Weather Records on 17 July 1990

953 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 17 July 1990. Highest significance: George W 2 SSW, US.

Key Facts for 17 July 1990

On 17 July 1990, 953 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
318 were record highs and 274 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 6 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 914 daily.
George W 2 SSW set a daily record precipitation of 79.2 mm (3.1 in) on 17 July 1990.
Across 163 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

953 stations

953 station records on 17 July 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 17 July 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
George W 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Antwerp	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Goliad	United States	Record daily precipitation	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Itupeva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Addington	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Unja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Goliad 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kaawaloa 29	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Merton Weir Farm	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Beeville 5 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Poteet	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bentleigh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Dublin 2SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ganyu	China	Record daily precipitation	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Vista Redonda	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boituva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Capitan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baynton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda S.Joao Morro Vermelho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Lobo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tatui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Koslan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cuero	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Capela Do Alto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morgan City	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crosbyton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tiete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Colonia Do Piagui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Pirapitingui	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Jyvaskyla Lentoasema	Finland	Record daily precipitation	65.3 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Laras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Robert Lee 4WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Spur	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Warracknabeal (Ailsa)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cachoeira Paulista (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brownwood 2NE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crystal City	United States	Record daily precipitation	112.8 mm (4.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Youngs Siding	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.6 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deniliquin (Wilkinson St)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Jundiai	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bom Jardim	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda da Guarda (Parque)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Itatiba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Capivari	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ipero	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Sarapu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maricopa 4 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hico	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Saba	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Das Pedras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.2 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tejupa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.9 mm (3.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Timburi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	79.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Jennings	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Iporanga	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

953 records

Records set or tied on 17 July 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 155, Lowest daily maximum 195, Highest daily minimum 163, Lowest daily minimum 79, Heaviest daily rainfall 361.

Records on 17 July 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	155
Lowest daily maximum	195
Highest daily minimum	163
Lowest daily minimum	79
Heaviest daily rainfall	361
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 17 July 1990 by timescale: all-time 6, monthly 33, daily 914.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

793 broken records

Margins by which the 793 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 134.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

17 July 1990

Top 20 records on 17 July 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
17 July 1990	George W 2 SSW, US	daily rain	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	64 years	64 of 100 (Major)
17 July 1990	Antwerp, AU	monthly rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	9.0 mm (0.35 in)	66 years	63 of 100 (Major)
17 July 1990	Goliad, US	daily rain	143.0 mm (5.6 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	59 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Itupeva, BR	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	41.8 mm (1.6 in)	44 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Addington, AU	monthly rain	60.0 mm (2.4 in)	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	6 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Ust-Unja, RU	daily rain	51.7 mm (2.0 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Goliad 1 E, US	daily rain	115.6 mm (4.6 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Kaawaloa 29, US	monthly rain	112.3 mm (4.4 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	3 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Merton Weir Farm, AU	monthly rain	76.0 mm (3.0 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Beeville 5 NE, US	daily rain	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	134.6 mm (5.3 in)	17 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Poteet, US	daily rain	124.5 mm (4.9 in)	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	29 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Bentleigh, AU	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Dublin 2SE, US	daily low max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	84 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Ganyu, CN	daily rain	122.5 mm (4.8 in)	102.7 mm (4.0 in)	31 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Fazenda Vista Redonda, BR	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Boituva, BR	daily rain	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	15 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure, RU	monthly rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Capitan, US	daily low min	4.4 C (39.9 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	69 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Baynton, AU	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
17 July 1990	Fazenda S.Joao Morro Vermelho, BR	daily rain	62.3 mm (2.5 in)	45.3 mm (1.8 in)	15 years	47 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 953 records.

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

Records on 07-17 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1798	1
1799	1
1801	2
1802	1
1821	1
1827	1
1833	1
1840	1
1842	1
1845	2
1852	1
1862	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	1
1871	1
1874	1
1875	2
1877	1
1880	1
1881	2
1882	2
1883	5
1884	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	4
1890	4
1892	5
1893	3
1894	4
1895	1
1896	3
1897	1
1898	2
1899	4
1900	4
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	4
1905	9
1906	13
1907	12
1908	32
1909	16
1910	8
1911	52
1912	13
1913	26
1914	67
1915	71
1916	27
1917	62
1918	41
1919	45
1920	50
1921	120
1922	206
1923	105
1924	165
1925	275
1926	251
1927	118
1928	116
1929	154
1930	366
1931	492
1932	293
1933	216
1934	438
1935	245
1936	815
1937	313
1938	303
1939	540
1940	319
1941	386
1942	522
1943	321
1944	236
1945	681
1946	523
1947	505
1948	278
1949	405
1950	645
1951	356
1952	772
1953	557
1954	517
1955	512
1956	608
1957	298
1958	693
1959	631
1960	324
1961	408
1962	421
1963	223
1964	481
1965	753
1966	454
1967	965
1968	707
1969	741
1970	486
1971	790
1972	634
1973	680
1974	691
1975	775
1976	1,041
1977	764
1978	794
1979	642
1980	1,137
1981	628
1982	850
1983	1,120
1984	875
1985	483
1986	1,214
1987	1,388
1988	1,239
1989	1,289
1990	953
1991	763
1992	1,055
1993	956
1994	631
1995	917
1996	911
1997	816
1998	1,031
1999	925
2000	1,166
2001	916
2002	995
2003	1,396
2004	908
2005	1,184
2006	1,509
2007	1,218
2008	508
2009	1,218
2010	965
2011	1,101
2012	934
2013	819
2014	1,456
2015	831
2016	679
2017	398
2018	750
2019	477
2020	515
2021	625
2022	791
2023	1,060
2024	814
2025	966
2026	860

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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 20	717
20 to 40	54
40 to 60	14
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2
120 to 140	1