Weather Records on 2 July 1990

1,350 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 July 1990. Highest significance: Westby, US.

Key Facts for 2 July 1990

On 2 July 1990, 1,350 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
896 were record highs and 121 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 34 monthly and 1,300 daily.
Westby set an all-time record daily precipitation of 114.3 mm (4.5 in) on 2 July 1990.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 434 records.

Record Map

1,350 stations

1,350 station records on 2 July 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 July 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Westby	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	79 of 100 (Major)
Runnymede (Whitemarsh)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Itauninhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
W Palm Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart Botanical Gardens	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bahty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Georgetown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Silverton	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ambrose 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kokpekty	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Little Swanport (Lisdillon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Wellington (the Springs)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sandheads	India	Record daily precipitation	200.2 mm (7.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Xochitlan Todos Santos	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Murotomisaki	Japan	Record daily precipitation	260.1 mm (10.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shimizu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	264.9 mm (10.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Georgiyevka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Yurecuaro	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Foxholm 7 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crosby	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yellowstone Park Mammoth	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pamjatnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.6 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bredy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gothenburg	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Naracoorte	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kailua 446	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ely AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ayo El Chico	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Abilene	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.1 C (106.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Concordia ASOS	United States	Record high maximum temperature	42.2 C (108.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wymah (Gwandallen)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Djurskog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oneonta	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Coldwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	40.0 C (104.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Echeta 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Huron Rgnl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record high maximum temperature	41.7 C (107.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fruitland	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.3 C (100.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moyhu	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Southport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Altenbern	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mtn Home	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Glendive	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Savage	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Park River	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Callao	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,350 records

Records set or tied on 2 July 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 436, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 460, Lowest daily minimum 56, Heaviest daily rainfall 333.

Records on 2 July 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	436
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	460
Lowest daily minimum	56
Heaviest daily rainfall	333
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 2 July 1990 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 34, daily 1,300.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,001 broken records

Margins by which the 1,001 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 162.4. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 July 1990

Top 20 records on 2 July 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 July 1990	Westby, US	all-time rain	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	48 years	79 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1990	Runnymede (Whitemarsh), AU	monthly rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	50.1 mm (2.0 in)	23 years	61 of 100 (Major)
2 July 1990	Itauninhas, BR	monthly rain	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	19 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	W Palm Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	90.7 mm (3.6 in)	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	37 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Hobart Botanical Gardens, AU	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	16 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Bahty, KZ	daily rain	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Georgetown, AU	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Silverton, US	monthly rain	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	53 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Ambrose 3 N, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Kokpekty, KZ	daily rain	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	56 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Little Swanport (Lisdillon), AU	daily rain	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	21.4 mm (0.8 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Mount Wellington (the Springs), AU	daily rain	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	14.9 mm (0.6 in)	77 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Sandheads, IN	daily rain	200.2 mm (7.9 in)	118.2 mm (4.7 in)	1 year	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Xochitlan Todos Santos, MX	monthly high max	37.8 C (100.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	49 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Murotomisaki, JP	daily rain	260.1 mm (10.2 in)	132.6 mm (5.2 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Leroy 5 WSW, US	all-time high max	42.2 C (108.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	53 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Shimizu, JP	daily rain	264.9 mm (10.4 in)	162.4 mm (6.4 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Georgiyevka, KZ	daily rain	52.4 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Yurecuaro, MX	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 July 1990	Foxholm 7 N, US	daily high min	21.7 C (71.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	92 years	45 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

1793 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1990. 1990 had 1,350 records.

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

Records on 07-02 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1807	1
1811	1
1816	2
1825	1
1826	2
1837	1
1839	1
1843	1
1847	1
1848	1
1849	1
1856	1
1860	1
1863	1
1871	3
1872	2
1873	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	1
1879	2
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1887	4
1888	1
1890	1
1891	3
1892	2
1894	4
1895	3
1896	2
1898	2
1899	5
1900	4
1901	12
1902	7
1903	9
1904	11
1905	30
1906	14
1907	26
1908	12
1909	34
1910	50
1911	32
1912	100
1913	19
1914	69
1915	33
1916	26
1917	22
1918	45
1919	38
1920	208
1921	234
1922	59
1923	223
1924	394
1925	112
1926	108
1927	183
1928	75
1929	162
1930	263
1931	526
1932	283
1933	500
1934	315
1935	252
1936	641
1937	434
1938	399
1939	191
1940	436
1941	535
1942	643
1943	359
1944	428
1945	425
1946	321
1947	313
1948	283
1949	372
1950	312
1951	309
1952	391
1953	553
1954	567
1955	633
1956	520
1957	1,058
1958	344
1959	386
1960	547
1961	343
1962	402
1963	666
1964	445
1965	440
1966	889
1967	610
1968	887
1969	468
1970	667
1971	334
1972	660
1973	628
1974	577
1975	605
1976	718
1977	450
1978	1,173
1979	773
1980	1,191
1981	770
1982	1,017
1983	904
1984	632
1985	756
1986	1,423
1987	791
1988	1,445
1989	962
1990	1,350
1991	1,123
1992	1,702
1993	641
1994	901
1995	1,110
1996	728
1997	1,101
1998	984
1999	1,066
2000	583
2001	1,240
2002	1,228
2003	1,111
2004	639
2005	648
2006	775
2007	932
2008	808
2009	1,083
2010	1,262
2011	1,066
2012	1,072
2013	1,471
2014	580
2015	1,096
2016	584
2017	504
2018	858
2019	401
2020	500
2021	861
2022	893
2023	559
2024	578
2025	1,293
2026	1,174

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Data for records on 1990-07-02: 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 25	977
25 to 50	18
50 to 75	2
75 to 100	1
100 to 125	1
125 to 150	1
150 to 175	1