Weather Records on 16 September 1990

593 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 September 1990. Highest significance: Jonacatepec, MX.

Key Facts for 16 September 1990

On 16 September 1990, 593 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
335 were record highs and 118 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 581 daily.
Jonacatepec set a daily record precipitation of 82.8 mm (3.3 in) on 16 September 1990.
Across 168 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 413 records.

Record Map

593 stations

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

Weather records on 16 September 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jonacatepec	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Hailar	China	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Litang	China	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Rangely 1E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Escalante	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Dutch Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hermit 8 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Rocksprings	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Basin	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Guna	India	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kargopol	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Crane	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mosman (Bapaume Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Chifeng	China	Record daily precipitation	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Grayling	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Laketown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Busby	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sonora	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Moroni	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Collbran	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.9 C (93.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Cadiz	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Opaeula 870	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Mascota (Smn)	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Spicer	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Broadview	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Bluff	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Billings Wtp	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cougar 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sedro-Woolley	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chaoyang	China	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro Chenalho (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Wolf Canyon	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Garden City	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Dinosaur Nm-Quarry Area	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Ibapah	United States	Record high maximum temperature	34.4 C (93.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mtn Dell Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zharkent	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	35.9 C (96.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zoh Laguna	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Irving	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paonia 1SW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	33.3 C (91.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Flatwillow 4 ENE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Evanston 1 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Farson 2NNE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.6 C (87.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Villa de Chiapilla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Wakeeney	United States	Record high maximum temperature	36.7 C (98.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Miami	United States	Record high minimum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Hanksville	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cedaredge	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Scott City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bakersfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Echo Dam	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Garfield	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

593 records

Records set or tied on 16 September 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 140, Lowest daily maximum 70, Highest daily minimum 195, Lowest daily minimum 48, Heaviest daily rainfall 140.

Records on 16 September 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	140
Lowest daily maximum	70
Highest daily minimum	195
Lowest daily minimum	48
Heaviest daily rainfall	140
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 16 September 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 581.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

455 broken records

Margins by which the 455 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 64.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 September 1990

Top 20 records on 16 September 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 September 1990	Jonacatepec, MX	daily rain	82.8 mm (3.3 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	56 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Hailar, CN	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	36 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Litang, CN	daily rain	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	23.3 mm (0.9 in)	24 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Jinzhou, CN	daily rain	78.8 mm (3.1 in)	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	4 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Rangely 1E, US	daily high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Escalante, US	monthly high min	18.3 C (64.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	80 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Dutch Harbor, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	44 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Superior, US	daily rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	67 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Hermit 8 SE, US	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	28 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Jackman, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	64 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Rocksprings, US	daily low min	5.6 C (42.1 F)	7.2 C (13.0 F)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Basin, US	daily high min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	4.4 C (7.9 F)	71 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Guna, IN	daily rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	40 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Kargopol, RU	daily low min	-3.0 C (26.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	92 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Crane, US	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	59.7 mm (2.4 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Mosman (Bapaume Road), AU	daily rain	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	63 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Chifeng, CN	daily rain	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Grayling, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	89 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Laketown, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	72 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
16 September 1990	Vernal, US	daily high min	16.7 C (62.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	80 years	38 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 593 records.

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

Records on 09-16 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1807	1
1809	1
1823	2
1828	1
1829	1
1833	1
1837	1
1845	1
1847	1
1848	2
1850	1
1852	1
1854	2
1857	1
1861	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1869	1
1873	1
1874	3
1875	2
1877	4
1879	1
1882	1
1884	2
1885	5
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	9
1890	1
1892	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	2
1896	3
1897	2
1898	6
1899	4
1900	5
1901	7
1902	3
1903	18
1904	5
1905	9
1906	12
1907	14
1908	15
1909	18
1910	26
1911	18
1912	58
1913	43
1914	35
1915	50
1916	60
1917	180
1918	125
1919	26
1920	164
1921	62
1922	147
1923	151
1924	77
1925	212
1926	116
1927	382
1928	62
1929	121
1930	235
1931	568
1932	533
1933	321
1934	519
1935	303
1936	442
1937	536
1938	296
1939	666
1940	188
1941	319
1942	504
1943	270
1944	284
1945	390
1946	610
1947	763
1948	541
1949	486
1950	506
1951	290
1952	378
1953	317
1954	554
1955	490
1956	605
1957	500
1958	538
1959	983
1960	235
1961	833
1962	479
1963	491
1964	859
1965	1,159
1966	838
1967	427
1968	496
1969	360
1970	627
1971	617
1972	451
1973	608
1974	385
1975	836
1976	878
1977	577
1978	421
1979	1,025
1980	568
1981	765
1982	863
1983	814
1984	898
1985	539
1986	862
1987	783
1988	786
1989	854
1990	593
1991	1,367
1992	1,073
1993	1,542
1994	1,008
1995	976
1996	1,403
1997	1,028
1998	1,466
1999	879
2000	1,315
2001	819
2002	1,117
2003	627
2004	746
2005	1,112
2006	1,274
2007	895
2008	1,000
2009	754
2010	880
2011	1,265
2012	572
2013	673
2014	490
2015	926
2016	767
2017	583
2018	921
2019	742
2020	674
2021	454
2022	521
2023	568
2024	885
2025	578
2026	920

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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	410
10 to 20	26
20 to 30	11
30 to 40	4
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	2
60 to 70	1