Weather Records on 28 July 1990

757 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 July 1990. Highest significance: Cernuska, RU.

Key Facts for 28 July 1990

On 28 July 1990, 757 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
273 were record highs and 214 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 749 daily.
Cernuska set a daily record precipitation of 54.2 mm (2.1 in) on 28 July 1990.
Across 155 earlier years (1815 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 471 records.

Record Map

757 stations

757 station records on 28 July 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 July 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Cernuska	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Liberal	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Zaragoza Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Yakutat AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rowena (Waroonga)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Stanton	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hutchinson 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Navacerrada	Spain	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Young America 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jalostotitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Upolu Point Uscg 159.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Barneveld	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
St-Girons	France	Record daily precipitation	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Veenendaal	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Welbekend	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rio Piedras Exp STN	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hampton	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	-2.0 C (28.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kolyvan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
New Ulm 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caledonia	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
La Crosse Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Silvituc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Woudenberg	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Waterdale	United States	Record low minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Iguala (Smn)	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bakchar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Canon City	United States	Record low minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Longmont 2 ESE	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Chipley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Pecos	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sealy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bartow 1SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fernandina Beach	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Madison 3NNW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Voorthuizen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Creighton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huoshan	China	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Semjachik	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.3 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Lake	United States	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Russell Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Winona	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Edgerton	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Daugavpils	Latvia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Los Limones (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Harmony	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dubuque Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Hulshorst	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	41.3 mm (1.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Akron 4 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Rico	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
St Paul	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Seward AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Wangerooge	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	28.7 C (83.7 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

757 records

Records set or tied on 28 July 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 163, Lowest daily maximum 79, Highest daily minimum 110, Lowest daily minimum 135, Heaviest daily rainfall 270.

Records on 28 July 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	163
Lowest daily maximum	79
Highest daily minimum	110
Lowest daily minimum	135
Heaviest daily rainfall	270
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 July 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 749.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

624 broken records

Margins by which the 624 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 July 1990

Top 20 records on 28 July 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 July 1990	Cernuska, RU	daily rain	54.2 mm (2.1 in)	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Liberal, US	daily rain	75.9 mm (3.0 in)	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Zaragoza Aeropuerto, ES	daily rain	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	55.7 mm (2.2 in)	27 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Yakutat AP, US	monthly rain	180.8 mm (7.1 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Rowena (Waroonga), AU	daily rain	59.0 mm (2.3 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Stanton, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Hutchinson 1 N, US	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	24.2 mm (1.0 in)	72 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Navacerrada, ES	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Gibson 2 NE, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	7 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Young America 1SW, US	daily rain	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	13 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Jalostotitlan, MX	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Upolu Point Uscg 159.2, US	daily rain	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	3 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Barneveld, NL	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	37 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Canton, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	St-Girons, FR	daily rain	46.8 mm (1.8 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Veenendaal, NL	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Welbekend, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	13.1 mm (0.5 in)	60 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Rio Piedras Exp STN, PR	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Hampton, US	daily rain	114.8 mm (4.5 in)	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	13 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
28 July 1990	Columbus, US	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	11 years	38 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

1815 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1815 to 1990. 1990 had 757 records.

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

Records on 07-28 in each year
Year	Records
1815	1
1832	2
1834	1
1838	1
1846	1
1848	1
1853	1
1857	1
1860	2
1866	2
1867	1
1872	3
1873	1
1874	1
1882	1
1883	3
1884	3
1886	2
1887	2
1888	3
1890	3
1891	8
1892	3
1893	5
1894	4
1895	6
1896	4
1897	4
1898	6
1900	8
1901	14
1902	4
1903	16
1904	23
1905	10
1906	18
1907	39
1908	15
1909	19
1910	18
1911	61
1912	32
1913	54
1914	42
1915	36
1916	134
1917	84
1918	34
1919	53
1920	95
1921	92
1922	82
1923	193
1924	79
1925	361
1926	175
1927	129
1928	341
1929	215
1930	603
1931	464
1932	184
1933	390
1934	533
1935	354
1936	471
1937	315
1938	264
1939	339
1940	507
1941	525
1942	165
1943	429
1944	349
1945	399
1946	380
1947	630
1948	535
1949	496
1950	1,035
1951	320
1952	669
1953	251
1954	355
1955	537
1956	309
1957	298
1958	549
1959	417
1960	416
1961	357
1962	772
1963	484
1964	422
1965	422
1966	349
1967	458
1968	547
1969	737
1970	343
1971	1,161
1972	675
1973	500
1974	343
1975	537
1976	493
1977	724
1978	681
1979	692
1980	1,170
1981	1,315
1982	774
1983	1,389
1984	1,373
1985	627
1986	868
1987	1,202
1988	761
1989	936
1990	757
1991	768
1992	678
1993	1,026
1994	2,266
1995	1,251
1996	1,178
1997	1,024
1998	1,835
1999	985
2000	857
2001	938
2002	866
2003	932
2004	1,345
2005	1,387
2006	1,398
2007	998
2008	923
2009	964
2010	1,306
2011	1,143
2012	731
2013	1,428
2014	713
2015	911
2016	648
2017	476
2018	655
2019	469
2020	721
2021	831
2022	990
2023	765
2024	668
2025	845
2026	863

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Data for records on 1990-07-28: 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	552
10 to 20	37
20 to 30	18
30 to 40	8
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	3