Weather Records on 31 July 1990

911 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 31 July 1990. Highest significance: Huehue 92.1, US.

Key Facts for 31 July 1990

On 31 July 1990, 911 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
276 were record highs and 317 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 18 monthly and 891 daily.
Huehue 92.1 set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 31 July 1990.
Across 155 earlier years (1804 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 468 records.

Record Map

911 stations

911 station records on 31 July 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 31 July 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Huehue 92.1	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Norsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Chilton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.1 C (34.0 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Forks 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Quanah 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Selemdzinskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Roma Ciampino	Italy	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Vinson	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bowie	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Nieves	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Brae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sapphire (Argyle)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Piaxtla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Chisos Basin	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Arzamas	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lukojanov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cet Central England	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.2 C (84.6 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Malvern	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Llano	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Olney 5 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sealy	United States	Record high minimum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Crohamhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	31.2 C (88.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Healdton 3 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hollis 5E	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.4 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sakon Nakhon	Thailand	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Melitopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Moroleon	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kislovodsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Roosevelt	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Alpine	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Budapest	Hungary	Record high minimum temperature	23.0 C (73.4 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Villaflores (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bradford	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	27.3 C (81.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Okmulgee Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Angelo	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Evertsberg	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Hawarden Bridge	United Kingdom	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Menard	United States	Record low maximum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kurnell (Caltex Oil Refinery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fosston 1 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Marathon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Nukinenda	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Malinovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	44.8 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Ostana	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Richfield	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Saint Francis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Carlsbad Caverns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Burkett	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Huntsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shanwei	China	Record daily precipitation	311.0 mm (12.2 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Gar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	51.4 mm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Knas	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

911 records

Records set or tied on 31 July 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 147, Lowest daily maximum 195, Highest daily minimum 129, Lowest daily minimum 122, Heaviest daily rainfall 318.

Records on 31 July 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	147
Lowest daily maximum	195
Highest daily minimum	129
Lowest daily minimum	122
Heaviest daily rainfall	318
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 31 July 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 18, daily 891.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

707 broken records

Margins by which the 707 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 75.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

31 July 1990

Top 20 records on 31 July 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
31 July 1990	Huehue 92.1, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
31 July 1990	Norsk, RU	daily rain	104.6 mm (4.1 in)	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Chilton, US	daily low min	1.1 C (34.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	94 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Forks 4 NNE, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	15 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Quanah 2 SW, US	daily rain	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Ballinger 2 NW, US	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Selemdzinskoe, RU	daily rain	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Roma Ciampino, IT	monthly rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	9 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Vinson, US	daily rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	62.5 mm (2.5 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Bowie, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	91 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Nieves, MX	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	16 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Bonnie Brae, AU	daily rain	100.7 mm (4.0 in)	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	9 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Sapphire (Argyle), AU	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Piaxtla, MX	daily rain	81.8 mm (3.2 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	45 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Chisos Basin, US	daily rain	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	33 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Arzamas, RU	daily rain	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	21 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Lukojanov, RU	daily rain	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Cet Central England, GB	daily high max	29.2 C (84.6 F)	1.9 C (3.4 F)	90 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Malvern, GB	daily high max	31.2 C (88.2 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	73 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
31 July 1990	Llano, US	daily rain	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	83 years	43 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

1804 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1804 to 1990. 1990 had 911 records.

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

Records on 07-31 in each year
Year	Records
1804	1
1815	1
1816	1
1828	1
1834	1
1839	1
1840	1
1841	2
1851	1
1858	2
1860	4
1863	1
1866	1
1873	2
1876	1
1879	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	5
1889	2
1890	2
1891	1
1892	1
1893	3
1894	2
1896	2
1897	2
1898	5
1900	1
1901	3
1902	4
1903	16
1904	12
1905	10
1906	14
1907	17
1908	22
1909	15
1910	21
1911	29
1912	14
1913	31
1914	28
1915	71
1916	63
1917	126
1918	39
1919	27
1920	168
1921	112
1922	24
1923	236
1924	97
1925	349
1926	226
1927	161
1928	145
1929	134
1930	143
1931	441
1932	314
1933	504
1934	449
1935	418
1936	548
1937	297
1938	417
1939	357
1940	415
1941	323
1942	342
1943	342
1944	312
1945	499
1946	426
1947	341
1948	341
1949	406
1950	511
1951	364
1952	472
1953	414
1954	459
1955	813
1956	574
1957	268
1958	374
1959	424
1960	622
1961	504
1962	348
1963	294
1964	637
1965	858
1966	606
1967	326
1968	637
1969	440
1970	576
1971	1,850
1972	667
1973	583
1974	363
1975	1,386
1976	530
1977	543
1978	754
1979	501
1980	1,047
1981	672
1982	767
1983	901
1984	777
1985	1,065
1986	1,021
1987	934
1988	940
1989	1,753
1990	911
1991	647
1992	1,169
1993	1,031
1994	1,207
1995	1,223
1996	1,084
1997	984
1998	1,195
1999	1,643
2000	1,001
2001	1,414
2002	1,080
2003	1,157
2004	779
2005	742
2006	1,405
2007	1,023
2008	911
2009	1,156
2010	1,485
2011	1,040
2012	712
2013	469
2014	1,000
2015	948
2016	501
2017	485
2018	1,135
2019	551
2020	1,034
2021	1,020
2022	861
2023	671
2024	748
2025	836
2026	754

Download the Data

Data for records on 1990-07-31: 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	605
10 to 20	60
20 to 30	24
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	6
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	4
70 to 80	1