitation	118.6 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Millaroo Dpi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Majors Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	149.0 mm (5.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Garah (Bengerang)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Minnie Downs	Australia	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ulcanbah	Australia	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Augathella Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morven Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.4 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,135 records

Records set or tied on 10 April 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 138, Lowest daily maximum 72, Highest daily minimum 169, Lowest daily minimum 167, Heaviest daily rainfall 554, Heaviest daily snowfall 28, Deepest snow cover 7.

Records on 10 April 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	138
Lowest daily maximum	72
Highest daily minimum	169
Lowest daily minimum	167
Heaviest daily rainfall	554
Heaviest daily snowfall	28
Deepest snow cover	7

Records on 10 April 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 37, daily 1,096.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,000 broken records

Margins by which the 1,000 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

10 April 1990

Top 20 records on 10 April 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 April 1990	Dagworth Station, AU	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	101 years	80 of 100 (Exceptional)
10 April 1990	Wakefield, AU	all-time rain	260.2 mm (10.2 in)	99.9 mm (3.9 in)	40 years	76 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Westland, AU	daily rain	256.0 mm (10.1 in)	236.9 mm (9.3 in)	84 years	75 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Collarenebri (Goondoobluie), AU	daily rain	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	73 years	72 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Amor Downs, AU	all-time rain	243.0 mm (9.6 in)	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	26 years	71 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskij, RU	daily rain	72.5 mm (2.9 in)	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	77 years	71 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Collarenebri (Dunumbral), AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	61.4 mm (2.4 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Lightning Ridge Post Office, AU	daily rain	121.6 mm (4.8 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	73 years	70 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Mogil Mogil (Benimora), AU	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	67 years	70 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Goombie, AU	monthly rain	111.2 mm (4.4 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	59 years	68 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Goodooga (Brenda), AU	daily rain	87.0 mm (3.4 in)	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	60 years	68 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Amby, AU	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	60 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Collarenebri (Bundabarina), AU	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	67 years	67 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Mungindi (Cambo Cambo), AU	daily rain	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	73 years	66 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Mulga Downs, AU	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	57 years	65 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Isisford Post Office, AU	daily rain	137.0 mm (5.4 in)	104.7 mm (4.1 in)	48 years	64 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Strathdarr, AU	daily rain	73.0 mm (2.9 in)	69.2 mm (2.7 in)	61 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Fernlee, AU	daily rain	56.2 mm (2.2 in)	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Weilmoringle, AU	daily rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	30.3 mm (1.2 in)	99 years	62 of 100 (Major)
10 April 1990	Weilmoringle (Caringle), AU	monthly rain	123.6 mm (4.9 in)	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	40 years	61 of 100 (Major)

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

1793 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1990. 1990 had 1,135 records.

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

Records on 04-10 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1805	1
1809	2
1812	3
1842	2
1844	1
1846	1
1847	1
1854	1
1863	2
1864	2
1865	2
1869	1
1872	1
1873	2
1875	2
1876	3
1877	2
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	6
1888	1
1889	1
1890	4
1891	1
1892	4
1893	3
1894	5
1895	5
1896	4
1897	3
1898	6
1899	4
1900	8
1901	4
1902	4
1903	10
1904	12
1905	21
1906	24
1907	13
1908	8
1909	37
1910	15
1911	17
1912	55
1913	27
1914	25
1915	61
1916	94
1917	64
1918	43
1919	39
1920	66
1921	44
1922	178
1923	71
1924	119
1925	143
1926	86
1927	205
1928	245
1929	290
1930	646
1931	107
1932	290
1933	392
1934	237
1935	253
1936	186
1937	254
1938	401
1939	363
1940	252
1941	402
1942	548
1943	577
1944	718
1945	1,031
1946	287
1947	355
1948	335
1949	294
1950	599
1951	394
1952	793
1953	601
1954	243
1955	650
1956	377
1957	411
1958	326
1959	527
1960	683
1961	734
1962	258
1963	446
1964	239
1965	770
1966	537
1967	549
1968	498
1969	545
1970	521
1971	569
1972	639
1973	2,070
1974	935
1975	850
1976	431
1977	1,430
1978	1,233
1979	875
1980	654
1981	701
1982	1,138
1983	1,170
1984	548
1985	1,391
1986	562
1987	403
1988	764
1989	1,835
1990	1,135
1991	1,101
1992	929
1993	583
1994	844
1995	1,811
1996	1,475
1997	2,935
1998	899
1999	1,738
2000	651
2001	1,792
2002	589
2003	1,431
2004	548
2005	886
2006	650
2007	848
2008	1,141
2009	1,031
2010	574
2011	1,880
2012	846
2013	1,703
2014	615
2015	667
2016	921
2017	846
2018	861
2019	636
2020	712
2021	749
2022	783
2023	835
2024	713
2025	796
2026	840

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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	955
50 to 100	38
100 to 150	4
150 to 200	1
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	1