Weather Records on 24 October 1990

594 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 October 1990. Highest significance: Tupper Lake Sunmount, US.

Key Facts for 24 October 1990

On 24 October 1990, 594 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
180 were record highs and 151 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 27 monthly and 567 daily.
Tupper Lake Sunmount set a daily record precipitation of 46.7 mm (1.8 in) on 24 October 1990.
Across 158 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

594 stations

594 station records on 24 October 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 October 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Tupper Lake Sunmount	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	70 of 100 (Major)
Chittenden	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	69 of 100 (Major)
Le Roy	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
York Pond	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Norwich	United States	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Belfast	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Chepachet	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Caribou WFO	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Nanning	China	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Bainbridge 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Hudson Correctional Facility	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls City Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Leon (Dge)	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Spencer 2 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Errol	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lancaster	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cincinnatus	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Rushville	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Baldwinsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Corning	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wellsboro 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.5 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
South Newbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.1 mm (2.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bridgewater	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Broadalbin	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Prattsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Covington 2 WSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Troy 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.4 mm (2.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Rochester	United States	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.5 mm (3.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Elmira	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.1 mm (2.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Susquehanna	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
West Burke	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Chemung	United States	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Sherburne	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.3 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Longzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	73.4 mm (2.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
West Hartford Nepp	United States	Record daily precipitation	109.7 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Milford	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Frankfort Lock 19	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Saratoga Springs 4 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Atoyac	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	27.4 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Stevenson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	110.0 mm (4.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Presque Isle	United States	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Brewerton Lock 23	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ithaca Cornell UNIV	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record low minimum temperature	-2.6 C (27.3 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Westfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	95.3 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Freeville 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Locke 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Gloversville	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Waterbury 2 SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rinconada	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Liberty 1 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Little Falls Mill St	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
New London Lock #22	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Whitehall	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Readsboro 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Searsburg STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Tasiilaq	Greenland [Denmark]	Record high minimum temperature	2.3 C (36.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Houma	United States	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jackman	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.7 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

594 records

Records set or tied on 24 October 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 90, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 90, Lowest daily minimum 100, Heaviest daily rainfall 259, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 24 October 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	90
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	90
Lowest daily minimum	100
Heaviest daily rainfall	259
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 24 October 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 27, daily 567.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

497 broken records

Margins by which the 497 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 58.9. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 October 1990

Top 20 records on 24 October 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 October 1990	Tupper Lake Sunmount, US	daily rain	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	77 years	70 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1990	Chittenden, US	monthly rain	85.3 mm (3.4 in)	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	38 years	69 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1990	Le Roy, US	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	95 years	66 of 100 (Major)
24 October 1990	York Pond, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Norwich, US	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	67 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Belfast, US	daily rain	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	23.7 mm (0.9 in)	96 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Chepachet, US	daily rain	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Caribou WFO, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Nanning, CN	daily rain	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	25 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Bainbridge 2 E, US	daily rain	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	11 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Hudson Correctional Facility, US	daily rain	76.2 mm (3.0 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	31 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Little Falls City Rsch, US	daily rain	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	67 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Leon (Dge), MX	daily rain	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	25.6 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Spencer 2 N, US	daily rain	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	21 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Errol, US	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	53 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Lancaster, US	monthly rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	94 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Cincinnatus, US	monthly rain	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	18.1 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Rushville, US	daily rain	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	31 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Baldwinsville, US	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	81 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 October 1990	Corning, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	44 years	47 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 594 records.

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

Records on 10-24 in each year
Year	Records
1802	2
1840	1
1844	1
1846	1
1849	1
1850	1
1851	1
1857	1
1859	1
1864	1
1866	2
1869	2
1872	2
1873	1
1875	1
1876	2
1877	2
1879	1
1880	7
1881	1
1884	1
1886	2
1887	3
1890	3
1891	3
1892	1
1893	3
1894	3
1895	5
1896	3
1897	1
1898	6
1899	3
1900	9
1901	4
1902	13
1903	6
1904	13
1905	22
1906	30
1907	11
1908	26
1909	13
1910	8
1911	23
1912	37
1913	85
1914	12
1915	43
1916	29
1917	145
1918	27
1919	48
1920	273
1921	54
1922	193
1923	169
1924	94
1925	258
1926	268
1927	308
1928	66
1929	200
1930	420
1931	351
1932	334
1933	256
1934	535
1935	343
1936	223
1937	588
1938	686
1939	776
1940	406
1941	304
1942	299
1943	369
1944	313
1945	549
1946	427
1947	427
1948	215
1949	624
1950	314
1951	546
1952	409
1953	244
1954	538
1955	460
1956	581
1957	673
1958	316
1959	885
1960	378
1961	228
1962	346
1963	1,397
1964	469
1965	387
1966	515
1967	273
1968	206
1969	1,115
1970	594
1971	794
1972	464
1973	558
1974	537
1975	2,018
1976	730
1977	469
1978	594
1979	683
1980	826
1981	1,920
1982	838
1983	662
1984	1,000
1985	902
1986	506
1987	674
1988	512
1989	1,182
1990	594
1991	1,380
1992	1,169
1993	602
1994	594
1995	1,119
1996	1,027
1997	1,400
1998	1,238
1999	1,374
2000	1,514
2001	1,769
2002	2,094
2003	1,934
2004	1,300
2005	973
2006	1,709
2007	1,631
2008	808
2009	870
2010	1,037
2011	658
2012	1,027
2013	497
2014	883
2015	528
2016	622
2017	858
2018	442
2019	761
2020	1,993
2021	588
2022	1,412
2023	682
2024	783
2025	286

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Data for records on 1990-10-24: 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 24 October 1990
Margin	Records
0 to 10	367
10 to 20	65
20 to 30	33
30 to 40	20
40 to 50	5
50 to 60	7