Weather Records on 24 August 1990

654 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 August 1990. Highest significance: Billabalong, AU.

Key Facts for 24 August 1990

On 24 August 1990, 654 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
304 were record highs and 139 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 5 were all-time records, 15 monthly and 634 daily.
Billabalong set a daily record precipitation of 42.0 mm (1.7 in) on 24 August 1990.
Across 162 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

654 stations

654 station records on 24 August 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 August 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Billabalong	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Cando 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Jackson	United States	Record daily precipitation	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Zolotoj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson Correctional Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Sosunovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Shahat	Libya	Record daily precipitation	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Jardinopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Caete	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ust-Vum	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Patchogue 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Union de Tula	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	19.6 C (67.3 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	32.4 C (90.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Peitas	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Hialeah	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Manorkill	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Windham 3 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Whiteriver 1 SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bodoe VI	Norway	Record daily precipitation	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Windsor	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Jon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Colquitt 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Brockton	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rimini 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
San Cristobal	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wytheville	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Acaponeta	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Louisburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Back Bay Wr	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.7 mm (3.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mullewa	Australia	Record low maximum temperature	12.0 C (53.6 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Shenkursk	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	9.0 C (48.2 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Indore	India	Record daily precipitation	96.8 mm (3.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Buenavista	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
La Huerta	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	79.0 mm (3.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Osmond	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hillsborough	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Sheffield	United Kingdom	Record high minimum temperature	19.9 C (67.8 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Edjudina	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sahuaripa (Cfe)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Key West NAS	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Sabancuy	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Atlatlahuacan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	42.9 mm (1.7 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Balancan de Dominguez (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cubi Point Nf	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	278.1 mm (10.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Habarovsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Krasnyj Jar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Belle Glade	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.0 C (95.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elephant Butte Dam	United States	Record low minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cadiz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Givhans Ferry 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

654 records

Records set or tied on 24 August 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 152, Lowest daily maximum 75, Highest daily minimum 152, Lowest daily minimum 64, Heaviest daily rainfall 211.

Records on 24 August 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	152
Lowest daily maximum	75
Highest daily minimum	152
Lowest daily minimum	64
Heaviest daily rainfall	211
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 24 August 1990 by timescale: all-time 5, monthly 15, daily 634.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

517 broken records

Margins by which the 517 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 124.2. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 August 1990

Top 20 records on 24 August 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 August 1990	Billabalong, AU	daily rain	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	56 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1990	Cando 1E, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	76 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 August 1990	Jackson, US	daily rain	133.4 mm (5.3 in)	101.4 mm (4.0 in)	40 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Zolotoj, RU	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Hudson Correctional Facility, US	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	31 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Sosunovo, RU	daily rain	80.1 mm (3.2 in)	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	29 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Shahat, LY	all-time rain	116.1 mm (4.6 in)	4.9 mm (0.19 in)	66 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Jardinopolis, BR	daily rain	40.2 mm (1.6 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	28 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Korsakov, RU	daily rain	47.3 mm (1.9 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	20 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Caete, BR	daily rain	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	48.4 mm (1.9 in)	43 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Puente Colgante, MX	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	16 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Ust-Vum, RU	daily rain	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Patchogue 2 N, US	daily rain	123.4 mm (4.9 in)	95.0 mm (3.7 in)	1 year	45 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Union de Tula, MX	daily rain	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	61 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Rinconada, MX	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	67 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Bloomfield, US	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	12.9 mm (0.5 in)	84 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Norfolk NAS, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Sarajevo, BA	daily high min	19.6 C (67.3 F)	2.8 C (5.0 F)	79 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Le Bourget, FR	daily high max	32.4 C (90.3 F)	2.4 C (4.3 F)	88 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
24 August 1990	Peitas, MX	daily rain	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	31 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 654 records.

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

Records on 08-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1817	2
1818	1
1824	1
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1845	1
1848	1
1853	1
1855	2
1859	1
1864	1
1869	1
1870	1
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1880	2
1881	1
1882	1
1885	3
1886	2
1889	3
1890	2
1891	5
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	5
1897	1
1898	5
1899	7
1900	9
1901	6
1902	6
1903	13
1904	8
1905	10
1906	22
1907	20
1908	18
1909	36
1910	22
1911	41
1912	37
1913	17
1914	24
1915	182
1916	33
1917	51
1918	79
1919	66
1920	568
1921	52
1922	98
1923	167
1924	153
1925	177
1926	133
1927	338
1928	288
1929	250
1930	240
1931	312
1932	218
1933	305
1934	617
1935	305
1936	937
1937	390
1938	483
1939	271
1940	706
1941	263
1942	549
1943	496
1944	556
1945	404
1946	425
1947	821
1948	794
1949	260
1950	378
1951	459
1952	528
1953	479
1954	631
1955	426
1956	364
1957	686
1958	547
1959	555
1960	549
1961	502
1962	413
1963	505
1964	670
1965	461
1966	707
1967	536
1968	1,039
1969	734
1970	622
1971	586
1972	587
1973	572
1974	481
1975	722
1976	493
1977	842
1978	588
1979	475
1980	669
1981	579
1982	932
1983	915
1984	600
1985	892
1986	726
1987	1,213
1988	1,093
1989	944
1990	654
1991	599
1992	1,724
1993	987
1994	618
1995	1,111
1996	1,275
1997	1,872
1998	1,113
1999	905
2000	830
2001	872
2002	1,114
2003	1,848
2004	979
2005	718
2006	859
2007	1,530
2008	954
2009	1,085
2010	1,278
2011	1,479
2012	647
2013	395
2014	832
2015	886
2016	906
2017	398
2018	442
2019	416
2020	1,055
2021	788
2022	795
2023	1,437
2024	1,338
2025	1,084
2026	618

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Data for records on 1990-08-24: 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	481
20 to 40	23
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1