Weather Records on 7 October 1990

948 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 October 1990. Highest significance: Mt Pulaski, US.

Key Facts for 7 October 1990

On 7 October 1990, 948 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
353 were record highs and 313 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 24 monthly and 924 daily.
Mt Pulaski set a daily record precipitation of 63.5 mm (2.5 in) on 7 October 1990.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 457 records.

Record Map

948 stations

948 station records on 7 October 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 October 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Walden	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Bolivar 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Noondoonia	Australia	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Klipfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Alkmaar	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Leonora	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Mount Cavenagh	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Oorschot	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Matias Romero (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Haenertsburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Ceylon (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Witklip (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Archer	United States	Record snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Tsokwane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Black Hills	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gabbin North	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa	Italy	Record daily precipitation	131.4 mm (5.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Carmichael (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Mayfern	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Centennial 1NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.9 cm (10.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Champagne (Naf)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Poplar 2 E	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.1 C (12.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Davenport	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Old Faithful	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-17.2 C (1.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Batesville Lvstk	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vernal	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Castle Rock	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buffalo 2N	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Enosburg Falls	United States	Record high minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Vlakplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.5 mm (1.7 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Rustplaats	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bosbokrand (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Fowlerton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Wilgeboom (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
St Charles Elm Pt	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.8 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Paradise Valley 1 NW	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Troicko-Pecherskoe	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.9 C (10.6 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Krokodilbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hayden	United States	Record daily precipitation	37.1 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oakley	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Alton - Melvin Price L&D	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Hyannis	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Witwater (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Riggins	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Weldon Spring NWS	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Indian Lake 2SW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Lockport 2SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Snake Creek Powerhouse	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malelane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Butler 4W	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Inyoko	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	74.0 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Barcelona/Aeropuerto	Spain	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Watseka Public Works	United States	Record high minimum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

948 records

Records set or tied on 7 October 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 171, Lowest daily maximum 103, Highest daily minimum 182, Lowest daily minimum 210, Heaviest daily rainfall 226, Heaviest daily snowfall 27, Deepest snow cover 29.

Records on 7 October 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	171
Lowest daily maximum	103
Highest daily minimum	182
Lowest daily minimum	210
Heaviest daily rainfall	226
Heaviest daily snowfall	27
Deepest snow cover	29

Records on 7 October 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 24, daily 924.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

698 broken records

Margins by which the 698 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 234.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 October 1990

Top 20 records on 7 October 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 October 1990	Mt Pulaski, US	daily rain	63.5 mm (2.5 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	87 years	65 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1990	Jonesboro 3 SSE, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	83 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1990	Walden, US	monthly rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	13.7 mm (0.5 in)	24 years	60 of 100 (Major)
7 October 1990	Bolivar 1 NE, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	53.9 mm (2.1 in)	63 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Noondoonia, AU	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	55 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Klipfontein, ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	41.5 mm (1.6 in)	40 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Alkmaar, ZA	daily rain	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	40 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Leonora, AU	monthly rain	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	7.2 mm (0.28 in)	59 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Mount Cavenagh, AU	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	15 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Oorschot, ZA	daily rain	52.5 mm (2.1 in)	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	47 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Matias Romero (Smn), MX	daily rain	140.0 mm (5.5 in)	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Haenertsburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	46.0 mm (1.8 in)	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Ceylon (Bos), ZA	daily rain	45.5 mm (1.8 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	40 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Witklip (Bos), ZA	daily rain	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	20 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Archer, US	daily snow depth	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Tsokwane, ZA	daily rain	43.5 mm (1.7 in)	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	12 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Black Hills, ZA	daily rain	55.0 mm (2.2 in)	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	19 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Gabbin North, AU	daily rain	36.2 mm (1.4 in)	22.0 mm (0.9 in)	5 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Genoa, IT	daily rain	131.4 mm (5.2 in)	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
7 October 1990	Carmichael (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	47 years	46 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

1802 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1990. 1990 had 948 records.

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

Records on 10-07 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1811	1
1824	1
1839	1
1843	1
1852	2
1853	1
1854	1
1858	1
1861	1
1863	2
1864	4
1865	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1872	2
1873	4
1875	1
1876	2
1877	1
1878	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1886	1
1887	1
1888	2
1889	3
1890	4
1891	2
1892	2
1893	5
1895	2
1896	2
1897	6
1898	7
1899	6
1900	6
1901	14
1902	3
1903	11
1904	27
1905	9
1906	5
1907	10
1908	14
1909	14
1910	18
1911	24
1912	36
1913	32
1914	20
1915	22
1916	35
1917	47
1918	121
1919	28
1920	106
1921	68
1922	43
1923	117
1924	86
1925	247
1926	157
1927	173
1928	120
1929	121
1930	517
1931	603
1932	476
1933	166
1934	237
1935	918
1936	436
1937	359
1938	471
1939	769
1940	159
1941	892
1942	184
1943	424
1944	265
1945	257
1946	1,128
1947	557
1948	333
1949	576
1950	363
1951	604
1952	1,470
1953	524
1954	465
1955	629
1956	548
1957	567
1958	598
1959	770
1960	413
1961	721
1962	449
1963	453
1964	961
1965	584
1966	398
1967	432
1968	764
1969	365
1970	1,148
1971	629
1972	537
1973	461
1974	773
1975	760
1976	1,087
1977	808
1978	406
1979	774
1980	1,253
1981	737
1982	1,079
1983	555
1984	717
1985	1,089
1986	519
1987	834
1988	753
1989	389
1990	948
1991	1,189
1992	872
1993	918
1994	1,144
1995	658
1996	1,073
1997	1,903
1998	1,331
1999	895
2000	2,427
2001	823
2002	704
2003	1,364
2004	518
2005	1,476
2006	1,004
2007	2,285
2008	621
2009	1,926
2010	994
2011	1,216
2012	1,350
2013	675
2014	569
2015	439
2016	537
2017	581
2018	1,063
2019	569
2020	1,175
2021	586
2022	557
2023	705
2024	849
2025	525
2026	917

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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 50	676
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	1