Weather Records on 22 August 1990

808 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 August 1990. Highest significance: Versailles, US.

Key Facts for 22 August 1990

On 22 August 1990, 808 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
279 were record highs and 268 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 8 were all-time records, 19 monthly and 781 daily.
Versailles set a daily record precipitation of 53.6 mm (2.1 in) on 22 August 1990.
Across 167 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 435 records.

Record Map

808 stations

808 station records on 22 August 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 22 August 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Versailles	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Bai'tyk	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Gassaway	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Buena Vista 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Poset	Russia	Record daily precipitation	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hazard Wtr Wks	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sutton Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Johvi	Estonia	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Timiryazevskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	106.1 mm (4.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cuthbert	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Beechworth Composite	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mineracao Morro Velho	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Freehold-Marlboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
State College	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport 1 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Almeidinha	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Carnesville	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Maries	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kenton	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
El Dorado	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Alpharetta 4 SSW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fukui	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rzev	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Owensboro 3ENE	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mountainair	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Winthrop UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Rocky Mt	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Haikou	China	Record high minimum temperature	28.4 C (83.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Vladivostok	Russia	Record daily precipitation	162.9 mm (6.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	124.7 mm (4.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aleman Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fletcher 3 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.0 mm (4.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pendleton Dwtn	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Leola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.1 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Manchester 4 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Estancia 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nagano	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	27.0 C (80.6 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Takada	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	38.6 C (101.5 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tsuruga	Japan	Record high minimum temperature	29.3 C (84.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Hawley 1 E	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rogersville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Dayton 1 WSW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sussex 1 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
La Rue	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ridgway	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aberdeen	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Palmer 3 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Zuara	Libya	Record high maximum temperature	43.5 C (110.3 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zoh Laguna	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bailey	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Rifle	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsboro	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mimbres 4NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Towanda 1 S	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

808 records

Records set or tied on 22 August 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 118, Lowest daily maximum 200, Highest daily minimum 161, Lowest daily minimum 68, Heaviest daily rainfall 261.

Records on 22 August 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	118
Lowest daily maximum	200
Highest daily minimum	161
Lowest daily minimum	68
Heaviest daily rainfall	261
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 August 1990 by timescale: all-time 8, monthly 19, daily 781.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

634 broken records

Margins by which the 634 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 92.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 August 1990

Top 20 records on 22 August 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 August 1990	Versailles, US	daily rain	53.6 mm (2.1 in)	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	69 years	61 of 100 (Major)
22 August 1990	Bai'tyk, KG	daily rain	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Gassaway, US	daily rain	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	37 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Buena Vista 2S, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	79 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Poset, RU	daily rain	134.4 mm (5.3 in)	92.9 mm (3.7 in)	32 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Hazard Wtr Wks, US	daily rain	65.8 mm (2.6 in)	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Sutton Lake, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	37 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Johvi, EE	daily rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	9 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Timiryazevskij, RU	daily rain	106.1 mm (4.2 in)	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Cuthbert, US	daily rain	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Beechworth Composite, AU	daily rain	39.2 mm (1.5 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Towson, US	daily low max	19.4 C (66.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	76 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Mineracao Morro Velho, BR	monthly rain	54.0 mm (2.1 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	25 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Lancaster, US	daily rain	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	37 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Freehold-Marlboro, US	daily low max	20.0 C (68.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	107 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	State College, US	daily low max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	101 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Newport 1 NW, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	83 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Almeidinha, PT	daily rain	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	16 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Carnesville, US	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	23 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
22 August 1990	Saint Maries, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	41 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

1802 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1990. 1990 had 808 records.

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

Records on 08-22 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1803	1
1805	1
1812	1
1816	1
1835	1
1839	2
1843	1
1846	2
1849	1
1850	1
1853	1
1857	1
1863	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	1
1870	4
1872	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	3
1878	2
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	3
1891	2
1892	6
1893	3
1894	7
1895	6
1896	2
1897	4
1898	6
1899	5
1900	1
1901	5
1902	6
1903	3
1904	8
1905	7
1906	24
1907	7
1908	29
1909	5
1910	19
1911	20
1912	39
1913	30
1914	18
1915	31
1916	75
1917	47
1918	85
1919	18
1920	60
1921	64
1922	44
1923	279
1924	148
1925	219
1926	144
1927	154
1928	134
1929	240
1930	276
1931	388
1932	222
1933	367
1934	234
1935	337
1936	954
1937	421
1938	501
1939	517
1940	503
1941	249
1942	500
1943	517
1944	526
1945	475
1946	410
1947	1,034
1948	297
1949	570
1950	460
1951	452
1952	372
1953	348
1954	466
1955	553
1956	785
1957	371
1958	511
1959	547
1960	612
1961	562
1962	329
1963	419
1964	686
1965	423
1966	830
1967	404
1968	1,091
1969	727
1970	368
1971	1,021
1972	436
1973	611
1974	628
1975	597
1976	722
1977	655
1978	529
1979	547
1980	640
1981	795
1982	912
1983	1,366
1984	739
1985	793
1986	1,073
1987	801
1988	1,133
1989	753
1990	808
1991	808
1992	994
1993	845
1994	803
1995	1,002
1996	942
1997	1,381
1998	1,016
1999	756
2000	867
2001	940
2002	1,385
2003	1,550
2004	1,029
2005	887
2006	832
2007	1,801
2008	869
2009	1,347
2010	1,397
2011	1,255
2012	831
2013	450
2014	911
2015	529
2016	730
2017	537
2018	752
2019	558
2020	1,041
2021	683
2022	781
2023	1,525
2024	803
2025	1,359
2026	992

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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	603
20 to 40	21
40 to 60	9
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1