Weather Records on 6 November 1990

1,240 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 6 November 1990. Highest significance: W Pt, US.

Key Facts for 6 November 1990

On 6 November 1990, 1,240 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
237 were record highs and 284 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 45 monthly and 1,193 daily.
W Pt set a daily record snowfall of 15.2 cm (6.0 in) on 6 November 1990.
Across 162 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 487 records.

Record Map

1,240 stations

1,240 station records on 6 November 1990 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 6 November 1990: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
W Pt	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	68 of 100 (Major)
Yoder 5 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Madison	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Beaver Is	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Onaway 4N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	59 of 100 (Notable)
Creighton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Korsakov	Russia	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Atlantic 1 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Khartoum	Sudan	Record daily precipitation	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sioux Ctr 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Washta	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Loup City 6 NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Wakefield 3NW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Centerville 6 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Vermillion 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Monte Vista 2W	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Lake City Exp Farm	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wellston Tippy Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Walthill 1E	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Phillips	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Vau da Lagoa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	99.0 mm (3.9 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Ilyinskiy	Russia	Record daily precipitation	45.8 mm (1.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Kemmerer 2N	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Universo	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	116.5 mm (4.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Atlanta 5 WNW	United States	Record daily snowfall	33.0 cm (13.0 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Bloomingdale	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Newcastle	United States	Record daily snowfall	21.3 cm (8.4 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Saint Johns	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Hobart (Ellerslie Road)	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	17.0 C (62.6 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Fazenda Graciosa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	68.2 mm (2.7 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Karaby-Yala	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Rock Rapids	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Barra Mansa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.8 mm (3.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Sargents	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkaska	United States	Record daily snowfall	40.6 cm (16.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Albion	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Canton	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Norfolk Karl Stefan Mem AP	United States	Record daily snowfall	14.5 cm (5.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mococa	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	89.0 mm (3.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Quintana	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	85.0 mm (3.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bartlett 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clarkson	United States	Record daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record snow depth	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wilsonville	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Thermopolis	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Osvaldo Cruz	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	115.7 mm (4.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Fullerton	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Schuyler	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Northfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Sao Jose Do Barreiro	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	64.7 mm (2.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood Spgs #2	United States	Record snow depth	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Primghar	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Standish 4NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Atkinson 3SW	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,240 records

Records set or tied on 6 November 1990 by type: Highest daily maximum 112, Lowest daily maximum 204, Highest daily minimum 125, Lowest daily minimum 80, Heaviest daily rainfall 366, Heaviest daily snowfall 201, Deepest snow cover 152.

Records on 6 November 1990 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	112
Lowest daily maximum	204
Highest daily minimum	125
Lowest daily minimum	80
Heaviest daily rainfall	366
Heaviest daily snowfall	201
Deepest snow cover	152

Records on 6 November 1990 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 45, daily 1,193.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,051 broken records

Margins by which the 1,051 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 254.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

6 November 1990

Top 20 records on 6 November 1990 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
6 November 1990	W Pt, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	99 years	68 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1990	Yoder 5 W, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	59 years	64 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1990	Madison, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	93 years	63 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1990	Beaver Is, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.2 cm (4.8 in)	84 years	62 of 100 (Major)
6 November 1990	Onaway 4N, US	daily snowfall	20.6 cm (8.1 in)	18.8 cm (7.4 in)	49 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Columbus 3 NE, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	93 years	59 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Creighton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	96 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Korsakov, RU	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	35 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Atlantic 1 NE, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	96 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Khartoum, SD	monthly rain	59.9 mm (2.4 in)	37.7 mm (1.5 in)	14 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Sioux Ctr 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	8.6 cm (3.4 in)	7.3 cm (2.9 in)	88 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Washta, US	daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	92 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Loup City 6 NNE, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	41 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Wakefield 3NW, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	94 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Fullerton, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Tekamah, US	daily snowfall	8.9 cm (3.5 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	93 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Centerville 6 SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	9.4 cm (3.7 in)	88 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Vermillion 2 SE, US	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	94 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Monte Vista 2W, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	51 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
6 November 1990	Lake City Exp Farm, US	daily snowfall	15.2 cm (6.0 in)	10.1 cm (4.0 in)	55 years	52 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 1,240 records.

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

Records on 11-06 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1795	1
1804	1
1805	1
1812	1
1819	1
1828	2
1834	1
1835	2
1840	1
1842	3
1845	1
1849	1
1851	2
1856	2
1858	1
1860	1
1863	1
1864	2
1868	1
1870	1
1874	2
1875	1
1877	1
1878	2
1879	1
1885	3
1886	1
1888	3
1890	2
1891	2
1893	2
1894	1
1895	7
1896	3
1898	3
1899	12
1900	2
1901	4
1902	6
1903	4
1904	6
1905	15
1906	13
1907	13
1908	21
1909	7
1910	52
1911	27
1912	53
1913	20
1914	36
1915	20
1916	127
1917	30
1918	40
1919	60
1920	53
1921	98
1922	84
1923	119
1924	737
1925	139
1926	123
1927	405
1928	86
1929	89
1930	439
1931	284
1932	307
1933	661
1934	626
1935	527
1936	356
1937	124
1938	1,098
1939	390
1940	201
1941	512
1942	373
1943	238
1944	459
1945	498
1946	682
1947	405
1948	1,219
1949	517
1950	314
1951	1,832
1952	193
1953	1,218
1954	442
1955	311
1956	431
1957	359
1958	227
1959	1,800
1960	388
1961	480
1962	343
1963	493
1964	259
1965	272
1966	548
1967	889
1968	463
1969	756
1970	407
1971	789
1972	387
1973	1,110
1974	355
1975	1,381
1976	653
1977	966
1978	762
1979	581
1980	1,353
1981	673
1982	698
1983	650
1984	536
1985	664
1986	810
1987	806
1988	1,010
1989	1,048
1990	1,240
1991	2,360
1992	1,450
1993	965
1994	1,368
1995	1,464
1996	1,720
1997	849
1998	752
1999	1,367
2000	1,575
2001	879
2002	1,220
2003	2,143
2004	828
2005	1,176
2006	1,397
2007	591
2008	1,266
2009	916
2010	1,349
2011	1,046
2012	894
2013	871
2014	453
2015	1,664
2016	838
2017	1,069
2018	633
2019	561
2020	1,351
2021	456
2022	907
2023	719
2024	1,239
2025	502

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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 50	881
50 to 100	103
100 to 150	44
150 to 200	20
200 to 250	1
250 to 300	2