Weather Records on 29 September 1990

416 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 September 1990. Highest significance: Zamboanga, PH.

Key Facts for 29 September 1990

On 29 September 1990, 416 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
175 were record highs and 45 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 11 monthly and 404 daily.
Zamboanga set an all-time record daily precipitation of 193.0 mm (7.6 in) on 29 September 1990.
Across 157 earlier years (1836 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 449 records.

Record Map

416 stations

416 station records on 29 September 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 September 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Zamboanga	Philippines	Record daily precipitation	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Cheyenne Wells 2NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Andradina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Kit Carson	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Oujda	Morocco	Record high maximum temperature	39.0 C (102.2 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hartley 4 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Opaeula 870	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Shimizu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Turquoise Bonanza Ck	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Panhandle	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Granja Yuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Santander Centro	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	31.8 C (89.2 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Golden	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Vero Beach Intl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Panorama	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Albacete Los Llanos	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Universo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Irapuru	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Aburatsu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	293.9 mm (11.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Piquerobi	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ignacio Lopez Rayon	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mirante Do Paranapanema	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Torrevieja	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	24.0 C (75.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Karval	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Rush 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Melrose	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Florida Paulista	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Itapora	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Daroca	Spain	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nemuro	Japan	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Altotonga	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Fazenda Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Emilianopolis	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record high maximum temperature	29.8 C (85.6 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jemez Springs	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Borger	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Corinne	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Lussanvira	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Lanchkhuti	Georgia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Terceira Alianca	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Presidente Venceslau	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.7 mm (2.5 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Presidente Prudente	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Waterford (Tycor)	Ireland	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Pedro Chenalho (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	83.6 mm (3.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
San Diego de Alejandria	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Sahuaripa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Zamora	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Wales	United States	Record snow depth	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	29.7 C (85.5 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
San Cristobal	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Tenosique (Smn)	Mexico	Record high maximum temperature	37.8 C (100.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Leon Virgen del Camino	Spain	Record high minimum temperature	14.6 C (58.3 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Claude	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Conlen	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Carnamah	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Fraser Range	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Villagran (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Ust-Maja	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	15.2 C (59.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cavern City AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

416 records

Records set or tied on 29 September 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 73, Lowest daily maximum 17, Highest daily minimum 102, Lowest daily minimum 28, Heaviest daily rainfall 191, Heaviest daily snowfall 4, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 29 September 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	73
Lowest daily maximum	17
Highest daily minimum	102
Lowest daily minimum	28
Heaviest daily rainfall	191
Heaviest daily snowfall	4
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 29 September 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 11, daily 404.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

337 broken records

Margins by which the 337 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 September 1990

Top 20 records on 29 September 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 September 1990	Zamboanga, PH	all-time rain	193.0 mm (7.6 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Cheyenne Wells 2NE, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	85 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Andradina, BR	daily rain	69.0 mm (2.7 in)	53.5 mm (2.1 in)	17 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Kit Carson, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	31 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Oujda, MA	daily high max	39.0 C (102.2 F)	6.0 C (10.8 F)	80 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Hartley 4 ESE, US	daily rain	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Opaeula 870, US	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	29 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Puente Colgante, MX	daily high min	26.1 C (79.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	24 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Shimizu, JP	daily rain	195.1 mm (7.7 in)	113.1 mm (4.5 in)	11 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Turquoise Bonanza Ck, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Panhandle, US	daily rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	4 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Granja Yuba, BR	daily rain	48.6 mm (1.9 in)	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Santander Centro, ES	daily high max	31.8 C (89.2 F)	5.0 C (9.0 F)	61 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Golden, US	monthly rain	43.7 mm (1.7 in)	11.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Vero Beach Intl AP, US	daily rain	111.5 mm (4.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	39 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Panorama, BR	daily rain	49.7 mm (2.0 in)	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Albacete Los Llanos, ES	daily high min	19.0 C (66.2 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	80 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Universo, BR	daily rain	42.1 mm (1.7 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	4 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Irapuru, BR	monthly rain	72.3 mm (2.8 in)	24.0 mm (0.9 in)	0 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
29 September 1990	Aburatsu, JP	monthly rain	293.9 mm (11.6 in)	74.4 mm (2.9 in)	8 years	37 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

1836 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1836 to 1990. 1990 had 416 records.

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

Records on 09-29 in each year
Year	Records
1836	1
1843	1
1854	2
1859	2
1861	1
1862	1
1864	1
1867	1
1868	1
1869	2
1871	1
1873	3
1874	1
1877	2
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1884	2
1885	4
1886	1
1887	1
1888	3
1889	3
1890	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	4
1895	4
1897	5
1898	4
1899	9
1900	3
1901	7
1902	14
1903	11
1904	26
1905	11
1906	16
1907	26
1908	20
1909	10
1910	10
1911	64
1912	27
1913	20
1914	24
1915	43
1916	184
1917	19
1918	36
1919	38
1920	22
1921	148
1922	33
1923	89
1924	264
1925	166
1926	195
1927	236
1928	212
1929	243
1930	71
1931	204
1932	234
1933	353
1934	394
1935	188
1936	399
1937	276
1938	423
1939	407
1940	346
1941	511
1942	858
1943	390
1944	398
1945	899
1946	265
1947	467
1948	334
1949	398
1950	472
1951	475
1952	404
1953	1,079
1954	814
1955	375
1956	380
1957	636
1958	309
1959	1,066
1960	143
1961	447
1962	481
1963	996
1964	1,154
1965	689
1966	498
1967	1,250
1968	184
1969	279
1970	629
1971	797
1972	637
1973	769
1974	730
1975	365
1976	636
1977	800
1978	569
1979	581
1980	874
1981	747
1982	911
1983	920
1984	1,447
1985	1,789
1986	1,624
1987	641
1988	554
1989	710
1990	416
1991	747
1992	833
1993	620
1994	967
1995	1,033
1996	1,356
1997	683
1998	1,295
1999	1,440
2000	965
2001	846
2002	557
2003	924
2004	754
2005	1,163
2006	695
2007	929
2008	461
2009	700
2010	1,110
2011	1,572
2012	737
2013	623
2014	548
2015	724
2016	912
2017	433
2018	582
2019	2,193
2020	444
2021	790
2022	600
2023	866
2024	1,391
2025	516
2026	544

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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 20	300
20 to 40	30
40 to 60	4
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1