Weather Records on 22 September 1990

795 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 22 September 1990. Highest significance: Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, DE.

Key Facts for 22 September 1990

On 22 September 1990, 795 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
268 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 775 daily.
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber set a daily record precipitation of 40.0 mm (1.6 in) on 22 September 1990.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 426 records.

Record Map

795 stations

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

Weather records on 22 September 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Rothenburg Ob der Tauber	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Gollhofen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Hopkinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Ohringen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Eppingen-Elsenz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Whitewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kitzingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Neudenau	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wasserburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Kaisersbach-Cronhutte	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wertheim-Eichel	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kelly Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Miltenberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Pemfling-Pitzling	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Elmendorf AFB	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Girua	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Ebersberg-Halbing	Germany	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Graham	United States	Record daily precipitation	114.3 mm (4.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Inhambupe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hagenbuchach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Munsingen-Apfelstetten	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.7 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Brombachtal-Kirch-Brombach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Feldberg/Schwarzwald	Germany	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Eppingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.3 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Amberg-Unterammersricht	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Doniphan	United States	Record daily precipitation	105.2 mm (4.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bath	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Dresden	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.8 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Stamford 1	United States	Record daily precipitation	149.4 mm (5.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Mohrendorf-Kleinseebach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Schwandorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Dwtn Charleston	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Freiburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Las Burras	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Vandalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Cope Rch	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.0 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Regensburg	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lenningen-Schopfloch	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.4 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
San Simon	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Snyder	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Snowville	United States	Record high minimum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Opaeula 870	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freystadt-Oberndorf	Germany	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Krumbach-Edenhausen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Cedartown	United States	Record high minimum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Anqing	China	Record daily precipitation	56.7 mm (2.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Freudenstadt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Deming	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Presidio	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Clearwater	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

795 records

Records set or tied on 22 September 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 134, Lowest daily maximum 90, Highest daily minimum 134, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 376.

Records on 22 September 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	134
Lowest daily maximum	90
Highest daily minimum	134
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	376
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 22 September 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 20, daily 775.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

645 broken records

Margins by which the 645 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 63.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

22 September 1990

Top 20 records on 22 September 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
22 September 1990	Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, DE	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1990	Gollhofen, DE	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	23.6 mm (0.9 in)	72 years	70 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1990	Hopkinsville, US	daily rain	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	71 years	69 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1990	Ohringen, DE	daily rain	34.1 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	95 years	66 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1990	Eppingen-Elsenz, DE	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.3 mm (1.0 in)	49 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1990	Bad-Neunkirchen Mergentheim, DE	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	72 years	60 of 100 (Major)
22 September 1990	Whitewater, US	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1990	Kitzingen, DE	daily rain	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1990	Neudenau, DE	daily rain	35.7 mm (1.4 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1990	Wasserburg, DE	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	32 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1990	Kaisersbach-Cronhutte, DE	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	96 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1990	Wertheim-Eichel, DE	daily rain	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1990	Kelly Rch, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	37 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1990	Miltenberg, DE	daily rain	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	32 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1990	Ignacio Lopez Rayon, MX	daily low min	17.2 C (63.0 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	28 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1990	Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen, DE	daily rain	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	32 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1990	Pemfling-Pitzling, DE	daily rain	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1990	Elmendorf AFB, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	19.0 mm (0.7 in)	39 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1990	Girua, BR	daily rain	80.3 mm (3.2 in)	55.3 mm (2.2 in)	36 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
22 September 1990	Ebersberg-Halbing, DE	daily rain	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	52 years	47 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 795 records.

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

Records on 09-22 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1796	1
1824	1
1825	1
1827	1
1830	1
1835	1
1838	1
1840	1
1842	2
1845	1
1846	1
1848	1
1851	3
1855	1
1856	1
1858	1
1863	1
1865	1
1868	1
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1877	4
1878	1
1881	2
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	1
1889	2
1890	2
1892	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	7
1896	2
1897	3
1898	8
1899	12
1900	3
1901	3
1902	7
1903	4
1904	34
1905	5
1906	16
1907	12
1908	10
1909	6
1910	18
1911	17
1912	17
1913	43
1914	48
1915	23
1916	236
1917	128
1918	25
1919	64
1920	35
1921	44
1922	27
1923	118
1924	132
1925	265
1926	214
1927	160
1928	119
1929	166
1930	231
1931	732
1932	189
1933	230
1934	348
1935	231
1936	448
1937	507
1938	394
1939	266
1940	621
1941	424
1942	323
1943	266
1944	299
1945	739
1946	288
1947	583
1948	345
1949	385
1950	394
1951	419
1952	383
1953	253
1954	359
1955	584
1956	490
1957	580
1958	633
1959	416
1960	360
1961	555
1962	732
1963	351
1964	249
1965	841
1966	595
1967	507
1968	526
1969	488
1970	1,197
1971	500
1972	448
1973	509
1974	1,075
1975	591
1976	538
1977	632
1978	620
1979	991
1980	1,199
1981	754
1982	1,122
1983	2,060
1984	614
1985	820
1986	729
1987	1,300
1988	665
1989	1,155
1990	795
1991	758
1992	1,011
1993	1,448
1994	941
1995	2,498
1996	916
1997	851
1998	1,251
1999	1,172
2000	1,508
2001	604
2002	718
2003	1,472
2004	948
2005	1,155
2006	1,260
2007	896
2008	830
2009	985
2010	1,217
2011	611
2012	568
2013	673
2014	812
2015	666
2016	1,096
2017	1,272
2018	574
2019	651
2020	687
2021	432
2022	985
2023	905
2024	502
2025	387
2026	309

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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	500
10 to 20	87
20 to 30	33
30 to 40	14
40 to 50	7
50 to 60	3
60 to 70	1