Weather Records on 15 October 1990

1,134 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 15 October 1990. Highest significance: Poronajsk, RU.

Key Facts for 15 October 1990

On 15 October 1990, 1,134 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
846 were record highs and 93 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 12 monthly and 1,122 daily.
Poronajsk set a daily record precipitation of 54.3 mm (2.1 in) on 15 October 1990.
Across 159 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

1,134 stations

1,134 station records on 15 October 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 15 October 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Poronajsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Comboyne Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Im. Poliny Osipenko	Russia	Record daily precipitation	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
San Miguel Ejutla	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Clausthal-Zellerfeld	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Pointe Noire	Congo (Brazzaville)	Record daily precipitation	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Gorlitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	24.7 C (76.5 F)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Ust'-Taymyra (Taymyr Lake)	Russia	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Tranebjerg	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ubatuba	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Paauilo 221	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Monkira	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	15.8 C (60.4 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kukaiau 222	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Praha-Klementinum	Czech Republic	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	18.4 C (65.1 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Sananduva	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel	Germany	Record high minimum temperature	13.5 C (56.3 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Juchipila (Smn)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Onor	Russia	Record daily precipitation	31.1 mm (1.2 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Halmstad	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Heinersreuth-Vollhof	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.6 C (70.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Enisejsk	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Veselaja Gorka	Russia	Record daily precipitation	39.5 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Skara 1	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.6 C (63.7 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Nurnberg	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sankt Peter-Ording	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
San Miguel El Alto	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nenastnaja	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	10.7 C (51.3 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nikolaevsk-Na-Amure	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	6.6 C (43.9 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Boras	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	17.1 C (62.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Snoqualmie Falls	United States	Record low maximum temperature	8.9 C (48.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Stehekin 4 NW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record high minimum temperature	16.0 C (60.8 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high minimum temperature	16.2 C (61.2 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record high maximum temperature	30.0 C (86.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Stuttgart-Stadt	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	23.6 C (74.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Marnitz	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	21.5 C (70.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Milan	Italy	Record high maximum temperature	24.6 C (76.3 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Obrestad Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	17.5 C (63.5 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Tahoe City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.3 C (73.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Belhaven 1 SE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	19.4 C (66.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Temple	United States	Record low minimum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Sola	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	18.8 C (65.8 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Davenport	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Everett	United States	Record low maximum temperature	7.2 C (45.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record high maximum temperature	19.1 C (66.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Montelimar	France	Record high minimum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Slatteroy Fyr	Norway	Record high maximum temperature	17.9 C (64.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Almeidinha	Portugal	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Republic	United States	Record low maximum temperature	4.4 C (39.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Paauhau 217	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Santa Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	49.1 mm (1.9 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Poitiers - Biard	France	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record high maximum temperature	25.9 C (78.6 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,134 records

Records set or tied on 15 October 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 523, Lowest daily maximum 55, Highest daily minimum 323, Lowest daily minimum 38, Heaviest daily rainfall 188, Heaviest daily snowfall 6, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 15 October 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	523
Lowest daily maximum	55
Highest daily minimum	323
Lowest daily minimum	38
Heaviest daily rainfall	188
Heaviest daily snowfall	6
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 15 October 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 12, daily 1,122.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,008 broken records

Margins by which the 1,008 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 84.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

15 October 1990

Top 20 records on 15 October 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 1990	Poronajsk, RU	daily rain	54.3 mm (2.1 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	65 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Comboyne Post Office, AU	daily rain	120.0 mm (4.7 in)	62.1 mm (2.4 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Im. Poliny Osipenko, RU	daily rain	32.1 mm (1.3 in)	18.2 mm (0.7 in)	52 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	San Miguel Ejutla, MX	daily rain	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	60 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Korsakov, RU	daily rain	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	9.8 mm (0.39 in)	104 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, DE	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	96 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Pointe Noire, CG	daily rain	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	84.0 mm (3.3 in)	5 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Gorlitz, DE	daily high max	24.7 C (76.5 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	98 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Ust'-Taymyra (Taymyr Lake), RU	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	1 year	44 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Tranebjerg, DK	daily high max	17.2 C (63.0 F)	0.9 C (1.6 F)	115 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Ubatuba, BR	daily rain	46.1 mm (1.8 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	39 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Puente Colgante, MX	daily high min	27.2 C (81.0 F)	5.5 C (9.9 F)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Paauilo 221, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	65 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Monkira, AU	daily rain	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.9 mm (0.7 in)	36 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	15.8 C (60.4 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	127 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Kukaiau 222, US	daily rain	86.9 mm (3.4 in)	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	33 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Praha-Klementinum, CZ	daily high max	22.4 C (72.3 F)	0.4 C (0.7 F)	98 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Koebenhavn: Landbohojskolen-1, DK	daily high max	18.4 C (65.1 F)	1.3 C (2.3 F)	83 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Sananduva, BR	daily rain	93.4 mm (3.7 in)	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	3 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
15 October 1990	Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel, DE	daily high min	13.5 C (56.3 F)	1.0 C (1.8 F)	83 years	36 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

1794 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1990. 1990 had 1,134 records.

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

Records on 10-15 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1795	1
1796	1
1807	1
1808	2
1836	1
1838	1
1839	1
1849	1
1859	2
1862	1
1870	2
1871	4
1873	1
1875	1
1876	3
1877	1
1878	3
1879	3
1881	3
1882	4
1885	2
1886	1
1887	8
1889	2
1891	4
1892	1
1893	5
1894	9
1895	3
1896	8
1897	2
1898	3
1899	4
1900	3
1901	4
1902	7
1903	13
1904	10
1905	13
1906	7
1907	11
1908	13
1909	17
1910	14
1911	18
1912	17
1913	70
1914	28
1915	48
1916	21
1917	29
1918	21
1919	65
1920	38
1921	160
1922	43
1923	66
1924	118
1925	221
1926	125
1927	94
1928	385
1929	200
1930	282
1931	461
1932	213
1933	255
1934	434
1935	303
1936	126
1937	1,444
1938	598
1939	461
1940	458
1941	330
1942	494
1943	704
1944	246
1945	487
1946	354
1947	963
1948	224
1949	546
1950	321
1951	341
1952	662
1953	374
1954	945
1955	444
1956	555
1957	461
1958	606
1959	411
1960	600
1961	834
1962	1,009
1963	522
1964	488
1965	299
1966	1,265
1967	464
1968	1,111
1969	1,074
1970	642
1971	744
1972	584
1973	525
1974	768
1975	808
1976	791
1977	543
1978	886
1979	720
1980	1,006
1981	965
1982	297
1983	653
1984	1,236
1985	1,068
1986	768
1987	900
1988	896
1989	560
1990	1,134
1991	1,139
1992	1,530
1993	1,066
1994	1,103
1995	1,008
1996	458
1997	964
1998	806
1999	766
2000	625
2001	705
2002	965
2003	737
2004	716
2005	610
2006	1,305
2007	702
2008	959
2009	2,365
2010	1,095
2011	906
2012	909
2013	632
2014	901
2015	1,139
2016	674
2017	1,091
2018	2,682
2019	479
2020	499
2021	983
2022	633
2023	319
2024	748
2025	697

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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	985
20 to 40	18
40 to 60	1
60 to 80	3
80 to 100	1