Weather Records on 5 September 1990

806 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 5 September 1990. Highest significance: Mys Shmidta, RU.

Key Facts for 5 September 1990

On 5 September 1990, 806 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
491 were record highs and 134 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 31 monthly and 773 daily.
Mys Shmidta set an all-time record daily precipitation of 82.4 mm (3.2 in) on 5 September 1990.
Across 157 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 459 records.

Record Map

806 stations

806 station records on 5 September 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 5 September 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mys Shmidta	Russia	Record daily precipitation	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Detour Village	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Millerovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Madeline Is	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Knin	Croatia	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Solon Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carrizozo 1SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Tirana	Albania	Record daily precipitation	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Micurinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Morsansk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ellendale	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rapid City Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Trinidad	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tambov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Cuauhtemoc	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kamensk-Sahtinskij	Russia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Island Lake Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gunlock Ph	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tuscola	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Quinter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Kalamazoo State Hospital	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Linton	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle FAA AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Minsk	Belarus	Record low maximum temperature	10.3 C (50.5 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lanchkhuti	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	77.4 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Feodosiia	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guntersville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Certkovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Madison	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cassville 1 NE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Beaumont #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Moorcroft 3S	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Bogucar	Russia	Record daily precipitation	37.9 mm (1.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kazanskaja	Russia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Helena	United States	Record high minimum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Salida	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mauston 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	32.8 C (91.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	13.8 C (56.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	11.5 C (52.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Zerdevka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Esengyly	Turkmenistan	Record high maximum temperature	37.7 C (99.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gravette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	38.9 C (102.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Albion	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bismarck 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Corry	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Coloso	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Waterdale	United States	Record high minimum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Alfred	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Center 4SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Selby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Prairie du Sac 2 N	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wamsutter	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Park Falls Dnr HQ	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

806 records

Records set or tied on 5 September 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 195, Lowest daily maximum 65, Highest daily minimum 296, Lowest daily minimum 69, Heaviest daily rainfall 181.

Records on 5 September 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	195
Lowest daily maximum	65
Highest daily minimum	296
Lowest daily minimum	69
Heaviest daily rainfall	181
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 5 September 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 31, daily 773.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

556 broken records

Margins by which the 556 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 67.1. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

5 September 1990

Top 20 records on 5 September 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
5 September 1990	Mys Shmidta, RU	all-time rain	82.4 mm (3.2 in)	16.9 mm (0.7 in)	33 years	74 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1990	Detour Village, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	79 years	62 of 100 (Major)
5 September 1990	Millerovo, RU	monthly rain	48.1 mm (1.9 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	15 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Madeline Is, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Knin, HR	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	24 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Kaneohe Mauka 781, US	daily rain	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	16 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Solon Springs, US	monthly rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	1 year	49 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Carrizozo 1SW, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Tirana, AL	daily rain	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	12 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Puente Colgante, MX	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Micurinsk, RU	daily rain	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	49 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Morsansk, RU	daily rain	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	8 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Ellendale, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Rapid City Rgnl AP, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Trinidad, US	monthly high min	23.3 C (73.9 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	63 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Tambov, RU	daily rain	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	14.6 mm (0.6 in)	49 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Steele 4N, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	53 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Cuauhtemoc, MX	all-time rain	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	5.8 mm (0.23 in)	42 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Kamensk-Sahtinskij, RU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	3 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
5 September 1990	Island Lake Rsvr, US	daily rain	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	3 years	40 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 806 records.

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

Records on 09-05 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1814	1
1833	1
1837	1
1843	1
1845	1
1846	1
1856	1
1859	2
1861	2
1866	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1872	1
1874	1
1876	1
1880	2
1883	2
1885	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	2
1892	3
1894	1
1895	4
1896	2
1897	7
1898	7
1899	2
1900	1
1901	4
1902	10
1903	14
1904	2
1905	17
1906	8
1907	11
1908	28
1909	16
1910	35
1911	23
1912	39
1913	24
1914	10
1915	27
1916	22
1917	28
1918	109
1919	60
1920	47
1921	82
1922	96
1923	204
1924	191
1925	298
1926	243
1927	71
1928	306
1929	371
1930	94
1931	381
1932	315
1933	361
1934	399
1935	432
1936	313
1937	291
1938	244
1939	317
1940	249
1941	470
1942	282
1943	593
1944	387
1945	447
1946	367
1947	557
1948	458
1949	421
1950	559
1951	251
1952	396
1953	728
1954	593
1955	517
1956	637
1957	323
1958	413
1959	367
1960	351
1961	727
1962	922
1963	554
1964	315
1965	899
1966	335
1967	1,092
1968	524
1969	556
1970	754
1971	736
1972	653
1973	669
1974	1,902
1975	388
1976	636
1977	344
1978	1,376
1979	611
1980	357
1981	448
1982	615
1983	1,181
1984	1,185
1985	1,231
1986	711
1987	618
1988	1,309
1989	522
1990	806
1991	598
1992	1,116
1993	635
1994	901
1995	1,168
1996	773
1997	1,460
1998	1,686
1999	1,215
2000	1,342
2001	626
2002	710
2003	860
2004	1,135
2005	502
2006	1,014
2007	1,344
2008	1,486
2009	765
2010	1,316
2011	1,186
2012	1,115
2013	798
2014	462
2015	846
2016	651
2017	778
2018	861
2019	724
2020	1,250
2021	424
2022	1,168
2023	1,166
2024	1,320
2025	695
2026	835

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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 10	502
10 to 20	35
20 to 30	9
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1