Weather Records on 16 August 1990

702 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 August 1990. Highest significance: Ueckermunde, DE.

Key Facts for 16 August 1990

On 16 August 1990, 702 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
284 were record highs and 160 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 686 daily.
Ueckermunde set a daily record precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 16 August 1990.
Across 164 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

702 stations

702 station records on 16 August 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 August 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Ueckermunde	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Woldegk	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hilltown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Garfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Seaside	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pineview Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Clifton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Yanzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wanyuan	China	Record daily precipitation	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ternaard	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Osage City	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bohan	Russia	Record daily precipitation	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Tunka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Manhattan	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Chapman	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Boulder	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Los Capulines	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	40.6 C (105.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gavar	Armenia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lisskogsasen	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Laughlin 2SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Brackettville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Offenbach/M. (Stadt)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.6 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Northam	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Acaponeta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Bremerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Villa de Aldama	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	106.4 mm (4.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Mc Farland	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
El Puerto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Djurskog	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sheaville 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Scipio	United States	Record low maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rico	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Fillmore	United States	Record low maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mexticacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Weaverville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Anacortes	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hallett (Old Canowie)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nagpur Sonegaon	India	Record daily precipitation	90.9 mm (3.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Uddevalla	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Narrogin	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Smith Ctr	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Eastport	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Tierra Amarilla 4 N	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Blaine	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Lanna	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Black Rvr Pumps	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Casa Grande Nm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce City	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Auburn	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Leavenworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

702 records

Records set or tied on 16 August 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 111, Lowest daily maximum 113, Highest daily minimum 173, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 258.

Records on 16 August 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	111
Lowest daily maximum	113
Highest daily minimum	173
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	258
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 August 1990 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 11, daily 686.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

548 broken records

Margins by which the 548 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 74.6. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 August 1990

Top 20 records on 16 August 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 August 1990	Ueckermunde, DE	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	95 years	60 of 100 (Major)
16 August 1990	Woldegk, DE	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Hilltown, AU	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Garfield, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Seaside, US	all-time high min	19.4 C (66.9 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Dutch Harbor, US	monthly rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	61 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Pineview Dam, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	7 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Clifton, US	daily low max	26.7 C (80.1 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	67 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Yanzhou, CN	monthly rain	144.5 mm (5.7 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Wanyuan, CN	daily rain	115.8 mm (4.6 in)	74.6 mm (2.9 in)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Ternaard, NL	daily rain	25.8 mm (1.0 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Osage City, US	daily rain	73.9 mm (2.9 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Bohan, RU	daily rain	46.6 mm (1.8 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Tunka, RU	daily rain	47.9 mm (1.9 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Manhattan, US	daily rain	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Chapman, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	68 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Boulder, US	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	24 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Sholapur, IN	daily rain	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Los Capulines, MX	daily high max	40.6 C (105.1 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	25 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 August 1990	Gavar, AM	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	52 years	39 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 702 records.

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

Records on 08-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1802	2
1811	1
1827	1
1833	1
1835	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	2
1850	1
1856	1
1861	2
1862	1
1863	1
1868	2
1869	1
1871	1
1873	1
1875	2
1876	5
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1882	2
1883	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	5
1890	5
1891	2
1893	6
1894	1
1895	4
1896	5
1897	4
1898	6
1899	2
1900	3
1901	7
1902	5
1903	12
1904	9
1905	9
1906	11
1907	20
1908	31
1909	25
1910	14
1911	16
1912	30
1913	88
1914	10
1915	32
1916	147
1917	27
1918	72
1919	13
1920	144
1921	42
1922	148
1923	135
1924	139
1925	92
1926	165
1927	314
1928	207
1929	509
1930	158
1931	336
1932	348
1933	260
1934	504
1935	496
1936	728
1937	818
1938	700
1939	340
1940	287
1941	371
1942	447
1943	579
1944	467
1945	370
1946	313
1947	477
1948	342
1949	345
1950	305
1951	423
1952	552
1953	558
1954	648
1955	558
1956	413
1957	402
1958	1,013
1959	354
1960	518
1961	866
1962	423
1963	897
1964	831
1965	565
1966	433
1967	829
1968	824
1969	684
1970	386
1971	641
1972	997
1973	592
1974	689
1975	766
1976	1,153
1977	831
1978	835
1979	1,698
1980	855
1981	766
1982	516
1983	1,251
1984	662
1985	1,063
1986	811
1987	1,120
1988	1,594
1989	730
1990	702
1991	601
1992	2,027
1993	820
1994	1,075
1995	1,542
1996	678
1997	1,284
1998	865
1999	697
2000	873
2001	1,136
2002	1,258
2003	1,220
2004	1,239
2005	813
2006	894
2007	1,442
2008	1,183
2009	1,128
2010	1,239
2011	896
2012	670
2013	770
2014	640
2015	841
2016	786
2017	672
2018	412
2019	430
2020	1,382
2021	825
2022	1,145
2023	1,354
2024	765
2025	661
2026	661

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Data for records on 1990-08-16: 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	481
10 to 20	48
20 to 30	10
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	2
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	0
70 to 80	1