Weather Records on 2 October 1990

505 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 2 October 1990. Highest significance: Howard, US.

Key Facts for 2 October 1990

On 2 October 1990, 505 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
204 were record highs and 79 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 20 monthly and 484 daily.
Howard set a monthly record daily precipitation of 85.1 mm (3.4 in) on 2 October 1990.
Across 164 earlier years (1814 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 447 records.

Record Map

505 stations

505 station records on 2 October 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 2 October 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Howard	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Strawberry Hill (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Toruk	Kazakhstan	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Bonnie Brae	Australia	Record daily precipitation	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Krasnye Baki	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cedaredge	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Swellendam (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Niznij Novgorod	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gus'-Hrustal'nyj	Russia	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Yuma Citrus STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Maricao Fish Hatchery	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Nerchinskij Zavod	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.8 C (44.2 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Uglegorsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
De Smet	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Marathon	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
La Ciudad (Cfe)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Santa Ana (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Caitas de Felipe Pescador	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Moscow	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Valentine 10 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Ibiza/Escodola	Spain	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Walnut Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Walker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lares	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	88.9 mm (3.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Chita	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	5.5 C (41.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 6 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fallon Exp STN	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
San Francisco	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Guamuchil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wessington Springs	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tanjil Bren Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Barao de Antonina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Onor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Swellendam (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	49.6 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Eskdalemuir	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	51.9 mm (2.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sidney	United States	Record high minimum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Kinnoul	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Holter Dam	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Davis	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Van Horn	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Etchojoa	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Moran 5WNW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Kaneohe Mauka 781	United States	Record high minimum temperature	28.3 C (82.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stanley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
E Jordan	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
O'Neill	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Monahans	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Zapaluta	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	7.8 C (46.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Guerrero (Smn)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
White Sands Natl Mon	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Alexandria Chandler Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Graz	Austria	Record high minimum temperature	14.7 C (58.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Nemuro	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	21.4 C (70.5 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ado-Tymovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cortez	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Badiraguato (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Noumea (Nlle-Caledo	New Caledonia [France]	Record low minimum temperature	14.2 C (57.6 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tot-Ma	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	2.4 C (36.3 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Pearce - Sunsites	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

505 records

Records set or tied on 2 October 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 78, Lowest daily maximum 46, Highest daily minimum 126, Lowest daily minimum 33, Heaviest daily rainfall 218, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 2 October 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	78
Lowest daily maximum	46
Highest daily minimum	126
Lowest daily minimum	33
Heaviest daily rainfall	218
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 2 October 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 20, daily 484.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

391 broken records

Margins by which the 391 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 77.5. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

2 October 1990

Top 20 records on 2 October 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
2 October 1990	Howard, US	monthly rain	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	78 years	72 of 100 (Major)
2 October 1990	Strawberry Hill (Bos), ZA	daily rain	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	67 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Toruk, KZ	monthly rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Bonnie Brae, AU	daily rain	96.0 mm (3.8 in)	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Krasnye Baki, RU	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	20.7 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Cedaredge, US	daily rain	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	16.2 mm (0.6 in)	59 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Swellendam (Bos), ZA	daily rain	64.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	44 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Niznij Novgorod, RU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	5.3 mm (0.21 in)	81 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Gus'-Hrustal'nyj, RU	daily rain	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	26.8 mm (1.1 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Yuma Citrus STN, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Maricao Fish Hatchery, PR	daily rain	106.7 mm (4.2 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	35 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Nerchinskij Zavod, RU	daily high min	6.8 C (44.2 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	89 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Uglegorsk, RU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	De Smet, US	daily rain	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	24.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Marathon, US	daily rain	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	22.1 mm (0.9 in)	45 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	La Ciudad (Cfe), MX	daily rain	119.9 mm (4.7 in)	77.5 mm (3.1 in)	20 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Santa Ana (Dge), MX	daily rain	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	23 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Caitas de Felipe Pescador, MX	daily rain	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	17.5 mm (0.7 in)	44 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Moscow, RU	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	16.6 mm (0.7 in)	4 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
2 October 1990	Valentine 10 WSW, US	monthly rain	49.8 mm (2.0 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	35 years	39 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

1814 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1814 to 1990. 1990 had 505 records.

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

Records on 10-02 in each year
Year	Records
1814	2
1817	1
1819	1
1832	1
1841	2
1846	1
1847	1
1853	1
1859	3
1860	2
1862	1
1864	3
1865	1
1866	2
1868	2
1872	1
1873	1
1874	1
1875	2
1876	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	3
1880	1
1881	3
1886	3
1888	3
1889	3
1890	5
1891	5
1892	2
1893	12
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1897	1
1898	5
1899	13
1900	3
1901	3
1902	11
1903	15
1904	4
1905	15
1906	25
1907	8
1908	32
1909	9
1910	19
1911	41
1912	25
1913	14
1914	17
1915	21
1916	73
1917	67
1918	40
1919	47
1920	40
1921	57
1922	91
1923	77
1924	49
1925	139
1926	188
1927	531
1928	213
1929	350
1930	162
1931	183
1932	212
1933	567
1934	134
1935	333
1936	365
1937	407
1938	389
1939	400
1940	210
1941	402
1942	210
1943	355
1944	789
1945	380
1946	582
1947	539
1948	237
1949	237
1950	1,128
1951	577
1952	733
1953	957
1954	1,023
1955	397
1956	265
1957	646
1958	1,052
1959	942
1960	191
1961	866
1962	404
1963	446
1964	311
1965	415
1966	565
1967	395
1968	555
1969	482
1970	367
1971	1,053
1972	418
1973	538
1974	1,815
1975	699
1976	1,042
1977	920
1978	474
1979	599
1980	605
1981	846
1982	575
1983	689
1984	1,081
1985	1,104
1986	1,404
1987	712
1988	563
1989	855
1990	505
1991	604
1992	1,434
1993	1,145
1994	862
1995	854
1996	809
1997	1,249
1998	1,409
1999	1,566
2000	878
2001	989
2002	1,499
2003	1,977
2004	839
2005	1,136
2006	922
2007	622
2008	601
2009	1,450
2010	903
2011	1,406
2012	638
2013	603
2014	513
2015	745
2016	536
2017	887
2018	887
2019	2,132
2020	727
2021	721
2022	586
2023	1,300
2024	833
2025	376
2026	624

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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	319
10 to 20	42
20 to 30	20
30 to 40	5
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	0
60 to 70	1
70 to 80	1