Weather Records on 12 July 1990

1,489 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 12 July 1990. Highest significance: Ardath, AU.

Key Facts for 12 July 1990

On 12 July 1990, 1,489 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
537 were record highs and 464 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 10 were all-time records, 39 monthly and 1,440 daily.
Ardath set a monthly record daily precipitation of 50.0 mm (2.0 in) on 12 July 1990.
Across 158 earlier years (1796 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 445 records.

Record Map

1,489 stations

1,489 station records on 12 July 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 12 July 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ardath	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Bezeck	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Jackson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Delaware	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gunter 5 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.2 C (99.0 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rutland Plains Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Shelbyville Sewage Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Plainfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville Water Pl	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Burra (Poonunda)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mattoon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Middletown 2 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Phoenixville 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
McKinley Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Greensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Centerburg 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Milan Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington Bluegrass AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
San Diego de Alejandria	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Defiance	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rzev	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.9 mm (2.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Angola	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Marshallville 1 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford Cntrl Fs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Strausstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
1 ENE Fairfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge City 3 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hawthorne AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pleasant Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Donnybrook	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.8 mm (2.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Novo-Jerusalim	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsdale	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Carrollton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hightstown 2 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Owyhee Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Renovo	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bruceton 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Akron Canton AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Skjaekerfossen	Norway	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coventry	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Conception	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Greeley	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mohonk Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Coshocton Wpc Plt	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Halfway	United States	Record high maximum temperature	43.3 C (109.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Philipsburg 8 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sacramento 5 ESE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	5.7 C (42.3 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Punta de Agua I	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.8 mm (2.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,489 records

Records set or tied on 12 July 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 200, Lowest daily maximum 328, Highest daily minimum 337, Lowest daily minimum 136, Heaviest daily rainfall 488.

Records on 12 July 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	200
Lowest daily maximum	328
Highest daily minimum	337
Lowest daily minimum	136
Heaviest daily rainfall	488
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 12 July 1990 by timescale: all-time 10, monthly 39, daily 1,440.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,194 broken records

Margins by which the 1,194 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 72.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

12 July 1990

Top 20 records on 12 July 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
12 July 1990	Ardath, AU	monthly rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	68 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1990	Bezeck, RU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	95 years	63 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1990	Jackson Exp STN, US	daily rain	87.4 mm (3.4 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	83 years	62 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1990	Delaware, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	89 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1990	Le Roy, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	92 years	61 of 100 (Major)
12 July 1990	Columbus, US	daily rain	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1990	Gunter 5 S, US	monthly rain	128.5 mm (5.1 in)	64.2 mm (2.5 in)	9 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1990	Kemmerer 2N, US	all-time high max	37.2 C (99.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	87 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1990	Rutland Plains Station, AU	monthly rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1990	Shelbyville Sewage Plt, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	60 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1990	Plainfield, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	91 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1990	Centerville Water Pl, US	daily rain	111.3 mm (4.4 in)	72.2 mm (2.8 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1990	Burra (Poonunda), AU	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	79 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1990	Mattoon, US	monthly low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	95 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1990	Peterboro 2 S, US	daily low max	16.1 C (61.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1990	Middletown 2 NW, US	daily low max	17.8 C (64.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	91 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1990	Phoenixville 1 E, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1990	McKinley Park, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1990	Greensburg, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	20 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
12 July 1990	Centerburg 2 SE, US	daily rain	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	25 years	48 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

1796 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1990. 1990 had 1,489 records.

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

Records on 07-12 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1816	1
1821	2
1841	1
1847	2
1848	2
1850	3
1851	1
1858	1
1860	2
1866	1
1870	2
1873	1
1874	2
1875	1
1876	2
1879	1
1880	2
1882	1
1886	4
1887	1
1888	4
1889	1
1890	4
1891	3
1892	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	7
1896	3
1897	2
1898	1
1900	2
1901	5
1902	2
1903	11
1904	13
1905	28
1906	22
1907	19
1908	46
1909	24
1910	12
1911	93
1912	19
1913	20
1914	57
1915	16
1916	39
1917	163
1918	99
1919	56
1920	37
1921	94
1922	42
1923	85
1924	68
1925	231
1926	272
1927	84
1928	79
1929	137
1930	561
1931	309
1932	305
1933	609
1934	348
1935	379
1936	1,082
1937	353
1938	257
1939	509
1940	623
1941	796
1942	363
1943	421
1944	446
1945	1,118
1946	234
1947	319
1948	379
1949	357
1950	485
1951	765
1952	680
1953	688
1954	907
1955	263
1956	474
1957	381
1958	434
1959	459
1960	466
1961	606
1962	447
1963	418
1964	898
1965	457
1966	614
1967	502
1968	466
1969	745
1970	298
1971	538
1972	716
1973	633
1974	617
1975	1,321
1976	812
1977	377
1978	635
1979	555
1980	998
1981	645
1982	526
1983	955
1984	871
1985	558
1986	1,015
1987	1,189
1988	961
1989	559
1990	1,489
1991	1,028
1992	1,167
1993	1,443
1994	904
1995	1,070
1996	964
1997	800
1998	1,244
1999	1,397
2000	796
2001	856
2002	1,537
2003	910
2004	799
2005	1,068
2006	1,038
2007	749
2008	719
2009	707
2010	1,450
2011	1,468
2012	979
2013	570
2014	437
2015	618
2016	740
2017	586
2018	398
2019	598
2020	875
2021	830
2022	507
2023	839
2024	968
2025	567
2026	1,100

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Data for records on 1990-07-12: 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	1,026
10 to 20	94
20 to 30	41
30 to 40	18
40 to 50	10
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1