Weather Records on 13 October 1990

1,391 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 13 October 1990. Highest significance: Batesburg, US.

Key Facts for 13 October 1990

On 13 October 1990, 1,391 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
926 were record highs and 72 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 56 monthly and 1,334 daily.
Batesburg set a daily record precipitation of 84.6 mm (3.3 in) on 13 October 1990.
Across 166 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 442 records.

Record Map

1,391 stations

1,391 station records on 13 October 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 13 October 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Batesburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	73 of 100 (Major)
Haverhill	United States	Record daily precipitation	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Gaston Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	65 of 100 (Major)
Jefferson 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Hagerstown 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Winnsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Saltville 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Clarksville	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Bairro Do Sarapu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Rietvallei	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Aiken 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gaffney 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Patterson	United States	Record daily precipitation	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Shippensburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Charlottesville 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Luray 5 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Edgemont	United States	Record daily precipitation	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bear Gap	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Danville 2 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Hawkhurst	Australia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Carmel	United States	Record daily precipitation	88.1 mm (3.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Charlotte Court House	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Pelion 0.8 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kearneysville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Baltimore Customs House	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Williamsport Rgnl AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	74.9 mm (2.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Weltevreden	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Reading	United States	Record daily precipitation	92.7 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Philpott Dam 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aleksandrovsk-Sahalinskij	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.4 C (50.7 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Zilair	Russia	Record daily precipitation	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Durham	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Spring Grove	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Laurens	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.2 mm (3.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.7 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Cornwall	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Winchester 7 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Aachen	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Parr	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moorestown 4 E	United States	Record high minimum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Somerville 4 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Morganton	United States	Record daily precipitation	154.2 mm (6.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Bloserville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.3 mm (2.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Marlinton	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Sodrelia	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	57.3 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Valparaiso	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Midland Park	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Danbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Sparta 3.5 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	113.8 mm (4.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	18.2 C (64.8 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
N Wilkesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
W Chester 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Whitmire 4 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.5 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Lexington	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Bjelasnica	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Galway	Ireland	Record high maximum temperature	19.0 C (66.2 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,391 records

Records set or tied on 13 October 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 397, Lowest daily maximum 18, Highest daily minimum 529, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 387, Heaviest daily snowfall 2, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 13 October 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	397
Lowest daily maximum	18
Highest daily minimum	529
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	387
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 13 October 1990 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 56, daily 1,334.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,207 broken records

Margins by which the 1,207 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 167.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

13 October 1990

Top 20 records on 13 October 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
13 October 1990	Batesburg, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	88 years	73 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1990	Haverhill, US	daily rain	100.6 mm (4.0 in)	57.7 mm (2.3 in)	63 years	67 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1990	Gaston Shoals, US	all-time rain	198.4 mm (7.8 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	74 years	65 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1990	Jefferson 2 E, US	daily rain	136.1 mm (5.4 in)	94.7 mm (3.7 in)	48 years	63 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1990	Hagerstown 1E, US	monthly rain	110.2 mm (4.3 in)	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	63 years	62 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1990	Winnsboro, US	daily rain	82.3 mm (3.2 in)	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	88 years	61 of 100 (Major)
13 October 1990	Saltville 1N, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	64 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1990	Clarksville, US	daily rain	71.4 mm (2.8 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1990	Bairro Do Sarapu, BR	daily rain	90.5 mm (3.6 in)	72.8 mm (2.9 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1990	Rietvallei, ZA	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	35 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1990	Wilkesboro, US	daily rain	110.5 mm (4.4 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	45 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1990	Aiken 5SE, US	daily rain	101.6 mm (4.0 in)	78.0 mm (3.1 in)	8 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1990	Gaffney 6 E, US	daily rain	194.6 mm (7.7 in)	167.9 mm (6.6 in)	7 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1990	Patterson, US	monthly rain	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	89 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1990	Shippensburg, US	daily rain	85.6 mm (3.4 in)	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	7 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1990	Chappells 2 NNW, US	daily rain	98.3 mm (3.9 in)	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	8 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1990	Charlottesville 2W, US	daily rain	73.2 mm (2.9 in)	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1990	Luray 5 E, US	daily rain	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	48 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1990	Edgemont, US	monthly rain	116.8 mm (4.6 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	35 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
13 October 1990	Bear Gap, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	45 years	48 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 1,391 records.

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

Records on 10-13 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	1
1814	1
1817	1
1831	1
1839	1
1849	1
1850	1
1852	1
1856	1
1860	2
1861	2
1863	1
1864	1
1865	1
1866	2
1867	2
1870	1
1871	3
1872	1
1874	1
1875	1
1876	3
1879	1
1881	2
1882	2
1884	1
1885	4
1886	1
1887	2
1888	1
1889	3
1890	1
1891	2
1893	1
1894	4
1895	6
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	1
1901	8
1902	16
1903	10
1904	18
1905	5
1906	10
1907	16
1908	13
1909	39
1910	26
1911	13
1912	21
1913	29
1914	21
1915	79
1916	52
1917	30
1918	28
1919	47
1920	41
1921	74
1922	22
1923	159
1924	77
1925	208
1926	137
1927	225
1928	470
1929	169
1930	375
1931	317
1932	315
1933	186
1934	445
1935	310
1936	251
1937	371
1938	525
1939	203
1940	267
1941	555
1942	351
1943	501
1944	350
1945	252
1946	374
1947	399
1948	294
1949	599
1950	704
1951	411
1952	335
1953	275
1954	1,071
1955	535
1956	857
1957	629
1958	535
1959	536
1960	383
1961	433
1962	840
1963	519
1964	515
1965	180
1966	878
1967	307
1968	577
1969	2,308
1970	672
1971	576
1972	534
1973	811
1974	423
1975	1,002
1976	900
1977	1,036
1978	800
1979	922
1980	742
1981	973
1982	1,328
1983	1,412
1984	495
1985	979
1986	1,468
1987	1,155
1988	1,499
1989	571
1990	1,391
1991	807
1992	1,150
1993	932
1994	904
1995	1,224
1996	619
1997	1,790
1998	840
1999	696
2000	768
2001	1,112
2002	922
2003	764
2004	735
2005	761
2006	1,571
2007	602
2008	1,479
2009	1,777
2010	626
2011	772
2012	819
2013	478
2014	552
2015	853
2016	572
2017	708
2018	1,475
2019	874
2020	532
2021	1,412
2022	972
2023	1,060
2024	962
2025	760

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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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-12. Last revised 12 October 2026 (2026-10-12).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	1,130
25 to 50	51
50 to 75	21
75 to 100	4
100 to 125	0
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	1