Weather Records on 3 October 1990

680 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 3 October 1990. Highest significance: Armour, US.

Key Facts for 3 October 1990

On 3 October 1990, 680 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
189 were record highs and 73 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 30 monthly and 650 daily.
Armour set a daily record precipitation of 55.6 mm (2.2 in) on 3 October 1990.
Across 159 earlier years (1834 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 456 records.

Record Map

680 stations

680 station records on 3 October 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 3 October 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Armour	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Canby	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Milan 1NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
La Popa	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Long Prairie	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Albion	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Hershey 5 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Eastonville 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tower 2S	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Niobrara	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Milbank 4 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Onawa 3NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Itasca UNIV of Minn	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bryant	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lamoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Luverne	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Windom	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Taylor	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Willmar Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Mazapil	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
N Platte Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cloquet	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls 2NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Madison Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Alexandria	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Gull Lake Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Wadena 3 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Blair	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Butte	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ericson 8 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Crete 4ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wentworth 2.5 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cape Girardeau Muni AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.1 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Sibley	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Tracy	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Newport	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Pickstown	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Joplin Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.2 mm (2.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Brookings 2 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
El Rucio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mexquitic	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Franklin	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Brainerd	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Walker	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sledge	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Red Oak	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bonesteel	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wheaton	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Anselmo 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Purdum	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Benson	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ainsworth	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland #2	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Tyndall	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Nolinsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	27.3 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Clarendon	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Fergus Falls	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

680 records

Records set or tied on 3 October 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 98, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 91, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 413, Heaviest daily snowfall 3, Deepest snow cover 2.

Records on 3 October 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	98
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	91
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	413
Heaviest daily snowfall	3
Deepest snow cover	2

Records on 3 October 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 30, daily 650.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

548 broken records

Margins by which the 548 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.7. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

3 October 1990

Top 20 records on 3 October 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
3 October 1990	Armour, US	daily rain	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	87 years	69 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1990	Canby, US	daily rain	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	64 years	66 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1990	Milan 1NW, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	65 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1990	La Popa, MX	monthly rain	72.9 mm (2.9 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	30 years	62 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1990	Long Prairie, US	daily rain	62.2 mm (2.4 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	87 years	61 of 100 (Major)
3 October 1990	Albion, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1990	Hershey 5 SSE, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	39 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1990	Rock Rapids, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	48 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1990	Eastonville 2 NNW, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1990	Tower 2S, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	87 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1990	Niobrara, US	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1990	Milbank 4 NW, US	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	90 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1990	Onawa 3NW, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	71 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1990	Itasca UNIV of Minn, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	21.9 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1990	Bryant, US	daily rain	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	20.5 mm (0.8 in)	75 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1990	Lamoni, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1990	Luverne, US	daily rain	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	90 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1990	Windom, US	daily rain	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	80 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1990	Taylor, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
3 October 1990	Wallace 2W, US	daily rain	29.7 mm (1.2 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	4 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

1834 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1834 to 1990. 1990 had 680 records.

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

Records on 10-03 in each year
Year	Records
1834	1
1838	1
1841	1
1844	1
1849	1
1850	2
1853	1
1859	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	1
1870	1
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1878	1
1879	1
1881	4
1882	1
1883	2
1885	1
1886	3
1887	1
1888	5
1889	2
1890	3
1891	5
1893	4
1894	3
1895	1
1897	4
1898	4
1899	7
1900	6
1901	6
1902	20
1903	3
1904	1
1905	7
1906	29
1907	5
1908	21
1909	13
1910	13
1911	22
1912	53
1913	17
1914	31
1915	13
1916	93
1917	77
1918	28
1919	46
1920	25
1921	82
1922	38
1923	46
1924	41
1925	171
1926	233
1927	335
1928	213
1929	223
1930	184
1931	256
1932	185
1933	178
1934	122
1935	423
1936	192
1937	386
1938	464
1939	352
1940	175
1941	662
1942	212
1943	306
1944	489
1945	521
1946	296
1947	725
1948	272
1949	426
1950	1,038
1951	706
1952	731
1953	645
1954	1,142
1955	426
1956	222
1957	469
1958	951
1959	704
1960	189
1961	804
1962	433
1963	431
1964	503
1965	281
1966	618
1967	610
1968	547
1969	624
1970	481
1971	511
1972	452
1973	613
1974	1,999
1975	809
1976	943
1977	480
1978	410
1979	573
1980	860
1981	1,138
1982	476
1983	648
1984	1,050
1985	1,013
1986	1,501
1987	1,324
1988	525
1989	906
1990	680
1991	862
1992	990
1993	926
1994	1,433
1995	1,249
1996	962
1997	1,085
1998	1,413
1999	1,683
2000	859
2001	846
2002	1,388
2003	1,107
2004	534
2005	1,406
2006	973
2007	872
2008	690
2009	1,322
2010	989
2011	1,024
2012	778
2013	856
2014	574
2015	824
2016	756
2017	1,064
2018	826
2019	1,427
2020	817
2021	635
2022	478
2023	1,024
2024	876
2025	733
2026	649

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Data for records on 1990-10-03: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 3 October 1990
Margin	Records
0 to 10	385
10 to 20	92
20 to 30	44
30 to 40	17
40 to 50	3
50 to 60	7