Weather Records on 24 July 1990

944 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 July 1990. Highest significance: Tucson Magnetic Obsy, US.

Key Facts for 24 July 1990

On 24 July 1990, 944 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
260 were record highs and 415 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 3 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 911 daily.
Tucson Magnetic Obsy set a daily record precipitation of 51.3 mm (2.0 in) on 24 July 1990.
Across 158 earlier years (1799 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 473 records.

Record Map

944 stations

944 station records on 24 July 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 July 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tucson Magnetic Obsy	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Delicias (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Staraja_Russa	Russia	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Glad Valley 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
First Connecticut Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ulysses 3NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spokane Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Uralla (Blue Nobby)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Sunnyside - Lund 31S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Battenville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hvojnaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bamberg	Germany	Record low minimum temperature	4.7 C (40.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Funk Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Maksatiha	Russia	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Canaan	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Talladega	United States	Record low minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gunnedah Pool	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	12.7 C (54.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Farmington	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cuatro Cienegas (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record low minimum temperature	7.1 C (44.8 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Grange 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Hesperia 4 WNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fujin	China	Record daily precipitation	81.2 mm (3.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
San Manuel	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
New Bedford Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hamilton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cambridge	United States	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Oracle 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sublette 7WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	30.8 C (87.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Versailles	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.6 C (51.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lima	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Chapala	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Borovici	Russia	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
W Liberty 3NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Elizabethtown	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin Sewage Plt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bellows Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ilford (Tara)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.0 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tenasco	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Imuris (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mirnii	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beowawe	United States	Record low maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bethlehem	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Falls City 7 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Willows 6 W	United States	Record low minimum temperature	6.1 C (43.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Libby 1 NE Rs	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marlow	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Peterboro 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

944 records

Records set or tied on 24 July 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 125, Lowest daily maximum 202, Highest daily minimum 135, Lowest daily minimum 213, Heaviest daily rainfall 269.

Records on 24 July 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	125
Lowest daily maximum	202
Highest daily minimum	135
Lowest daily minimum	213
Heaviest daily rainfall	269
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 July 1990 by timescale: all-time 3, monthly 30, daily 911.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

743 broken records

Margins by which the 743 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 54.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 July 1990

Top 20 records on 24 July 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 July 1990	Tucson Magnetic Obsy, US	daily rain	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	32.2 mm (1.3 in)	77 years	68 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1990	Delicias (Dge), MX	all-time rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	21 years	62 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1990	Jackman, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
24 July 1990	Staraja_Russa, RU	daily rain	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Glad Valley 2 W, US	all-time rain	102.9 mm (4.1 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	39 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	First Connecticut Lake, US	daily rain	60.2 mm (2.4 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	53 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Ulysses 3NE, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	94 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Spokane Intl AP, US	daily rain	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	35 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Uralla (Blue Nobby), AU	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	28 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Sunnyside - Lund 31S, US	daily high min	22.8 C (73.0 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Battenville, US	daily rain	66.3 mm (2.6 in)	51.3 mm (2.0 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Hvojnaja, RU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Saint Maries, US	daily low max	18.9 C (66.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	92 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Garfield, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Bamberg, DE	daily low min	4.7 C (40.5 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	109 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Newport, US	daily rain	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	28 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Funk Rch, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Maksatiha, RU	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Hickman, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	54.7 mm (2.2 in)	32 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
24 July 1990	Canaan, US	daily rain	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	44 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

1799 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1990. 1990 had 944 records.

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

Records on 07-24 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1813	1
1817	1
1832	1
1836	1
1838	2
1843	2
1844	1
1846	1
1849	2
1859	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	1
1868	3
1869	1
1870	1
1872	3
1874	1
1875	2
1880	3
1882	1
1883	2
1885	3
1889	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	5
1895	2
1896	5
1897	4
1899	3
1900	7
1901	6
1902	5
1903	8
1904	19
1905	19
1906	18
1907	8
1908	11
1909	21
1910	36
1911	51
1912	84
1913	30
1914	22
1915	35
1916	32
1917	40
1918	70
1919	19
1920	46
1921	67
1922	186
1923	87
1924	193
1925	154
1926	186
1927	251
1928	237
1929	187
1930	195
1931	364
1932	249
1933	356
1934	994
1935	342
1936	498
1937	327
1938	545
1939	225
1940	568
1941	335
1942	331
1943	278
1944	315
1945	252
1946	407
1947	852
1948	385
1949	408
1950	384
1951	333
1952	534
1953	403
1954	447
1955	445
1956	379
1957	428
1958	372
1959	522
1960	466
1961	612
1962	996
1963	521
1964	517
1965	333
1966	401
1967	344
1968	430
1969	585
1970	553
1971	678
1972	528
1973	743
1974	670
1975	521
1976	521
1977	829
1978	673
1979	652
1980	487
1981	1,025
1982	689
1983	1,425
1984	789
1985	829
1986	1,227
1987	1,220
1988	1,130
1989	896
1990	944
1991	1,092
1992	1,271
1993	1,705
1994	1,153
1995	927
1996	1,145
1997	1,097
1998	990
1999	1,201
2000	1,236
2001	1,186
2002	796
2003	2,254
2004	1,604
2005	1,158
2006	1,694
2007	1,310
2008	1,363
2009	856
2010	1,859
2011	1,514
2012	827
2013	572
2014	922
2015	483
2016	637
2017	559
2018	953
2019	1,221
2020	432
2021	541
2022	681
2023	804
2024	986
2025	879
2026	924

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Data for records on 1990-07-24: 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	669
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	23
30 to 40	9
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	2