Weather Records on 13 September 1990

1,187 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 September 1990. Highest significance: Usina Sao Jose, BR.

Key Facts for 13 September 1990

On 13 September 1990, 1,187 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
583 were record highs and 140 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 1,134 daily.
Usina Sao Jose set a monthly record daily precipitation of 102.0 mm (4.0 in) on 13 September 1990.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

1,187 stations

1,187 station records on 13 September 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 September 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Usina Sao Jose	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Canton	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Walhalla	United States	Record daily precipitation	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Mundarlo (Yabtree)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Cirik-Rabat	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Warrumbungle (Cheddington)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Engenheiro Maia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Merriwagga (Devon Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kergunyah South	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Forbes (Camp Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Omeo Comparison	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Capinzal	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Temora Ambulance Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Tallangatta Dcnr	Australia	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mixquiahuala (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Waleska	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ivanhoe Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Milton Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Indigo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mansfield (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Do Pinheiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.9 mm (3.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ungarie Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Chiltern (Post Office)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	47.1 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Sete Barras	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Carrolltown 1 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Peak Hill (Bruie Plains)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goonumbla (Coradgery)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tubbut	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Tepeji del Rio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Collins	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Goolgowi (Moira St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Adelong Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.2 mm (1.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Cerro Azul	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Do Braco	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	65.2 mm (2.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rostoshi	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Hackberry 8 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	142.7 mm (5.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Parkes (Macarthur Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Jasper 1 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.2 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlerton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wolseley Park (the Pastures)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Miller Street)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hay (Mulberrygong)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lhasa	China	Record daily precipitation	33.7 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Caxambu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Paraguacu Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	61.3 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pedrinhas	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	54.8 mm (2.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Novodevic'e	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.1 C (97.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Park City G.C.	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Delegate Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Metztitlan	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paupong Station	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Uplands (Gibbo River Park)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	34.2 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Aracaiba (Capoeiras)	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Nicosia	Cyprus	Record low maximum temperature	29.1 C (84.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Rudnya	Russia	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Danilovka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
East London -Signal STN	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,187 records

Records set or tied on 13 September 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 396, Lowest daily maximum 80, Highest daily minimum 187, Lowest daily minimum 60, Heaviest daily rainfall 464.

Records on 13 September 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	396
Lowest daily maximum	80
Highest daily minimum	187
Lowest daily minimum	60
Heaviest daily rainfall	464
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 13 September 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 53, daily 1,134.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

982 broken records

Margins by which the 982 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 96.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 September 1990

Top 20 records on 13 September 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 September 1990	Usina Sao Jose, BR	monthly rain	102.0 mm (4.0 in)	45.6 mm (1.8 in)	42 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1990	Canton, US	daily rain	72.4 mm (2.9 in)	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	97 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1990	Walhalla, US	daily rain	122.4 mm (4.8 in)	69.1 mm (2.7 in)	84 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1990	Mundarlo (Yabtree), AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	106 years	64 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1990	Cirik-Rabat, KZ	monthly rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	17 years	60 of 100 (Major)
13 September 1990	Warrumbungle (Cheddington), AU	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	17.1 mm (0.7 in)	98 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1990	Engenheiro Maia, BR	monthly rain	123.0 mm (4.8 in)	48.2 mm (1.9 in)	6 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1990	Merriwagga (Devon Street), AU	daily rain	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1990	Kergunyah South, AU	daily rain	39.8 mm (1.6 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1990	Forbes (Camp Street), AU	daily rain	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	106 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1990	Omeo Comparison, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	8.3 mm (0.33 in)	106 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1990	Barra Do Capinzal, BR	daily rain	66.9 mm (2.6 in)	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1990	Temora Ambulance Station, AU	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	9.7 mm (0.38 in)	106 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1990	Tallangatta Dcnr, AU	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	10.0 mm (0.4 in)	104 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1990	Mixquiahuala (Smn), MX	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	53.4 mm (2.1 in)	28 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1990	Waleska, US	daily rain	113.3 mm (4.5 in)	90.2 mm (3.6 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1990	Ivanhoe Post Office, AU	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	21.2 mm (0.8 in)	15 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1990	Milton Post Office, AU	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	75 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1990	Indigo, AU	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 September 1990	Mansfield (Post Office), AU	daily rain	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	72 years	50 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 1,187 records.

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

Records on 09-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1822	1
1835	1
1836	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	2
1851	1
1856	1
1857	1
1859	1
1860	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1868	1
1872	3
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1882	2
1883	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	1
1889	1
1891	1
1892	4
1893	2
1894	2
1895	1
1896	2
1897	3
1899	7
1900	3
1901	15
1902	30
1903	17
1904	8
1905	7
1906	23
1907	6
1908	11
1909	26
1910	11
1911	65
1912	23
1913	43
1914	42
1915	48
1916	19
1917	172
1918	33
1919	88
1920	48
1921	63
1922	124
1923	122
1924	65
1925	294
1926	76
1927	439
1928	253
1929	187
1930	284
1931	639
1932	171
1933	299
1934	187
1935	363
1936	519
1937	486
1938	382
1939	918
1940	841
1941	299
1942	287
1943	602
1944	361
1945	657
1946	423
1947	491
1948	472
1949	935
1950	657
1951	469
1952	569
1953	732
1954	291
1955	387
1956	332
1957	544
1958	578
1959	740
1960	660
1961	972
1962	378
1963	676
1964	645
1965	572
1966	501
1967	420
1968	239
1969	518
1970	1,216
1971	708
1972	396
1973	746
1974	965
1975	1,365
1976	411
1977	457
1978	796
1979	574
1980	648
1981	408
1982	1,004
1983	703
1984	646
1985	852
1986	741
1987	970
1988	902
1989	1,243
1990	1,187
1991	672
1992	580
1993	1,143
1994	667
1995	845
1996	1,117
1997	657
1998	1,654
1999	847
2000	856
2001	841
2002	879
2003	728
2004	743
2005	854
2006	1,076
2007	543
2008	1,508
2009	811
2010	827
2011	1,099
2012	525
2013	966
2014	1,291
2015	879
2016	1,093
2017	946
2018	636
2019	660
2020	591
2021	416
2022	668
2023	514
2024	818
2025	489
2026	880

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 13 September 1990
Margin	Records
0 to 20	908
20 to 40	59
40 to 60	12
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	2