Weather Records on 8 July 1990

763 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 8 July 1990. Highest significance: Cuddalore, IN.

Key Facts for 8 July 1990

On 8 July 1990, 763 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
360 were record highs and 185 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 17 monthly and 744 daily.
Cuddalore set a daily record precipitation of 99.8 mm (3.9 in) on 8 July 1990.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 443 records.

Record Map

763 stations

763 station records on 8 July 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 8 July 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cuddalore	India	Record daily precipitation	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Pinsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Bolotnoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Cradle Valley (Waldheim)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdad	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Minocqua	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
University Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Phillips	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Winton Pwr Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Baranovichi	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Caduao	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record low minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
El Barril	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kalihi Rsch Site 777	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Alpena Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Todos Santos (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Black Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lenah Valley (Augusta Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Jacinto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Black Rock	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pasto/Antonio Narin	Colombia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cacaloapan	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dolores Hidalgo (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Glen St Mary 1 W	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Decorah	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Beaufort Wwtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presa la Angostura	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Buzau	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnison 3SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fitzgerald	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vileyka	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Felipe	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quemado	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Loa	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Couderay 7 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Grand Haven Fire Dept	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winnsboro	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Slutsk	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Boca del Salado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Keams Canyon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elkader 6 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Beloit	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Iron Mtn-Kingsford Wwtp	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
State UNIV	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Blanding	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thompson Welcome Ctr	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Caon Fernandez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dumure	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Creek	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Walden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

763 records

Records set or tied on 8 July 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 105, Lowest daily maximum 130, Highest daily minimum 255, Lowest daily minimum 55, Heaviest daily rainfall 217, Heaviest daily snowfall 1.

Records on 8 July 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	105
Lowest daily maximum	130
Highest daily minimum	255
Lowest daily minimum	55
Heaviest daily rainfall	217
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 8 July 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 17, daily 744.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

539 broken records

Margins by which the 539 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 97.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

8 July 1990

Top 20 records on 8 July 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
8 July 1990	Cuddalore, IN	daily rain	99.8 mm (3.9 in)	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	87 years	75 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1990	Pinsk, BY	daily rain	44.9 mm (1.8 in)	22.3 mm (0.9 in)	94 years	64 of 100 (Major)
8 July 1990	Bolotnoe, RU	daily rain	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	Cradle Valley (Waldheim), AU	daily rain	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	69 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	Alpine, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	Bagdad, US	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	Minocqua, US	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	University Exp STN, US	daily rain	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	11.1 mm (0.4 in)	71 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	Phillips, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	Winton Pwr Plt, US	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	71 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	Baranovichi, BY	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	11 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	Caduao, MX	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	Humacao 2 SSE, PR	daily low min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	51 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	El Barril, MX	all-time high min	34.4 C (93.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	32 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	Kalihi Rsch Site 777, US	daily rain	115.3 mm (4.5 in)	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	La Grange, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	9 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	Alpena Wwtp, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	Todos Santos (Dge), MX	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	Black Lake, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	56 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
8 July 1990	Lenah Valley (Augusta Road), AU	daily rain	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	10.3 mm (0.4 in)	57 years	42 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 763 records.

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

Records on 07-08 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1811	1
1815	2
1819	3
1844	1
1845	4
1848	2
1852	2
1856	1
1860	1
1864	2
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1873	1
1874	1
1876	2
1878	2
1879	1
1882	1
1883	1
1885	2
1886	3
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1891	2
1892	2
1893	2
1894	3
1896	7
1898	2
1899	6
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	9
1904	21
1905	9
1906	8
1907	9
1908	16
1909	24
1910	32
1911	28
1912	60
1913	29
1914	54
1915	47
1916	206
1917	37
1918	45
1919	34
1920	123
1921	75
1922	146
1923	134
1924	201
1925	141
1926	132
1927	142
1928	191
1929	235
1930	360
1931	250
1932	240
1933	360
1934	226
1935	496
1936	940
1937	287
1938	293
1939	399
1940	294
1941	198
1942	210
1943	248
1944	495
1945	291
1946	380
1947	400
1948	410
1949	352
1950	518
1951	580
1952	741
1953	502
1954	497
1955	554
1956	516
1957	429
1958	651
1959	485
1960	483
1961	356
1962	271
1963	592
1964	603
1965	266
1966	293
1967	266
1968	540
1969	847
1970	375
1971	443
1972	982
1973	831
1974	1,009
1975	537
1976	697
1977	743
1978	727
1979	703
1980	958
1981	945
1982	625
1983	1,198
1984	837
1985	1,024
1986	822
1987	814
1988	1,133
1989	1,174
1990	763
1991	1,152
1992	1,017
1993	1,875
1994	1,389
1995	642
1996	1,356
1997	734
1998	1,616
1999	816
2000	876
2001	916
2002	897
2003	779
2004	1,096
2005	1,250
2006	928
2007	943
2008	1,406
2009	971
2010	1,411
2011	838
2012	1,237
2013	501
2014	692
2015	1,455
2016	670
2017	887
2018	457
2019	569
2020	521
2021	890
2022	607
2023	765
2024	1,269
2025	616
2026	438

Download the Data

Data for records on 1990-07-08: 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 2026-10-16 (16 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	510
20 to 40	24
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1