Weather Records on 28 October 1990

917 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 28 October 1990. Highest significance: Bernkastel-Kues, DE.

Key Facts for 28 October 1990

On 28 October 1990, 917 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
355 were record highs and 100 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 33 monthly and 882 daily.
Bernkastel-Kues set a daily record precipitation of 28.0 mm (1.1 in) on 28 October 1990.
Across 152 earlier years (1802 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 484 records.

Record Map

917 stations

917 station records on 28 October 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 28 October 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Bernkastel-Kues	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Niederworresbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Wildungen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Kaiserslautern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mainhardt-Ziegelbronn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Bederkesa	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mont-de-Marsan	France	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Ludenscheid (Zeppelin-Gymnasiu	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Bergzabern	Germany	Record daily precipitation	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Alegria	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Gutersloh	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lorch/Rhein	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Nidderau-Windecken	Germany	Record daily precipitation	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Siegen (Klaranlage)	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Boqueirao	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Gilserberg-Moischeid	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Schwalbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Embrun	France	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bischbrunn	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Wartenberg-Angersbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.1 mm (1.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Ems	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Loningen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.9 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record daily precipitation	55.8 mm (2.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Porto	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Blankenrath	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.0 mm (1.1 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Orly	France	Record daily precipitation	31.7 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Dusseldorf-Sudfriedhof	Germany	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Rantoul	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Vouziers	France	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Saarbrucken/Ensheim	Germany	Record daily precipitation	41.0 mm (1.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Birx/Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Ostheim V.D. Rhon	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bramsche	Germany	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Bordeaux-Merignac	France	Record daily precipitation	57.0 mm (2.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Fladungen-Heufurt	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Herford	Germany	Record daily precipitation	25.5 mm (1.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Obersulm-Willsbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	35.0 mm (1.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Budingen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Derbent	Russia	Record daily precipitation	30.7 mm (1.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Luxembourg Airport	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	64.3 mm (2.5 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Lerma	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ermsdorf	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	35.5 mm (1.4 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Aalten	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Ventura	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eberbach/Neckar	Germany	Record daily precipitation	36.7 mm (1.4 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Beerfelden	Germany	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Schierke	Germany	Record daily precipitation	37.5 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfstein/Pfalz	Germany	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Altrier	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Clervaux-Hautbellain	Luxembourg	Record daily precipitation	38.0 mm (1.5 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Engelskirchen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Rhein Main	Germany	Record daily precipitation	28.5 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Huajintlan	Mexico	Record low maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Winterswijk	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Mascote	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.8 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lille-Lesquin	France	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

917 records

Records set or tied on 28 October 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 261, Lowest daily maximum 58, Highest daily minimum 94, Lowest daily minimum 42, Heaviest daily rainfall 460, Heaviest daily snowfall 2.

Records on 28 October 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	261
Lowest daily maximum	58
Highest daily minimum	94
Lowest daily minimum	42
Heaviest daily rainfall	460
Heaviest daily snowfall	2
Deepest snow cover	0

Records on 28 October 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 33, daily 882.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

763 broken records

Margins by which the 763 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 53.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

28 October 1990

Top 20 records on 28 October 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
28 October 1990	Bernkastel-Kues, DE	daily rain	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	19.4 mm (0.8 in)	57 years	62 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1990	Niederworresbach, DE	daily rain	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	52 years	61 of 100 (Major)
28 October 1990	Wrixum/Fohr, DE	daily rain	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	14.8 mm (0.6 in)	71 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Bad Wildungen, DE	daily rain	26.5 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Kaiserslautern, DE	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	64 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Lingen, DE	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	16.7 mm (0.7 in)	48 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Mainhardt-Ziegelbronn, DE	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	33 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Bederkesa, DE	daily rain	28.1 mm (1.1 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Mont-de-Marsan, FR	daily rain	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	36.4 mm (1.4 in)	29 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Ludenscheid (Zeppelin-Gymnasiu, DE	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	22.5 mm (0.9 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Bad Bergzabern, DE	daily rain	33.9 mm (1.3 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	48 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Kr. Neckar-Odenwald Buchen, DE	daily rain	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	27.6 mm (1.1 in)	24 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Le Bourget, FR	daily rain	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	61 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Fazenda Alegria, BR	monthly rain	135.0 mm (5.3 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	41 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Gutersloh, DE	daily rain	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	15.9 mm (0.6 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Lorch/Rhein, DE	daily rain	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	20.4 mm (0.8 in)	24 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Nidderau-Windecken, DE	daily rain	40.3 mm (1.6 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Siegen (Klaranlage), DE	daily rain	41.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.2 mm (1.0 in)	16 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Boqueirao, BR	daily rain	75.4 mm (3.0 in)	53.0 mm (2.1 in)	13 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
28 October 1990	Gilserberg-Moischeid, DE	daily rain	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	13.6 mm (0.5 in)	48 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

1802 to 1990

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1990. 1990 had 917 records.

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

Records on 10-28 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1827	1
1842	1
1856	2
1861	1
1866	2
1867	1
1869	4
1873	1
1876	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	2
1890	3
1891	1
1892	7
1893	4
1894	1
1895	3
1896	5
1897	4
1898	5
1899	8
1900	8
1901	15
1902	18
1903	11
1904	13
1905	8
1906	15
1907	15
1908	12
1909	18
1910	26
1911	16
1912	28
1913	153
1914	31
1915	66
1916	13
1917	31
1918	79
1919	87
1920	48
1921	32
1922	90
1923	74
1924	109
1925	598
1926	123
1927	504
1928	77
1929	224
1930	144
1931	205
1932	164
1933	240
1934	227
1935	406
1936	578
1937	697
1938	170
1939	279
1940	652
1941	324
1942	355
1943	310
1944	501
1945	462
1946	712
1947	462
1948	370
1949	341
1950	544
1951	195
1952	485
1953	341
1954	486
1955	462
1956	353
1957	812
1958	198
1959	430
1960	225
1961	437
1962	432
1963	492
1964	332
1965	402
1966	254
1967	404
1968	523
1969	651
1970	846
1971	1,666
1972	1,012
1973	444
1974	805
1975	282
1976	1,606
1977	616
1978	292
1979	387
1980	1,657
1981	922
1982	578
1983	427
1984	1,553
1985	754
1986	590
1987	973
1988	816
1989	1,083
1990	917
1991	2,462
1992	676
1993	576
1994	675
1995	1,049
1996	1,396
1997	1,767
1998	1,457
1999	1,092
2000	935
2001	1,089
2002	982
2003	1,403
2004	1,641
2005	949
2006	1,295
2007	906
2008	1,207
2009	984
2010	1,029
2011	655
2012	1,097
2013	1,007
2014	850
2015	753
2016	1,139
2017	755
2018	710
2019	1,437
2020	1,646
2021	605
2022	879
2023	1,381
2024	650
2025	462

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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	611
10 to 20	119
20 to 30	25
30 to 40	6
40 to 50	1
50 to 60	1