Weather Records on 10 August 1990

736 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 10 August 1990. Highest significance: Ny City Cntrl Park, US.

Key Facts for 10 August 1990

On 10 August 1990, 736 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
248 were record highs and 225 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 4 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 713 daily.
Ny City Cntrl Park set a daily record precipitation of 117.9 mm (4.6 in) on 10 August 1990.
Across 160 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 467 records.

Record Map

736 stations

736 station records on 10 August 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 10 August 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ny City Cntrl Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Jennings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	63 of 100 (Major)
Kumagaya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bogucany	Russia	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hachijojima	Japan	Record daily precipitation	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Ferros	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nancheng	China	Record daily precipitation	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Chichibu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Louisburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Fredericksburg Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Hammonton 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Vau da Lagoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Weslaco	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Shizuoka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tempoal de Sanchez	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Desoto City 8 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Southport 5 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 2SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Summerville	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lahaina 361	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Temnikov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Selinsgrove 2 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Corbin	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello Muni AP	United States	Record low minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Machilipatnam	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Tokyo	Japan	Record daily precipitation	118.1 mm (4.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	16.8 C (62.2 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Onahama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
College Park	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Clarks Hill 1 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
La Ribera	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Raleigh State UNIV	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Leavenworth 3 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Yamagata	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ixtlahuacan del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Zametchino	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Payette	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	93.0 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Yokosuka	Japan	Record daily precipitation	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Miyako	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Maebashi	Japan	Record daily precipitation	102.1 mm (4.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Chanchichimila	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Vyborg	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stephan 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Richfield	United States	Record high maximum temperature	39.4 C (102.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Jequitinhonha (Pcd)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Yokohama	Japan	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Caldwell	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Charleston	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Swansea (Kelvedon)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Utsunomiya	Japan	Record daily precipitation	120.9 mm (4.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mito	Japan	Record daily precipitation	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Arka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Bogotol	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Natchez	United States	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

736 records

Records set or tied on 10 August 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 104, Lowest daily maximum 83, Highest daily minimum 144, Lowest daily minimum 142, Heaviest daily rainfall 263.

Records on 10 August 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	104
Lowest daily maximum	83
Highest daily minimum	144
Lowest daily minimum	142
Heaviest daily rainfall	263
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 10 August 1990 by timescale: all-time 4, monthly 19, daily 713.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

567 broken records

Margins by which the 567 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 141.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

10 August 1990

Top 20 records on 10 August 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
10 August 1990	Ny City Cntrl Park, US	daily rain	117.9 mm (4.6 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	90 years	73 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1990	Jennings, US	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	89 years	63 of 100 (Major)
10 August 1990	Kumagaya, JP	daily rain	124.0 mm (4.9 in)	86.2 mm (3.4 in)	35 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Bogucany, RU	daily rain	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	28 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Hachijojima, JP	daily rain	165.6 mm (6.5 in)	135.7 mm (5.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Ferros, BR	daily rain	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	45 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Nancheng, CN	daily rain	76.1 mm (3.0 in)	59.6 mm (2.3 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Chichibu, JP	daily rain	214.1 mm (8.4 in)	141.0 mm (5.6 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Louisburg, US	daily low max	20.6 C (69.1 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	81 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Fredericksburg Np, US	daily rain	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	84 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Hammonton 1 NE, US	daily rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Vau da Lagoa, BR	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	21 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	6.2 C (11.2 F)	68 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Weslaco, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Shizuoka, JP	daily rain	191.0 mm (7.5 in)	121.7 mm (4.8 in)	29 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Tempoal de Sanchez, MX	daily rain	95.8 mm (3.8 in)	92.5 mm (3.6 in)	7 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Desoto City 8 SW, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	36 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Southport 5 N, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	63 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Dayton 2SE, US	daily rain	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
10 August 1990	Summerville, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	20 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

1814 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1990. 1990 had 736 records.

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

Records on 08-10 in each year
Year	Records
1814	1
1815	1
1838	1
1845	2
1847	1
1849	1
1852	1
1853	1
1857	2
1859	1
1861	2
1862	2
1863	1
1864	1
1869	2
1871	1
1877	1
1879	4
1881	2
1884	2
1885	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1890	2
1891	6
1892	1
1893	1
1894	5
1895	1
1896	5
1897	7
1898	4
1899	6
1900	6
1901	5
1902	7
1903	8
1904	12
1905	5
1906	16
1907	9
1908	7
1909	33
1910	10
1911	40
1912	39
1913	44
1914	27
1915	26
1916	88
1917	51
1918	43
1919	51
1920	101
1921	66
1922	78
1923	175
1924	245
1925	430
1926	80
1927	294
1928	160
1929	264
1930	299
1931	424
1932	251
1933	305
1934	662
1935	480
1936	487
1937	399
1938	382
1939	593
1940	386
1941	459
1942	420
1943	304
1944	1,006
1945	360
1946	303
1947	766
1948	339
1949	586
1950	324
1951	425
1952	395
1953	431
1954	372
1955	309
1956	522
1957	322
1958	443
1959	528
1960	470
1961	640
1962	761
1963	479
1964	553
1965	700
1966	1,231
1967	766
1968	784
1969	588
1970	702
1971	760
1972	1,175
1973	597
1974	719
1975	664
1976	855
1977	786
1978	495
1979	700
1980	849
1981	857
1982	1,070
1983	915
1984	956
1985	918
1986	535
1987	896
1988	792
1989	1,291
1990	736
1991	819
1992	1,051
1993	774
1994	1,338
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,504
1998	1,112
1999	945
2000	990
2001	1,192
2002	1,080
2003	1,556
2004	976
2005	1,225
2006	980
2007	1,476
2008	871
2009	869
2010	1,704
2011	1,247
2012	995
2013	599
2014	516
2015	583
2016	893
2017	636
2018	1,018
2019	754
2020	816
2021	553
2022	687
2023	782
2024	882
2025	659
2026	1,149

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Data for records on 1990-08-10: 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	512
20 to 40	29
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	9
80 to 100	4
100 to 120	0
120 to 140	2
140 to 160	1