Weather Records on 27 October 1990

441 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 27 October 1990. Highest significance: Moskalvo, RU.

Key Facts for 27 October 1990

On 27 October 1990, 441 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
251 were record highs and 122 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 10 monthly and 431 daily.
Moskalvo set a daily record precipitation of 29.4 mm (1.2 in) on 27 October 1990.
Across 159 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 478 records.

Record Map

441 stations

441 station records on 27 October 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 27 October 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Moskalvo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Middlesboro Fire Dept	United States	Record low maximum temperature	0.6 C (33.1 F)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Zambezi	Zambia	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Buenavista de Cuellar	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Timovskoe	Russia	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Nazare	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Gustavus	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mocambo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bognor Regis	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Cardenas	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cairo 3N	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Opaeula 870	United States	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Elko Rgnl AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Deaver	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record high minimum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record high maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Austin #2	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Koosharem	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Dores Do Rio Preto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Sholapur	India	Record daily precipitation	35.3 mm (1.4 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Takada	Japan	Record daily precipitation	77.0 mm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Arsdorf	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	26.6 mm (1.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Plutarco Elias Calles	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Bolonchen	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Canal Pt USDA	United States	Record low maximum temperature	21.7 C (71.1 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Crookston NW Exp STN	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Gran Quivira Natl Mon	United States	Record high minimum temperature	9.4 C (48.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Fukaura	Japan	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Aratichanguio	Mexico	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Parrish	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Hallock	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.1 C (79.0 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Riverton	United States	Record high maximum temperature	24.4 C (75.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Ploumanac'h	France	Record daily precipitation	26.9 mm (1.1 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Aomori	Japan	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Puente Colgante	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Atequiza	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Taxhimay	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.0 C (59.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Ado-Tymovo	Russia	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Lame Deer	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Park River	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Laketown	United States	Record high maximum temperature	21.1 C (70.0 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pembina	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Winnemucca AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Callejones	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	29.4 C (84.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Cihuatlan (Dge)	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	26.7 C (80.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Waterville Trtmt Plt	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-12.2 C (10.0 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
E Wareham	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Samarkand	Uzbekistan	Record high minimum temperature	14.5 C (58.1 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Zyrjanka	Russia	Record high maximum temperature	2.2 C (36.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Mormon Flat	United States	Record high maximum temperature	35.6 C (96.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Lindsay	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.7 C (89.1 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Tamiami Trail 40 Mi Bend	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Experiment	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Fence Lake	United States	Record high maximum temperature	23.9 C (75.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Valley City 3 NNW	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Newell	United States	Record high maximum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Agua Tibia	Mexico	Record low minimum temperature	2.8 C (37.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Presa Centenario	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Ness City	United States	Record high maximum temperature	31.1 C (88.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

441 records

Records set or tied on 27 October 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 188, Lowest daily maximum 68, Highest daily minimum 63, Lowest daily minimum 54, Heaviest daily rainfall 67, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 27 October 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	188
Lowest daily maximum	68
Highest daily minimum	63
Lowest daily minimum	54
Heaviest daily rainfall	67
Heaviest daily snowfall	0
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 27 October 1990 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 10, daily 431.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

301 broken records

Margins by which the 301 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 51.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

27 October 1990

Top 20 records on 27 October 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
27 October 1990	Moskalvo, RU	daily rain	29.4 mm (1.2 in)	21.1 mm (0.8 in)	47 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1990	Middlesboro Fire Dept, US	monthly low max	0.6 C (33.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	92 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1990	Zambezi, ZM	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	17 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1990	Buenavista de Cuellar, MX	daily low max	21.1 C (70.0 F)	5.6 C (10.1 F)	47 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1990	Timovskoe, RU	daily rain	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	88 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1990	Eastbourne, GB	daily rain	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	13.3 mm (0.5 in)	36 years	36 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1990	Nazare, BR	daily rain	83.4 mm (3.3 in)	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	5 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1990	Gustavus, US	daily low min	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	64 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
27 October 1990	Mocambo, BR	daily rain	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	35 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1990	Bognor Regis, GB	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	16.0 mm (0.6 in)	28 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1990	Cardenas, MX	daily low min	15.6 C (60.1 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	32 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1990	Cairo 3N, US	daily low min	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	76 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1990	Opaeula 870, US	daily high min	25.6 C (78.1 F)	4.5 C (8.1 F)	4 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1990	Elko Rgnl AP, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	64 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1990	Deaver, US	daily high max	25.6 C (78.1 F)	2.3 C (4.1 F)	68 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1990	Colfax, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	64 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1990	Tribune 1W, US	daily high max	29.4 C (84.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	68 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1990	Austin #2, US	daily high max	26.1 C (79.0 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	64 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1990	Koosharem, US	daily high max	22.8 C (73.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	64 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
27 October 1990	Dores Do Rio Preto, BR	daily rain	63.4 mm (2.5 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	16 years	28 of 100 (Routine)

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 441 records.

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

Records on 10-27 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1807	1
1816	1
1831	1
1838	1
1840	1
1841	2
1847	2
1849	2
1856	2
1861	1
1866	4
1869	4
1870	2
1871	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	1
1878	1
1880	2
1881	2
1885	2
1886	2
1887	5
1888	3
1889	1
1890	2
1892	3
1893	2
1894	2
1895	3
1896	2
1898	4
1899	14
1900	9
1901	5
1902	8
1903	23
1904	6
1905	11
1906	11
1907	9
1908	16
1909	13
1910	14
1911	20
1912	42
1913	91
1914	54
1915	65
1916	28
1917	45
1918	77
1919	74
1920	98
1921	37
1922	97
1923	63
1924	104
1925	383
1926	176
1927	521
1928	162
1929	92
1930	158
1931	241
1932	319
1933	313
1934	173
1935	266
1936	725
1937	477
1938	160
1939	836
1940	605
1941	409
1942	629
1943	479
1944	519
1945	674
1946	450
1947	551
1948	160
1949	182
1950	603
1951	269
1952	640
1953	285
1954	493
1955	578
1956	339
1957	1,116
1958	163
1959	376
1960	180
1961	428
1962	704
1963	798
1964	294
1965	284
1966	256
1967	485
1968	436
1969	532
1970	1,071
1971	1,157
1972	694
1973	719
1974	384
1975	424
1976	1,387
1977	608
1978	593
1979	553
1980	1,148
1981	1,076
1982	793
1983	707
1984	1,183
1985	592
1986	531
1987	863
1988	829
1989	1,506
1990	441
1991	1,722
1992	703
1993	667
1994	894
1995	1,238
1996	1,651
1997	2,783
1998	1,696
1999	991
2000	832
2001	1,100
2002	1,040
2003	1,669
2004	1,546
2005	897
2006	1,442
2007	950
2008	650
2009	954
2010	1,676
2011	690
2012	991
2013	706
2014	973
2015	395
2016	761
2017	582
2018	701
2019	1,364
2020	2,886
2021	536
2022	657
2023	1,668
2024	694
2025	524

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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 10	282
10 to 20	9
20 to 30	8
30 to 40	0
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1