Weather Records on 15 July 1990

1,202 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 July 1990. Highest significance: Menard, US.

Key Facts for 15 July 1990

On 15 July 1990, 1,202 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
228 were record highs and 703 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 11 were all-time records, 58 monthly and 1,133 daily.
Menard set a daily record precipitation of 92.7 mm (3.6 in) on 15 July 1990.
Across 160 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 450 records.

Record Map

1,202 stations

1,202 station records on 15 July 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 July 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Menard	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Shadrinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Voznesenka	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Covington	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kuusiku	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Valga	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Copper Hill	United States	Record daily precipitation	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Huddleston 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Florence	United States	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Gila Bend 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	32.2 C (90.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Andrews	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Paint Rock	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
San Antonio Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bremo Bluff	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kearney 4 NE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lockhart	United States	Record daily precipitation	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Qian Gorlos	China	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
White Hall 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Atwood	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Junction 4SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trout Dale 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quartzsite	United States	Record low maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Waycross 4 NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Oberlin	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.7 C (44.1 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Titusville Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	94.0 mm (3.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
New Braunfels	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laguna	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Big Wells 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
San Marcos	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.1 mm (4.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Blacksburg Nwso	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gogland	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Blowing Rock 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Idlewild	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Murfreesboro 5 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marre-Sale	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Pamjatnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.4 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saguache	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Carlsbad	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Lafayette 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bagdarin	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	17.3 C (63.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Camden 1	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Scottsville 6SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Woolwine 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.4 mm (3.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Amderma	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Litchfield Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tiskilwa 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Minden	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Casar	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.6 mm (2.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kokshetay	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Baia Mare	Romania	Record low minimum temperature	8.1 C (46.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,202 records

Records set or tied on 15 July 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 88, Lowest daily maximum 384, Highest daily minimum 140, Lowest daily minimum 319, Heaviest daily rainfall 271.

Records on 15 July 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	88
Lowest daily maximum	384
Highest daily minimum	140
Lowest daily minimum	319
Heaviest daily rainfall	271
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 15 July 1990 by timescale: all-time 11, monthly 58, daily 1,133.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

916 broken records

Margins by which the 916 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 106.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 July 1990

Top 20 records on 15 July 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 July 1990	Menard, US	daily rain	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	89 years	69 of 100 (Major)
15 July 1990	Shadrinsk, RU	daily rain	53.2 mm (2.1 in)	42.8 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Voznesenka, KZ	all-time rain	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Covington, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Franklin, US	daily low min	6.7 C (44.1 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	95 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Kuusiku, EE	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	53 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Valga, EE	daily rain	43.1 mm (1.7 in)	33.1 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Florence, US	daily rain	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Copper Hill, US	monthly rain	121.4 mm (4.8 in)	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	1 year	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Huddleston 4 SW, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	39 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Florence, US	daily low max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Gila Bend 2SE, US	daily low max	32.2 C (90.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	76 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Andrews, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Paint Rock, US	daily rain	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	San Antonio Intl AP, US	daily rain	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	87.1 mm (3.4 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Bremo Bluff, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Corning, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	92 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Kearney 4 NE, US	daily low min	7.8 C (46.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Lockhart, US	daily rain	118.4 mm (4.7 in)	106.2 mm (4.2 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
15 July 1990	Albion, US	daily low min	6.1 C (43.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	93 years	46 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 1,202 records.

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

Records on 07-15 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	1
1808	1
1824	2
1829	1
1832	1
1833	1
1838	1
1839	1
1840	2
1866	1
1868	2
1874	1
1876	1
1877	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	2
1883	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	2
1888	1
1889	1
1890	5
1891	4
1892	4
1893	3
1894	6
1895	4
1896	2
1897	2
1898	10
1899	1
1900	1
1901	7
1902	4
1903	24
1904	9
1905	1
1906	10
1907	8
1908	7
1909	7
1910	14
1911	11
1912	44
1913	19
1914	35
1915	34
1916	27
1917	134
1918	33
1919	59
1920	78
1921	55
1922	111
1923	120
1924	126
1925	137
1926	487
1927	151
1928	367
1929	213
1930	503
1931	591
1932	649
1933	205
1934	554
1935	208
1936	905
1937	279
1938	227
1939	394
1940	320
1941	444
1942	275
1943	338
1944	228
1945	693
1946	421
1947	373
1948	397
1949	455
1950	503
1951	606
1952	825
1953	398
1954	784
1955	612
1956	351
1957	304
1958	859
1959	411
1960	576
1961	386
1962	724
1963	291
1964	670
1965	282
1966	494
1967	1,419
1968	661
1969	670
1970	542
1971	552
1972	681
1973	800
1974	692
1975	869
1976	790
1977	766
1978	815
1979	585
1980	1,168
1981	646
1982	938
1983	1,241
1984	841
1985	793
1986	773
1987	968
1988	1,157
1989	827
1990	1,202
1991	589
1992	904
1993	1,198
1994	1,027
1995	1,347
1996	1,076
1997	688
1998	1,170
1999	1,428
2000	1,276
2001	1,004
2002	1,177
2003	1,256
2004	714
2005	932
2006	1,535
2007	1,171
2008	532
2009	816
2010	941
2011	989
2012	927
2013	761
2014	1,016
2015	547
2016	672
2017	467
2018	645
2019	561
2020	614
2021	674
2022	621
2023	1,157
2024	823
2025	720
2026	961

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Data for records on 1990-07-15: 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	871
20 to 40	31
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1